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Twelve Ballads by Daniel Dutton
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fave it Traditional Folk | Modern Folk
12 tracks | 69 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Daniel Dutton
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:49 True Thomas lyrics BUY MP3 06:49 True Thomas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:49 True Thomas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:25 Barbara Ellen lyrics BUY MP3 06:25 Barbara Ellen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:25 Barbara Ellen
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:48 The Fox lyrics BUY MP3 03:48 The Fox lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:48 The Fox
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:38 Polly Vaughn lyrics BUY MP3 06:38 Polly Vaughn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:38 Polly Vaughn
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 The Boar Hunter lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 The Boar Hunter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 The Boar Hunter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:53 The Frog's Courtship lyrics BUY MP3 05:53 The Frog's Courtship lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:53 The Frog's Courtship
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 12:26 Tam Lin lyrics BUY MP3 12:26 Tam Lin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 12:26 Tam Lin
Ancient epics of love, death, and enchantment come back to haunt contemporary ears.
Bio / Background
These twelve ballads were recorded as part of a project for 21C Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. The recordings are the audio complement to 12 8'x 10' paintings of scenes from the ballads, which can be viewed online at dandutton.com (Click Image, then Ballad Image Index.)
The songs are mostly ones that I grew up singing. When I began working on this project, I chose 36 ballads to record, and gradually narrowed down to the twelve that would be painted, and included on this recording. The recordings were made by Jody Kirkpatrick, who also designed electronic atmospheres for each ballad, with a host of electronic devices and manually controlled synthesizers that respond delicately to the tones and volumes of the voice and instrument. The recordings are all "live", without overdubs.
The instruments are a Ramirez guitar, charango, mountain dulcimer, m'bira, and an early type of hurdy-gurdy called a symphonia.
These are traditional ballads, some quite old.
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