Frost and Fire

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As Mike’s voice roves out, I also hear the young man he was, the old man he became, the dead man he is now. I hear Lal’s voice, gone to the world for nearly 25 years, and the voice of her big sister Norma, quiet for less than a year. I think about the lovers of folk songs who say that the best songs will last purely on their own merit. I think about the people that make choices that control how others are allowed to listen to them. The Watersons on The Season Round Green Fields of England, The Mike and Norma Waterson on Peter Bellamy: The Transports; Blue Murder on The English Collection Banks of the Dee Norma Waterson: Bright Shiny Morning Barbary Allen Norma Waterson: Bright Shiny Morning Barley and the Rye, The Lal & Norma Waterson on The Watersons: Mighty River of Song Barney Lal & Norma Waterson on The Watersons: For Pence and Spicy Ale; L Land Where You Never Grow Old, The Blue Murder: No One Stands Alone Leaves in the Woodland, The Norma Waterson on The Transports at Whitby Let the Bulgine Run The Watersons: Mighty River of Song Light Dragoon, The The Watersons on Folkfestival ’76 Dranouter;

Mike Waterson on The Watersons: For Pence and Spicy Ale (CD reissue) Shady Lady Lal & Mike Waterson: Bright Phoebus; Pareles, Jon; New York Times News Service (10 December 1987). "A NEW VOICE FOR AN OLD TRADITION". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 6 January 2022.

Lal Waterson: Teach Me to Be a Summer’s Morning Another Time Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: The Days That Shaped Me Apple Tree Wassail The Watersons: For Pence and Spicy Ale;

What’s New for the 15th of October: Music in fiction and non-fiction; Psycho and its sequels; Two Fat Ladies; some Gaiman; folk music from all over, plus some Zappa and some jazz On October 28th, a new generation gets the chance to fall under its spell as a fresh edition appears on Topic Records. The vinyl edition has been re-cut 45 rpm for optimal sound quality, and the sleeve is a replica of the original (with minor adaptations for 2022), including the original sleevenotes by legendary folklorist, A.L. Lloyd.Belated release of the 1965 BBC documentary on video. Later released on DVD as part of the Mighty River of Song box set (2004) The Watersons: The Definitive Collection Betsy Belle Lal & Norma Waterson: A True Hearted Girl Bird, The Lal & Mike Waterson on The Watersons: Mighty River of Song; Earsdon Sword Dance Song’ is the original that Steeleye Span morphed into their quite familiar ‘A Calling On Song’. The Watersons: A Yorkshire Christmas Her White Gown Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight: Once in a Blue Moon Hilda’s Cabinet Band The Watersons on Richard Thompson et al.: Hard Cash; Jo Freya’s Lal Waterson Project: Lal Windham The Watersons: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy Windy Day Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: The Days That Shaped Me Winifer Odd Lal & Mike Waterson: Bright Phoebus;

But the songs that affect me most on this record are sung by Lal and Mike alone. On ‘Christmas Day Is Drawing Near’, Lal sings this moralising Christian song in a voice that suggests a heartbreaking submission to its sentiments. She surrenders to its mournful minor key, underlining the terrors of subservience. You hear the strange movements of the song’s melody in her songwriting in Bright Phoebus seven years later.Lal & Norma Waterson on The Watersons: Mighty River of Song Bath Time Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight: A Bed of Roses; Blue Murder on The Watersons: Mighty River of Song Morning Looks Charming, The The Watersons: A Yorkshire Garland;

If there’s a vinyl junkie on your holiday gift list this year (maybe even yourself, just saying), I can’t think of many better options than this new release of Frost And Fire. It’s available from Topic. If that’s not your thing, this one is available in lots of formats including various CD issues and on most streaming platforms. It’s an important album. Also a great one.

The Luxury Of Dreams

With a fitting dramatic flourish, the album ends, as it began, with yet another ‘Wassail Song’. Indeed, everything—especially melodic magic—is always in search of the very circulus nature of the fallen Maypole Eden. What’s New for the 1st of the October: Horror, time travel, murder and fantasy, and comics journalism; personal Scandinavian jazz, ancient Persian songs, bluegrass, Americana, and a podcast; Johnny Cash on TV; chocolate and empanadas Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight on The English Collection Come All Ye Faithful Christians The Watersons: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy; The Watersons: Mighty River of Song Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy The Watersons: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy; Norma Waterson at the BBC Folk awards on 27 April 2016, where she received the lifetime achievement award. Photograph: Christie Goodwin/Redferns