Workshop : The Big Songs

Workshop : The Big Songs

Item consists of audio recording of Enoch Kent hosting a workshop formed around the idea of big songs, referring to longstanding ballad or story traditions within songs and beginning with Kent performing "Willie's Rare" (trad.), Margaret McArthur performing a ballad entitled "The Fair Maid by the Shore" (trad.), Margaret Bennett Knight discussing the genre of Ceòl Mòr (Gaelic for "Big Music") and performing an example song. The recording is interrupted from 17:05 to 17:24 by a high-pitched frequency. The workshop concludes with Buell Kazee performing "The Wexford Girl" (trad.) and Michael Cooney performing "O, I Forbid You Maidens All" (Robert Burns). Also consists of Enoch Kent performing "The Sheffield Apprentice", Margaret Bennett Knight performing "Great Falls (?)" and "My Fair Young Love" (trad.), Buell Kazee performing "The Lady Gay" (aka "Three Little Babes" or "The Wife of Usher's Well") (trad.), Michael Cooney performing "Four Nights Drunk" (trad.) and discussing the renaming of folk songs over time and performing "Our Good Man" (trad.), Enoch Kent performing an unknown song and Margaret McArthur performing "Mr. John Bunt" (trad.).

Online content includes one mp3 sound clip of Enoch Kent's introduction and his performance of "Willie's Rare".

Online content includes one mp3 sound clip of Enoch Kent's introduction and his performance of "Willie's Rare".

Introduction / Enoch Kent. -- Willie's Rare / trad. (Enoch Kent). -- The Fair Maid By the Shore / trad. (Margaret McArthur). -- Ceol mor song / Margaret Bennett Knight. -- The Wexford Girl / Buell Kazee. -- O, Forbid Ye Maidens All / Robert Burns (Michael Cooney). -- The Sheffield Apprentice / trad. (Enoch Kent). -- Great Falls / trad. (Margaret Bennett Knight. -- My Fair Young Love / trad. (Margaret Bennett Knight. -- The Lady Gay, aka Three Little Babes aka The Wife of Usher's Well / Buell Kazee. -- Four Nights Drunk / trad. (Michael Cooney). -- Our Good Man / trad. (Michael Cooney). -- Unknown song / trad. (Enoch Kent). -- Mr. John Bunt / trad. (Margaret McArthur).

Enoch Kent

Margaret McArthur

Margaret Bennett Knight

Buell Kazee

Michael Cooney

22 June 1975

Enoch Kent: contacted, permission granted.

Michael Cooney : contacted and permission granted.

Margaret Bennett Knight : Seeking contact information.

Margaret McArthur : Seeking contact information.

Buell Kazee : Seeking contact information.

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Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds, F0511.

English

Scots Gaelic

Sound recording

ASCA00026

1 audio reel (ca. 50 min.) : 3 3/4 IPS, mono.

48 min, 52 seconds (full recording)

48kHz , 192kbps (preservation copy)