The Rough Guide to English Roots Music

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music
The Rough Guide to English Roots Music
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	25 August 1998
Genre	World, Folk music of England
Length	70:53
Label	World Music Network
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Released25 August 1998

GenreWorld, Folk music of England

Length70:53

LabelWorld Music Network

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1998. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,^[1] the album features mainly English folk, with some tracks covering other cultures from England's ethnic range. Most pieces are from the 1990s.^[2] Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, was the producer.^[3]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Lucky Break"	Hank Dogs	4:39
2.	"Trip"	Eliza Carthy	5:22
3.	"Sail on By"	Oysterband	3:29
4.	"Claudy Banks"	Waterson–Carthy	6:45
5.	"Be My Rambling Woman"	Rory McLeod	4:23
6.	"Gypsy's Lullaby/The Hawk/Memories/Coates Hall"	Billy Pigg	4:57
7.	"The Begging Song"	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick	4:30
8.	"A Lord of Steam and Iron"	John Kirkpatrick	3:40
9.	"Falling Slowly"	Coope Boyes and Simpson	3:11
10.	"Hopping Down in Kent"	Louise Fuller	2:03
11.	"Country Life"	The Watersons	1:58
12.	"Byker Hill"	The Barely Works	5:06
13.	"Brilliant Pebbles"	Edward II	4:17
14.	"Yellow Dress"	The Albion Band	4:45
15.	"Red Wing Polka"	Daisy Bulwer, Walter Bulwer, Billy Cooper, Reg Hall, Mervyn Plunkett & Russell Wortley	2:24
16.	"Bold Fisherman"	Harry Cox	2:49
17.	"The Baker"	Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor, & Danny Thompson	4:22
18.	"A New England"	Billy Bragg	2:13

v t e World Music Network Rough Guide albums (complete list)
1994–1997	World Music West African Music Scottish Music Irish Music Kenya & Tanzania India & Pakistan The Andes Zimbabwe North Africa Classic Jazz One Voice: Vocal Music from Around the World Flamenco Reggae Salsa
1998–1999	English Roots Music African Blues South Africa Brazil Cuba Eastern Europe Portugal Cajun & Zydeco Native American Music Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Australian Aboriginal Music World Roots Tango Japan Rhythm-Time: World Percussion
2000–2005	Indonesia Unwired: Africa Unwired: Latin America Central America Highlife Canada Ethiopia Morocco Dub
2008–2013	Congo Gold Blues Revival Greek Café Bhangra Afghanistan Desert Blues Morocco Psychedelic Africa Ethiopia Voodoo Senegal Arabic Revolution African Disco Acoustic Africa

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music

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