Brass, bells and Whitsun wells
To mark this year’s Whitsunday, Elizabeth Alker presents contemporary experimental and ambient artists who have been finding new approaches to brass band and Morris traditions.
The month of May is, of course, a fine time for Morris dancing, brass band parades, folksong celebrations, and well-dressing ceremonies. To mark this year’s Whitsunday, Elizabeth Alker presents a selection of music from a new crop of experimental and ambient artists who have been finding new approaches to centuries-old traditions. Martin Green’s music takes the brass band to new sonic territories; Orbury Common invent exciting pagan dance forms for 21st-century ears; and Gazelle Twin offers new takes on folkloric tropes.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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Music Played
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Folklore Tapes
Oxford Mayday Celebrations, 2010
- The Ritual Year A.
- Folklore Tapes.
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Whitworth & Healey Vale Brass Band
Procession / Sword Dance
- A Web of Braided Willow (The Folklore of the Wickerman).
- Folklore Tapes.
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Laura Cannell, Stewart Lee & Kate Ellis
GATHER THE VILLAGERS
- THESE FERAL LANDS VOLUME 1.
- Brawl Records.
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Julianna Barwick
Wishing Well
- Healing Is A Miracle.
- Ninja Tune.
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The Ripley Wayfarers
The Five Wells
- Five Wells.
- Tradition.
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Martin Green
VIOLET
- Split the Air.
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Rob St. John
Bringing The May
- Folklore Tapes Calendar Customs Box​-​Set.
- Folklore Tapes.
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Keeley Forsyth
Turning
- The Hollow.
- 130701.
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Marlais
Warm At Last
- Warm at Last.
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Theatre of Voices
Creator Spiritus
- De Profundis.
- harmonia mundi.
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David Penfold
Turtle Dove
- Turtle Dove.
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Arianne Churchman
Fire Rites
- The Folklore of the Wickerman.
- Folklore Tapes.
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Stick in the Wheel
The Cuckoo VIP (EAN remix)
Remix Artist: EAN.- The Cuckoo VIP (EAN remix).
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Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins
An Awakening - Whitsun Dance
- Amaranth.
- Harvest.
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Orbury Common
Constant Billy (feat. Boss Morris)
- Devil Gurning EP.
- PRAH Recordings.
Broadcast
- Sun 19 May 2024 23:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 3