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Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight
12+ albums
acousticfolkbritish folk
about
With family members in The Watersons, Lal created classic performances of folksongs - the rich textures of their voices, inspired harmonies and feeling for words and music bringing meaning and currency to what had previously been a stilted, schoolroom genre. In 1972, Lal and Mike Waterson's Bright Phoebus then provided a conclusive demonstration that Lal's own songmaking was equally resonant and lasting - it was, critics have since concluded, probably the best folk rock album ever made. As a songwriter, Lal Waterson had few equals. Evoking a lyrical, mysterious world, her images of light and shadows, sudden bursts of sun and brilliant colour are haunting - peopled with characters sketched in a few lines but whose presence live in the memory. Her songs have been recorded by Christine Collister, Tanteeka and June Tabor, but it was her own 1996 album Once in a Blue Moon Topic TSCD 478 - made in collaboration with her son Oliver Knight - which confirmed her status as Britain's most distinctive innovator. A second collaboration A Bed of Roses TSCD 505 completed by Oliver after her death was released on the Topic label (www.topicrecords.co.uk) in 1999. Outstanding track 'Columbine'. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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albums
Once in a Blue Moon
A Bed Of Roses
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The Acoustic Folk Box
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The Acoustic Folk Box (Disc 4)
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Funeral Music For Geff
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The Record Shop-30 Years Of Rough Trade Shops
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Simply Folk
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Garden Of Delights
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Beginner's Guide To English Folk [Disc 1] - Folk Roots
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Three Score And Ten: A Voice To The People
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The Record Shop: 30 Years of Rough Trade Shops (disc 2)
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Simply Folk [Disc 2]