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British and Irish folk music
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
British and Irish folk music · From the eighteenth century immigrants from Scotland, England and Ireland settled in the Appalachians. They brought ballads, long narrative songs about love, murder and misfortune that were passed from singer to singer, and dance music for the fiddle, such as jigs and reels. In this way songs such as Barbara Allen came to America. That tradition is the basis of Appalachian folk and country, and, via the folk revival, of the singer-songwriters too.
Listening
Listening tip. In Barbara Allen, hear an unaccompanied ballad in which each verse tells a piece of the story.
Barbara Allen · Shirley CollinsApple Music ↗
Tarbolton / The Longford Collector / The Sailor's Bonnet · Michael Coleman, 1934Apple Music ↗
My Son David · Jeannie Robertson, 1953Apple Music ↗
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See also
- Shirley Collins
- Michael Coleman
- Jeannie Robertson
- Troubadours and trouvères
- Appalachian folk (mountain music)
- Minstrel shows
- Keltische folk
- Irish traditional music
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