Elizabethan Session Elizabethan Session CD

Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr, Folk by the Oak patron Jim Moray, 2014 BBC Folk Singer of the Year Bella Hardy, John Smith, Hannah James, Rachel Newton and early music specialist Emily Askew came together to create new music that has a resonance and relevance to the era. This 14 track CD showcases the results of the multi artist commission from Folk by the Oak and the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) that was inspired by the Elizabethan era took place in March 2014.

1. The Shores of Hispaniola 2. London 3. Christopher Marlowe 4. Love-In-Idleness 5. Eve's Apology in Defence of Women / Gather the Owls 6. Broadside 7. Elizabeth Spells Death 8. Come Live with Me 9. The Straight Line and the Curve 10. True Lover's Knot Untied / the Great Hall 11. The Monnington Pavane / Ortiz Ground 12. The Oak Casts His Shadow 13. Hatfield 14. Suspicious Mind