In honour of Thursday's upcoming celebration of St. George's day, we look at the music of three English labels that come immediately to mind when I think of English traditional music: Wildgoose, Fellside and Topic.
Leaves of life The devil's interval - Blood & Honey - Wildgoose |
The coast of Peru Keith Kendrick - Songs from the Derbyshire coast - Wildgoose |
The victory Jack Crawford - Pride of the season - Wildgoose |
All in a garden green / Horses Bransle The Askew Sisters - All in a garden green - Wildgoose |
My coffin shall be black Martin & Shan Graebe - Dusty diamonds - Wildgoose |
The innocent hare The Young Tradition - The Young Tradition - Transatlantic |
The warlike lads of russia Nic Jones - Flash Company - Fellside |
Doodle let me go Jolly Jack - Flash Company - Fellside |
The parson & the clerk Roy Harris - Flash Company - Fellside |
Monkey-Cokey Spiers & Boden - Tunes - Fellside |
The wayworn traveller Swan Arcade - Flash Company - Fellside |
A pound a week rise John Doyle - Double Play - Compass ![]() |
St. George Waterson:Carthy - Holy heathens and the old green man - Topic |
Trooper cut down Bob Fox - The Blast - Topic |
The old garden gate June Tabor - Apples - Topic |
Kit's tune / When a knight won his spurs Martin Simpson - Prodigal son - Topic |
Balancey Straw / Seventeen Come Sunday / Whitefriar's Hornpipe Waterson:Carthy - A dark light - Topic |