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Folknacious Settings of 'art' poems by folkies (63* d) RE: Settings of 'art' poems by folkies 04 May 10

Natalie Merchant has just released a 2-CD set of settings of poems "for children" (though the concept of the album is not what I would consider "kid's music"). IMHO it's superb.

I just got this in the post today from Amazon. I second your "superb". Musically enthralling, beautifully produced, loads of great roots/ trad musicians involved, and as for the package - a hard back book with short articles on all the poets - words fail me. An incredible body of work, and on UK Amazon it's only £12.99 which for 2 long CDs and a book this good seems extraordinarily cheap.

Something else to look out for, The Wraiths, a Bristol duo with Spiro connections have just put out a nice CD called Welcome, Stranger, To This Place (from William Blake). All poems adapted to music, Keats, Emily Dickinson, Tennyson etc. Samples to hear here

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