James Yorkston & Big Eyes Family Players - I Went To Visit The Roses (2009)

James Yorkston, resident of the East Neuk of Fife, returns in the company of The Big Eyes Family Players with a new album of traditional songs from the length and breadth of the Great Britain & Ireland and one tune from Galicia in Spain. After a decade which has seen folk music morph into nu-folk, mobile phone-ad folk, mortgage-folk, smoothie-folk and so on, Yorkston has reached back into the tradition of song and place and drawn a line in the sand.

I Went To Visit The Roses A second Irish one from Peter Kennedys collection. Again, I was initially drawn by the lyric so built a melody around it. There are alternative lyrics where the hero is seen as not quite so polite, but this was the first one I came across, so it made sense to stick to it. The harmonium in the middle sections was recorded on an old English instrument with Mouse Proof pedals, which I found in the street in Edinburgh. It takes a fair bit of fit-blawin mouse proof or not, its bellows are holier than thou.

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[arii250792]

nice (:

[xxCristycravexx]

So relaxing,,

[captikus78]

I think i'm responsible for about 9,500 of the listens to this song

[GrockJake]

finally figured it out! this has the melody of Sweet Child o Mine... very original...

[Rutgerwhooer]

that's my mate shaking the can

[shorphan]

ah yes

[Havenscope]

Very beautiful. Captivating.