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Music From The Glen
Sunday January 27th, 2013 with Gord Peeling

Today's show starts with a 6 song sample of the songs Cecil Sharp collected in 1914 from the Watchet sailor John Short (aka Yankee Jack). Many of these songs are now part of the shanty repertoire for singers around the world.
Poor Old Man
Keith Hendrick - Short Sharp Shanties V.1 - Wild Goose '11
Bony Was a Warrior
Jackie Oates - Short Sharp Shanties V.2 - Wild Goose '11
Rosabella
Sam Lee - Short Sharp Shanties V.3 - Wild Goose '11
Hanging Johnny
Tom Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V. 1 - Wild Goose '11
Huckleberry Hunting
Barbara Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V.2 - Wild Goose '11
Billy Riley
Jeff Warner - Short Sharp Shanties V.3 - Wild Goose '11
End of the sample of songs from the John Short shanty songs performed in a 3CD collection.
Dans les cachots
Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps - Borealis '12 Canadian
The Barnacle
Michael Ketemer - Yellow Stockings - self '05 Canadian
Soldier, Soldier
Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Myth America '03
The Hills of Trencrom/Pedn Olva
Jackie Oates - Saturnine - ECC '11
Lord Douglas
Jim Moray - Skulk - NIAG '12 New
I Dyed My Petticoat Red
Drumlin - Mackerel Skies - self '08 Canadian
Fair Mary of Wallington
James Findlay - Sport and Play - Fellside '11
The Banks Hornpipe
Ashley MacLeod - Hold Fast - self '06 Canadian
The Earl of Totnes
Jim Causley - Dumnonia - Wild Goose '11
Langstrom Pony
Dave Gossage - And the Celtic Mindwarp - self '09 Canadian
Hares On The Mountain
Mary Humphreys & Anahata - Floating Verses - Wild Goose '05
Strathspeys & Reels
Daimh - Moidart to Mabou - Goat Island '00
Young Men All
Mich Ryan & Paul Downes - Grand Conversation - Wild Goose '08
Cheerly Man
Barbara Brown - Short Sharp Shanties V. 1 - Wild Goose '11
Interactive CKCU
Gord Peeling (host)
Opening today with a sample of the Short Sharp Shanties - the songs of John Short "Yankee Jack" collected by Cecil Sharp in 1914.

11:39 AM, January 27th, 2013
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