Whirling Pope Joan
Spin (1994)
This album has a very raw, pagan feel to it, an outlandish and spellbinding swirl of music and song, firmly focused around the hurdy-gurdy of Nigel Eaton and gorgeous voice of Julie Murphy. There is a little bit of bass and some unpolished synths and programmed beats here and there, which add nicely to the whole. Most of the songs are traditional, and the majority of those are Welsh and English, and there are also a couple of covers, I'm not sure how radical they are because I haven't heard the originals to compare, but I can imagine the Bronski Beat cover is pretty different from the original. Ffoles Llantrisant is one of my favourites on the album, but really, this is an album upon which every track shines brightly, so it is hard to single out highlights. (Amazon.co.uk)
Tracks:
01 - Doldrum
02 - Donna Lombarda
03 - Ffoles Llantrisant
04 - Puit D'amour - Tiennet
05 - False True Love
06 - Sept Marins
07 - Jasmine Sweet
08 - Searching For Lambs - Lost Hearts
09 - Captain's Courageous
10 - Ffarwel I Aberystwyth - Cote Pile
11 - Scotis Lwyd - Scotis Syml
12 - Bloodlines
13 - Sept Marins Again - Hanter Dro
Quality: 192kbps
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This album has a very raw, pagan feel to it, an outlandish and spellbinding swirl of music and song, firmly focused around the hurdy-gurdy of Nigel Eaton and gorgeous voice of Julie Murphy. There is a little bit of bass and some unpolished synths and programmed beats here and there, which add nicely to the whole. Most of the songs are traditional, and the majority of those are Welsh and English, and there are also a couple of covers, I'm not sure how radical they are because I haven't heard the originals to compare, but I can imagine the Bronski Beat cover is pretty different from the original. Ffoles Llantrisant is one of my favourites on the album, but really, this is an album upon which every track shines brightly, so it is hard to single out highlights. (Amazon.co.uk)
Tracks:
01 - Doldrum
02 - Donna Lombarda
03 - Ffoles Llantrisant
04 - Puit D'amour - Tiennet
05 - False True Love
06 - Sept Marins
07 - Jasmine Sweet
08 - Searching For Lambs - Lost Hearts
09 - Captain's Courageous
10 - Ffarwel I Aberystwyth - Cote Pile
11 - Scotis Lwyd - Scotis Syml
12 - Bloodlines
13 - Sept Marins Again - Hanter Dro
Quality: 192kbps
DL
pass: highqualitymp3
posted by Ailis at 6:34 AM
4 Comments:
So this is Fern Hill in embryo. It's very bloody good. Julie Murphy is magnificent. Thank you so much, Ailis.
Can you please reupload?
With a cherry on top!
I would also appreciate an update of the download link! I found one track on a compilation and am dying to hear the rest. Thanks!
You can find this whole album on Youtube.
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