Blackletter Garland – Hack-Poets Guild [CD]

High-concept debut album from the brand-new collaboration between three of UK folk’s most unique and prestigious voices; Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann. ‘Blackletter Garland’ by Hack-Poets Guild boasts twelve fascinating interpretations and original compositions that tell intricate tales of birth, love, conflict and death, with all the imagination of the folklore from which they’re based. Inspired by historic broadside ballads, the trio rejuvenate and reinvent these stories, bringing them vividly to life for a new generation.

Disc 1
1. Ten Tongues – Hack-Poets Guild
2. Daring Highwayman – Hack-Poets Guild
3. The Devil’s Cruelty – Hack-Poets Guild
4. Laying the Ghost – Hack-Poets Guild
5. Birds of Harmony – Hack-Poets Guild
6. Hemp & Flax – Hack-Poets Guild
7. Something to Love Me – Hack-Poets Guild
8. Meat for Worms – Hack-Poets Guild
9. The Troubles of This World – Hack-Poets Guild
10. Rare Receipts – Hack-Poets Guild
11. Be Kind to Each Other – Hack-Poets Guild
12. Cruel Mother – Hack-Poets Guild