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Leather Launderette
''Leather Launderette'' is the 16th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, recorded together with fellow musician Rod Clements. The album was released in March 1989. Jansch had health problems during the recording, and in 1987, after being rushed to hospital, he quit drinking alcohol. Colin Harper says in his Bert Jansch biography, ''Dazzling Stranger'', "There can be no doubt that Bert's creativity, reliability, energy, commitment and quality of performance were all rescued dramatically by the decision to quit boozing". Track listing All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated #"Strolling Down The Highway" #"Sweet Rose" #"Brafferton" #"Ain't No More Cane" (Traditional) #"Why Me?" #"Sundown Station #"Knight's Move" #"Brownsville" #"Bogie's Bonnie Belle" (Traditional) #"Leather Launderette" #"Been On The Road So Long" ( Alex Campbell) Personnel *Bert Jansch - guitar, banjo, vocals *Rod Clements Roderick Parry Clements (born 17 November 1947 in North Shiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Jansch
Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. He recorded more than 28 albums and toured extensively from the 1960s to the 21st century. Jansch was a leading figure in the 1960s British folk revival, touring folk clubs and recording several solo albums, as well as collaborating with other musicians such as John Renbourn and Anne Briggs. In 1968, he co-founded the band Pentangle, touring and recording with them until their break-up in 1972. He then took a few years' break from music, returning in the late 1970s to work on a series of projects with other musicians. He joined a reformed Pentangle in the early 1980s and remained with them as they evolved through various changes of personnel until 1995. Until his death, Jansch continued to work as a solo artist. Jansch's work influenced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Crow Records
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government officials in much of Europe. It became the color worn by English romantic poets, businessm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Heslop
Geoff Heslop (born 3 June 1947 in Northumberland, England) is an English record producer and musician. Career After training as a recording engineer, Geoff turned to record production, producing albums for the Rubber Records label in Newcastle upon Tyne. He went on to set up the Black Crow Records label, the Coquetdale Music Publishing company (with Kathryn Tickell) and Redesdale Studios (with singer Dick Gaughan. In the 1990s he put together a 2nd publishing company with his songwriter wife Brenda Heslop named Ribbon Road Music and issued 5 albums. He now owns and runs Shipyard Studios with his daughter Jill and produces music by himself and others on their Shipyard label. Records produced by Geoff Heslop 1970s ;1972 * ''Don't Panic'' ( Pete Scott) * ''His Round'' (Tony Capstick and Hedgehog Pie) ;1973 *''Very Good Time'' (Derek Brimstone) ;1974 *''Life of a Man'' (The Buskers) *''Punch and Judy Man'' (Tony Capstick) *''There Was This Bloke'' (Mike Harding, Tony Capstick, Bill B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From The Outside (Bert Jansch Album)
''From the Outside'' is the 15th studio album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch. This album was released as a limited edition of 500 copies in Belgium in 1985. ''From The Outside'' was available in the UK as well, but was released by an unknown label. Colin Harper describes the album in his Bert Jansch biography, "Dazzling Stranger": "Towards the end of 1985 a solo album called ''From the Outside'' appeared, but only just. Cobbled together from sessions in Denmark and London, with unsympathetic engineers and featuring only guitar and voice, it was Bert's rawest and most cathartic work since Bert Jansch twenty years earlier. It slipped out on the tiny Belgian label Konexion in a pressing of only five hundred copies, and a greater contrast to ert's previous studio album''Heartbreak Heartbreak often refers to the state of having a broken heart, a metaphor for a feeling of rejection by a loved one or of emotional devastation (as in mourning). Heartbreak or heart break may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketches (album)
''Sketches'' is the 17th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, ''The Ornament Tree ''The Ornament Tree'' is the 18th album by Scotland, Scottish Folk music, folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, ''Sketches (album), Sketches''. Track listing All songs Traditional unless otherwise note ...''. Track listing All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated # "Ring-A-Ding Bird" - 3:53 # "One For Jo" - 2:53 # "Poison" - 3:41 # "The Old Routine" - 3:22 # "Needle of Death" - 3:52 # "Oh My Father" - 3:13 # "Running, Running From Home" - 2:58 # "Afterwards" (Peter Kirtley) - 3:34 # "Can't Hide Love" - 3:53 # "Moonshine" - 3:32 # "A Woman Like You" - 3:44 # "A Windy Day" - 6:05 # "As The Day Grows Longer Now" - 2:18 Personnel *Bert Jansch - guitar, banjo, percussion, vocals *Peter Kirtley - guitar, percussion, backing vocals * Danny Thompson - bass, percussion * Steve Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Clements
Roderick Parry Clements (born 17 November 1947 in North Shields, Northumberland) is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March 1972, which won Clements an Ivor Novello Award. Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, also working with Ralph McTell and Bert Jansch. Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Clements continued to be part of the line-up until 2003. Rod rejoined Lindisfarne in 2015 and is currently touring and performing with the band. Career Clements was an only child, and grew up in a household in which neither parent was especially active musically, though his mother did play the piano. His father was a lover of classical music and he encouraged his son to attend concerts. Clements attended The King's School, Tynemouth after which, at the age of 12, he was sent to Durham School. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Harper
Colin Harper (born 1968, in Belfast) is an Irish non-fiction author and composer. Background Harper was born in Belfast and graduated in Modern History 1989 from Queen's University, Belfast, later acquiring a postgraduate diploma in Information Management from Queen's University (1997) and a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of Sunderland (2014). Between 1994 and 2001 he was a professional freelance journalist. For Belfast newspaper Irish News he wrote features on unsigned local bands and famous bands on tour. In the same period he wrote features and reviewed regularly for popular music magazines such as Q and Mojo. He also contributed both theatre and music reviews to ''The Irish Times''. Harper became a regular writer of liner notes for compilations of folk, acoustic and prog-rock artists appearing on record labels including Windsong, Demon, Castle, Hux and Snapper. His long-time admiration of Bert Jansch led to his biography of Jansch, ''Dazzling Stranger'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't No More Cane
"Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos" is a traditional prison work song of the Southern United States. The title refers to work assigned to prisoners sentenced to hard labor in Texas. The labor involved cutting sugar cane along the banks of the Brazos River, where many of the state's prison farms were located in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It has been recorded by Alan Lomax on his 1958 recording ''Texas Folk Songs Sung by Alan Lomax'' as "Ain't No More Cane on This Brazis", Odetta, Lonnie Donegan, the Limeliters on their album ''14 14K Folksongs'' (1963), Son Volt on the album '' A Retrospective: 1995-2000'', and The Band on the album '' Across the Great Divide''. Bob Dylan also performed the song live in the early 1960s and his version is on multiple bootleg recordings taken from The Gaslight Cafe. An extensive set of lyrics to the song, as sung by inmates of Central State Farm near Houston, Texas, appears in folklorist John Lomax's book ''American Ballads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Campbell (singer)
Alex Campbell (27 April 1931 – 3 January 1987) was a Scottish folk singer. Described by Colin Harper as a "melancholic, hard-travelling Glaswegian", he was influential in the British folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s and was one of the first folk singers (in modern times) to tour the UK and Europe. His nickname was "Big Daddy", and was known for his charisma, story-telling and singing. Biography Campbell was born in Glasgow to a family who originated from the Hebrides. Both of his parents and his two sisters died from tuberculosis in the same year; Campbell spent some time in an orphanage before being taken in by his grandmother. During World War II he met American, Polish and Australian servicemen who were based in Glasgow and he developed an interest in the songs they sang. On leaving school, he worked for the Civil Service and had a successful career until an occasion when he lost his temper and had to leave. With the savings from his employment, he enrolled for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
