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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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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