Newfoundland & Labrador Folklore A Sampler of Songs, Narrations & Tunes MUN CD

Description: The cd I'm selling is Newfoundland & Labrador Folklore: A Sampler of Songs, Narrations, and Tunes. All artwork and the cd are in very good condition. The cd comes housed in a dvd snapcase with a fabulously anotated 45-page full sized booklet. Winner pays postage which is $5 within Canada and $10 to the US. TRACKS1. The Gypsum Men – Kevin Beanland 2. The Valley of Kilbride – Blanche Murphy 3. Rakes of Mallo – Frankie Nash 4. Romeo and Juliet (narration) – John Thomas PowerFO 5. Maggie May – George Brodie 6. Why Don't Father's Ship Come In – Annie Green 7. Dogsled Tall Tale (narration) – Performer Unknown 8. Joe Smallwood's Reel – Emile Benoit 9. The Gay Spanish Maid – Rose Eustis 10. Oran an Tombaca (The Tobacco Song) – Allan MacArthur 11. MacDonald's Reel – Minnie White 12. Tom Tobin's Dicky Bird – Mike Meaney 13. Little Dickie Melburn – Martha Hutchings 14. Haste to the Wedding – Rufus Guinchard 15. Job's Cove Rock (narration) – Francis Colbert 16. The Droving Song – Blanche Roberts 17. The Girl From the West Country – Malcolm "Mack" Masters 18. Lost Jimmy Whelan – Linda (Slade) Byrne 19. Twin Lakes – William "Billy" White 20. Saint Anne's Reel – Minnie White 21. The Army Song – Stanley Trimm 22. Johnny Reilly – John Joe English 23. The American Cake Walk – Bernard Felix 24. The Bird Rocks – Annie Walters 25. St. John's Girl – Peter Letto 26. Down East Pickin' – Kevin Beanland 27. Catherine a passe par ici – Elizabeth Barter • archival recordings, made between 1960 and 1994, drawn from Memorial University’s Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA)• previously unissued performances by Newfoundland icons Emile Benoit and Rufus Guinchard (fiddle) and Minnie White (accordion), as well as singers of an earlier generation such as Rose Eustise, Elizabeth Barter, Annie Green, and Allan MacArthur• 45-page accompanying booklet with text and tune transcriptions, song notes, performer biographies, and an essay by eminent folklorist Dr. Peter NarváezNewfoundland and Labrador Folklore: A Sampler of Songs, Narrations and Tunes was conceived by folklore graduate students as a sampler of folkloric music and narrative from the Folklore and Language Archive at Memorial (MUNFLA). The twenty-seven field recordings span 1960-1994 and carefully avoid most well-known Newfoundland and Labrador songs (e.g., “I’s the B’y” and “Squid Jiggin’ Ground”). The majority of the material is musical, including a Child ballad (“Willie O Winsbury”), broadside songs (“The Valley of Kilbride,” “The Gay Spanish Maid,” “Johnny Reilly”), occupational songs (“The Gypsum Men,” “Twin Lakes,” “Maggie May”), and dance tunes (“Rakes of Mallo,” “Joe Smallwood’s Reel”). Most are in the English language, although there is a French macaronic song (“Catherine a pâssé par ici”) and a Scottish Gaelic song (“Oran an Tombaca” [The Tobacco Song]). Apparently, “Tom Tobin’s Dickybird,” an erotic song on the compilation, received quite a bit of local radio play, causing the initial CD run to sell out in only a few months (more have since been made available)!The performers include well-known greats such as Emile Benoit, Minnie White, and Mack Masters, but many others are less known. What I find particularly attractive about this collection is that it goes beyond the expected songs and tunes to include two cante fables (spoken-sung performances) and “recitations,” defined by Kenneth S. Goldstein as “solo, spoken, stylized, theatrically-mannered oral performance[s] from memory of… self-contained dramatic narrative[s] in either poetic or prose form,” two of which are fixed-phrased (“Romeo and Juliet” and “Job’s Cove Rock”), and one which is free-phrased (“Dogsled Tall Tale”). This gives a better sense of the breadth of vernacular oral expression and performance in the area. I also value how some tracks include the performer’s or collector’s commentary rather than being limited to the musical or narrative performance alone. This provides some insight into the performers’ intent and performance context.

Price: 12.94 CAD

Location: St. John's, Newfoundland

End Time: 2025-01-29T18:59:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.97 CAD