Episode 5 of the weekly podcast series features 6 acoustic songs with more of a traditional folk music feel to them. Four are my own compositions written in a way that harks back to the traditional English folk song, or maybe British in some cases. It used to be a bit of joke to to an introduction long the lines of “This is a traditional song that I wrote” as if that is such a fake thing to do but these days it’s become more normal thanks to the efforts of folk singers such as Kate Rusby, Tom Bliss and many others brought up in the traditional scene for whom its natural to write songs in that style.
The rest of my songs would need be described as “Contemporary Folk” which probably means they sound like they were written in the 1970s, and some of them were…
Anyway, here is the podcast player and download link followed by this week’s show notes
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Podcast Episode 5 Show Notes
Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 5 published on August 4th 2010. All songs performed with the six string Ibanez acoustic guitar
- Sitting on top of the World – by Andy Roberts
- The Wreckers’ Prayer – by Andy Roberts
- The Rowan Tree – by Andy Roberts
- Captain Coulston – Traditional / Steeleye Span
- Cajun Cooking Music – by Andy Roberts
- Old Paint - Traditional
25 Minutes 40 seconds 23.8Mb
