Showing posts with label Andrew Rowan Summers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrew Rowan Summers. Show all posts

May 4, 2024

Andrew Rowan Summers

Folkways Records – FA 2348

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Appalachian
[Tracklist]
A1 I Will Give My Love an Apple (02:10)
A2 The Death of Queen Jane (03:34)
A3 Blackbirds and Thrushes (02:12)
A4 The Three Ravens (03:29)
A5 Old Mr. Fox (02:29)
B1 Shenandoah (02:37)
B2 Full Moon (02:11)
B3 O Death Rock Me Asleep (01:52)
B4 Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (10:10)
[Credits]
Andrew Rowan Summers (dulcimer/vocals)
Liner Notes: Andrew Rowan Summers, Cover Artwork: David Stone Martin
[Notes]
Dulcimer player and singer Andrew Rowan Summers gives listeners his distinctive renditions of ballads from the Anglo-Irish tradition, as well as a version of "Au Claire de la Lune" translated by famous writer Katherine Anne Porter.

June 4, 2022

Unquiet Grave and Other American Tragic Ballads

Folkways Records - FA 2364
Sung by Andrew Rowan Summers
Folkways Records - FA 2364

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1951
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, World
[Tracklist]
A1 The Unquiet Grave (5:55)
A2 Searching for Lambs (1:48)
A3 Pretty Sally (3:53)
A4 True Lover's Farewell (2:32)
B1 The Cruel Brother (6:09)
B2 Geordie (Georgie) (3:18)
B3 At the Foot of Yonders Mountain (2:49)
B4 House Carpenter (4:12)
[Credits]
Andrew Rowan Summers (dulcimer/vocals)
Producer: Moses Asch, Recorder: Peter Bartok, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Executions, ghosts, and dancing on graves: Andrew Rowan Summers collects the macabre, the spooky, and the heartrending into one volume. This album features classic ballads, including "Geordie" and "The Cruel Brother."