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James Kellaghan- A Few Simple Verses CD (NEW 2007 Folk) The Duhks/Danu/Jez Lowe

Original release CD.....Brand New from the Fellside Label, 2007

Juno Award winning Canadian singer-songwriter James Keelaghan has come up with a new album not featuring his own songs, but looking at his own song ‘roots’. On this album James sings other people’s songs, longtime favourites of his: “Some I learned when I was very young. Some are songs that have been important in my musical development. Some I chose for emotional reasons. They all tell good stories.” The one ‘new’ song is by leading UK songwriter, Jez Lowe. For Keelaghan the diversity of musicians he recorded with is one of the most exciting things about the album: Danu, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Jordan McConnell (from The Duhks), Stephen Fearing, Oscar Lopez, Ruth Moody (from The Wailin’ Jennies), Geoff Kelley (from Spirit of the West). With these songs and that voice there’s no need to worry about the tradition – it’s in good hands! James Keelaghan won ‘Best Traditional Singer’ for this album at the Canadian Folk Awards

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Tracks: Jackson & Jane / Farewell To The Gold / Harvest Train / Bonnie Light Horseman / Jackhaggerty; Le Tourment / Sweet Thames Flow Softly / The Boston Burglar / Galway Races / The Constant Lovers / My Blood.

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A review from Folkmama

Years ago when I was a teenager I read a novel that really made a tremendous impression on me. It was a book called The Drifters, written by one of my favorite writers– Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener. The novel follows six young characters from various countries as their paths meet and they travel together through parts of Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Mozambique during the Vietnam War era. My favorite character is Gretchen, a girl from Boston who becomes disillusioned about life in American and hits the road after getting caught up in a senseless political riot.

What I thought was really sensational about Gretchen is that she played the guitar and loved old ballads! In fact, the entire book is peppered with verses from a selection of magnificent old English and Scottish ballads, collected in the 19^thcentury by Francis James Child and published in the book Popular English and Scottish Ballad. This was my first exposure to this wonderful form of folk music–it sent me scurrying to the library and to friend’s record collections to try to learn more.

I’m reminded of the love of ballad singing that I developed early in the 70s when listening to James Keelaghan’s A Few Simple Verses. On this album, James sings other people’s songs, longtime favorites of his. He has included an exquisite rendition of an old English ballad “The Constant Lovers”. This haunting song, which tells the tragic story of a boy lost at sea and his lover’s leap from a cliff to join him, is beautifully sung by Keelaghan with just the right amount of sentimentality. The turn of phrase and musicianship are so breathtaking, that I have listened to the song many, many times and have not tired of it. Joining this ballad is a collection of songs that Keelaghan says were important in his musical development and are” lyrically superior and melodically appealing.” These include:

Harvest Train (Dan Somers)
Bonnie Light Horseman (Traditional)
Jack Haggerty (Traditional)
Le Tourment (JP Loyer)
Sweet Thames Flow Softly (Ewan MacColl)
Boston Burgler (Traditional)
Galway Races (Traditional)
Constant Lovers (Traditional)
My Blood (James Keelaghan and jez lowe 2003)

Another great thing about this CD is that on three of the selections James is accompanied

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