London Experimental Ensemble – Child Ballads: The Final Six [2xLP] - New LP

Double Bass – Jordan Muscatello Electronics, Piano – Antonio Acunzo Electric Guitar – Keisuke Matsui, NO Moore Effects, Piano – Tony Hardie Saxophone – John Eyles Saxophone – Caroline Kraabel Trombone – Edward Lucas Vocals: Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention), Sivert Høyem (Norway), Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding), Ed Pettersen, Gina Fergione and Marissa Nadler weaving beguiling original melodies to these classic tales of magic, love lost, myth, and high drama. The Child Ballads are 305 songs/broadsides of the British Isles. Created between three and five hundred years ago, they have become synonymous with modern folk music since the 1950s. The final six ballads (#'s 299-305) were never put to music until now.