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Pirates, shanghaiers, slavers, and smugglers are just some of the central characters in this album of lusty, authentic maritime songs; others are ardent patriots, hard-pressed immigrants, and... more

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In his liner notes, Ewan MacColl writes, "In the days before TV, radio, and newspapers, the broadsides helped both to mould and reflect public opinion; their authors acted as political commentators,... more

This second volume (see Folkways FW03043, Broadside Ballads, Volume 1) continues Ewan MacColl's exploration of English broadside ballads. It features songs about the exploits of women, from a woman... more

Wallace House has weeded through the many centuries-old ballads of Robin Hood to present ten, from "True Tale of Robin Hood" to "Robin Hood's Death and Burial." (Little John and Maid Marian are here... more

Louis Killen was one of the major players in the British folk music revival during the 1950s and '60s. Drawing from his extensive collection of English ballads and folk songs, Killen compiled this... more

Before photography, painted panoramas were often the only images the general public saw of distant lands. One such panorama from 1848, of "wondrous scenes of whaling and faraway islands," inspired a... more

The constant peril and cramped quarters come alive as you hear these Civil War-era maritime songs—but so do the bustling taverns and variety theaters where the soldiers blew off steam. The 36-page... more

The songs collected on this album come from the age of revolutions: The American, the French, and in Ireland, the Revolution of 1797 and Emmet's ill-fated uprising of 1803. Charles Edward Smith's... more