Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz - Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs Of Mary Sands And Jane Gentry

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz - Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs Of Mary Sands And Jane Gentry

The English-born folk song collector, musician and composer, Cecil
Sharp, collected songs in Appalachia between 1916-1918
Among several locations, he collected in Madison County, North Carolina, a
remote county right on the Tennessee state line, that had a horrible history of
violence in the Civil War and was known to be clannish, remote.There, Sharp met
singers Jane Gentry and Mary Sands. They both contributed a signifcant and
unusually high number of songs to his collection. Gentry contributed eighty and
Sands about twenty-fve. Their versions are available through Sharp's books. The
house where Gentry sang for Sharp is still there ('Sunnybank' in the town of Hot
Springs). Some of ballads they contributed are among the best- know ones –
'Pretty Saro,' 'Lord Franklin,' etc. Two women who nobody ever heard sing,
unknowingly changed the course of folk music history.
During 2022, Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz handpicked a selection of the
Gentry and Sands songs and arranged them for their two guitars. They then
invited six great UK folk singers to each sing one song, recording them here in the
UK and six great Appalachian folk singers to record in Nashville.
The album features special guests, from the UK, Cara Dillon, Fay Hield, Seth
Lakeman, Angeline Morrison and Emily Portman and from the States, Dale Ann
Bradley, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Tim O'Brien, Tammy Rogers and Odessa
Settles.
Martin Simpson is a world-renowned, multi- award- winning English folk singer,
guitarist, banjo player and songwriter based in Shefeld, UK. Thomm Jutz is a
German- born American singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist based in
Nashville, USA. This album is released on Topic Records, which celebrates its
85th anniversary in 2024.

Tracks: Fair Annie (Feat. Emily Portman) / Geordie (Feat. Sierra Hull & Justin
Moses) / Pretty Saro (Feat. Odessa Settles) / Edward (Feat. Seth Lakeman) /
Edwin In The Lowlands Low (Feat. Tim O’brien) / Jacob's Ladder (Feat. Dale Ann
Bradley & Tim Stafford) / Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies (Feat. Cara
Dillon) / The Wagoner's Lad / Married And Single Life (Feat. Tammy Rogers) / The
Gypsy Laddie / The Suffolk Miracle (Feat. Angeline Morrison) / I Whipped My
Horse (Feat. Fay Hield) / Awake! Awake!

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