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Alasdair Roberts & Karine Polwart / Drew Wright - Split 7" Single [VINYL]
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| Artist | Alasdair Roberts, Karine Polwart, Drew Wright |
| Album Title | Captain Wedderburn's Courtship / The Dowie Dens O Yarrow |
| Label | Drag City |
| Format | 7" Single |
| Release Date | 14th November 2011 |
| Catalog Number | CD497 |
• This split 7” record is being released in tandem with the compilation album ‘Whar The Pig Gaed On The Spree’.
• The A side of the single is Alasdair Roberts’ own arrangement and performance (with renowned Scottish singer Karine Polwart) of ‘Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship’, a traditional ballad included on ‘Whaur The Pig...’ from the mouth of an octogenarian farmer named Willie Mathieson.
• The flipside features another young and talented traditionally-minded Scots singer, Drew Wright, who turns in an interpretation of the classic Scots border ballad ‘The Dowie Dens O Yarrow’.
• The ‘Whaur The Pig Gaed On The Spree’ compilation commemorates the 60th anniversary of Alan Lomax’s first Scottish recordings and acknowledges their profound effect on the Scotland’s folk revival with Alasdair Roberts, one of its most gifted heirs at the wheel.
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