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Re: (TV) Bert and John and...



Also

The eponymous /Bert Jansch/ from the 60s
/Avocet/ from the late 70s - all instrumental and apparently one of 
Jansch's favourites
The /Black Swan/ from a few years ago

For Davy Graham /Folk Blues and Beyond /is fairly essential


Keith Allison wrote:
> Jesse Hochstadt wrote:
>> I'd like to get more Jansch and Renbourn stuff if I knew where to start.
>>   
>
> Bert - "Jack Orion"
> Both - "Bert and John"
>>  I don't know June Tabor's or Norma Waterson's work well at all. And 
>> I still want to know more about the not-so-long-ago deceased Davy 
>> Graham (the British Sandy Bull?).
>>
>>   
> I'd say June Tabor is *the* interpreter of songs traditional and 
> contemporary and a fabulous voice. We saw her live with Norma Waterson 
> last year and she's frighteningly stunning. Try "Airs and Graces" or 
> the more-recent "An Echo of Hooves".
> All Norma Watersons albums are great but I like her best unaccompanied 
> with The Watersons. Martin Carthy (who is, of course, biased) called 
> her "the best singer in the world" and she's not of course but when 
> you're listening to her you could believe it.
>
> Davy Graham's "All That Moody" (1976) is a great collection.
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