Among The Oak & Ash (album)
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Among The Oak & Ash is the first self-titled album by the group Among The Oak & Ash
. Among The Oak & Ash was released on June 16, 2009 with Verve Records
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Among The Oak & Ash
Among The Oak & Ash is an ever-changing collection of musicians led by American songwriter Josh Joplin. The songs are born out of the musical tradition of the Appalachian Mountains and are either adapted from their folk conventions or are entirely original and are written to sound like old time...
. Among The Oak & Ash was released on June 16, 2009 with Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
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Track listing
- "Hiram Hubbard" – 3:39
- "Peggy-OThe Bonnie Lass o' FyvieThe Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a girl. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its opening line There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons...
" – 2:50 - "Angel Gabriel" – 2:49
- "Shady GroveShady Grove (song)"Shady Grove" is an 18th-century folk song popular in the United States. It is a standard in the repertoires of folk, Celtic and bluegrass musicians. In most traditional versions, the melody is in a minor key...
" – 1:52 - "The Water Is WideThe Water Is Wide (song)"The Water Is Wide" is a folk song of Scottish or English origin that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable popularity through to the 21st century...
" – 5:31 - "The Housewife's Lament" – 2:35
- "Pretty SaroPretty SaroPretty Saro is an English folk ballad originating in the early 1700s. The song died out in England by the mid eighteenth century but was rediscovered in North America in the early twentieth century where it had been preserved in the Appalachian Mountains through oral traditions...
" – 1:19 - "All The Pretty Little HorsesAll the Pretty Horses (lullaby)"All the Pretty Little Horses" is a traditional African American lullaby from the southern United States.-Meaning:...
" – 3:04 - "Come All You Young & Tender Ladies" – :49
- "Joseph Hillström 1879-1915" – 3:41
- "Look Down That Lonesome Road" – 3:03
- "High, Low & Wide" - 5:15
- "Bigmouth Strikes AgainBigmouth Strikes Again"Bigmouth Strikes Again" is a song by The Smiths. It appears on their third album The Queen Is Dead and was the lead single from the album, reaching #26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986...
" - 2:56