Various. John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth. 2CD.

Product Description

The double-edged nature of the harvest season can be both a blessing and a burden; a vision of superabundant excess than can’t possibly be consumed before it rots. Our pre-industrial forebears expended considerable time and energy on conserving some of autumn’s bounty against the scarcity of winter... yet somehow, people would survive to till their fields again the following spring. The compilers of the first ‘John Barleycorn Reborn’ compilation, released in 2007, faced a similar embarrassment of riches - a testament both to English folk heritage and the health of the contemporary folk music scene. So here we have the second crop from that original sowing. Originally released for download only, now finally available as a stunning double CD, with every track completely remastered to the highest quality. 33 tracks from the cream of current dark British Folk music.

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Spirit of Albion - Dahm the Bard - Dark Britannica (04:24)

From the compilation 'John Barleycorn Reborn' (Cold Spring 2007). "'John Barleycorn Reborn' explores seasonal birth, death and rebirth on this double CD. This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of our ancient past and peoples, the strangeness of their beliefs, arcane traditions and the remnants of this carried down the centuries as folklore."

Product Videos

Spirit of Albion - Dahm the Bard - Dark Britannica
(04:24)

Track Listing

CD1:
01 Magpiety - The Rolling of the Stones
02 The Story - All Hallow's Eve
03 Telling the Bees – Wood
04 David A Jaycock - Bonny Jaycock Turner
05 Yealand Redmayne - Oh My Boy, My Bonny Boy
06 Charlotte Greig and Johan Asherton - The Bold Fisherman
07 Steve Tyler – Tierceron
08 The Wendigo - The Wendigo
09 The Owl Service - Wake the Vaulted Echo (Tigon Mix by RAF)
10 Far Black Furlong - The East Room V
11 Xenis Emputae Travelling Band - Brightening Dew
12 Sedayne - Corvus Monedula
13 The Straw Bear Band - Bear Ghost
14 Novemthree - Scythe to the Grass
15 Paul Newman – Lavondyss
16 James Reid - Kingfisher Blue
17 JefvTaon - (Digging the) Midnight Silver
18 Wooden Spoon - Children's Soul
19 The Big Eyes Family Players - A Dream of Fires

CD2:
01 Sungod - Improvisation at Kilpeck, June 2007
02 Clive Powell - Ca the Horse, Me Marra
03 Mac Henderson Of Grand Union Morris - Jack in the Green
04 Cunnan - Seven Sleepers, Seven Sorrows
05 Orchis - The Silkie
06 Twelve Thousand Days – Thistles
07 Novemthree - Harvest Dance
08 James Reid – Elder
09 Mary Jane - When I was in My Prime
10 Daughters Of Elvin - Ognor Mi Trovo
11 Misericordia - De Poni Amor A Me
12 Venereum Arvum - Child 102 (Lily Flower Mix)
13 The Anvil - John Barleycorn Must Live
14 Sunshine Coding - The Old Way