The Vermont indie-folkster Anais Mitchell’s own songs echo archaic British folk lyrics, and she’s spearheaded the rediscovery of the English folksinger Nic Jones.
Last Summer, I saw New Yorker Jefferson Hamer playing along anonymously in a traditional session in an Edinburgh bar.
Like Dylan and Paul Simon in the ‘60s, the dutiful duo sought the sources of the old songs, and now they illuminate the granite vaults and cracked stained glass of seven of our most sacred secular standards with New World brightness, making them shine anew.
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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John Robins, Comedian
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Idrie, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter