042507

A post-St. George's Day (Apr 23rd)look at England which largely ignores the day for a variety of reasons including the lack of a coherent concept of what constitutes Englishness, apathy, and... the fear of offending anyone.

Waterson-Carthy - St. George - Holy Heathens and the Green Man - Topic Records
Jo Freya - Sweet England - Traditional Songs of England - SayDisc
Hilary James & Simon Mayor - Linden Lea - Music from a Small Island - Acoustics
Chumbawamba - Hard Times Of Old England - Get On With It Live - No Masters
Show of Hands - Roots - Witness - Hands on Music
John Tams - Unity - Unity - Topic Records
Mick Ryan & Pete Harris - A Tolpuddle Man - The Island of Apples - Wild Goose Records
The City Waites - England Be Glad - The English Tradition: 400 years of music and song - Musicrama
Brandywine Bridge - An English Meadow - An English Meadow - Kissing Spell
Vin Garbutt - England My England - Songbook - Home Roots
Maggie Holland - A Place Called England - Getting There - Irregular Records
Richard Digance - England's Green And Pleasant Land - England's Green And Pleasant Land - Transatlantic Records
Strawhead - Madcaps of England - Songs of the Civil War - Cock Robin Music
Roy Harper - One of those days in England - One of those days in England bullinamingvase - Chrysalis
Coope Boyes & Simpson - Farewell to England - Falling Slowly - No Masters
*Craobh Rua - O'Connor's Favourite/The Lass on the Strand - If Ida Been Here, Ida Been There - Lochshore

*4/30/07 performing in Little Rock for ACMS.