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radio 4 extra lisa carthy

29 Jun 22 - 06:02 PM (#4145896)
Subject: radio 4 extra Lisa Carthy
From: The Sandman

FROM 2015 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06fkm2g 4 Extra Debut. Folk singer Eliza Carthy explores the history and legacy of Manchester's 19th-century 'broadside ballads'. From 2015.


29 Jun 22 - 08:18 PM (#4145908)
Subject: RE: radio 4 extra lisa carthy
From: The Sandman

"A lot of the broadsides are sentimental" quote.
are they worth singing then?


30 Jun 22 - 03:36 AM (#4145934)
Subject: RE: radio 4 extra lisa carthy
From: The Sandman

the song about Bury new loom was in my opinion wonderful about 20 minutes in, and the prediction song about 1973 was whilst accurate rather in the style of Mcgonagle. The programme illustrated to me the varying standards of craftsmanship from doggerell to the superb


30 Jun 22 - 04:16 AM (#4145938)
Subject: RE: radio 4 extra lisa carthy
From: The Sandman

bury new loom was about 27 minutes in


06 Jul 22 - 04:07 PM (#4146503)
Subject: RE: radio 4 extra lisa carthy
From: keberoxu

The thread title ought to read Eliza Carthy --
and the thread may be grouped with other Carthy threads as well.


07 Jul 22 - 02:27 AM (#4146554)
Subject: RE: radio 4 extra lisa carthy
From: The Sandman

Keboroxu, did you listen to it ?