#folksong — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #folksong, aggregated by home.social.
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Lilliburlero on 12-string guitar tuned to #DADGAD
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"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
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"Tom Dooley" ( #Roud 4192) is a traditional #NorthCarolina #folkSong based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in #WilkesCountyNorthCarolina by #TomDula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous #murderBallads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by #TheKingstonTrio reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart, was in the top 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and appeared in the #Cashbox Country Music Top 20.
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"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk-pop singers, including #theKingstonTrio, #WeFive, #TheChadMitchellTrio, #GordonLightfoot, and #PeterPaulAndMary. It became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk-pop singers, including #theKingstonTrio, #WeFive, #TheChadMitchellTrio, #GordonLightfoot, and #PeterPaulAndMary. It became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
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Heroic Gaelic Tales in Modern Music: Ossianic Ballads
23 Sep, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh & onlinePresenting new work reinterpreting traditional #Gaelic heroic lays / laoidhean through the collaboration of South Uist singer, Màiri Macmillan; the Edinburgh Quartet; & the composer Ned Bigham
#Scottish #literature #song #folksong #CelticStudies #Ossian