00:18

The Unanswered Question

Charles Ives

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

A SET OF PIECES - MUSIC BY CHARLES IVES   -  DG 439 869

 

01:30

Dubble Strutz

Traditional Swedish after Gustaf Strutz

VŠsen

V€SEN - SPIRIT

   -  NorthSide  6004

 

03:41

The Riddle Song

Traditional

Doc Watson

DOC WATSON SINGS SONGS FOR LITTLE PICKERS   -  Sugar Hill Records 3786

 

06:13

"I had four brothers over the sea..."

Traditional

Tim Laycock with the Broadside Band

OLD ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES

   - Saydisc 419

 

06:58

I Have a Yong Suster

Traditional

John Fleagle

JOHN FLEAGLE - WORLD'S BLISS

   - Archetype 60103

 

10:18

Captain Woodstock's Courtship

Traditional

Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker

IAN & SYLVIA - NORTHERN JOURNEY

   -  Vanguard 79154

 

14:52

Tum Balalayka

Traditional

Klezmer Conservatory Band

THE KLEZMER CONSERVATORY BAND "LIVE!"   -  Rounder 3125

 

19:22

Scarborough Fair/Canticle

Traditional/Simon, Garfunkle

Simon and Garfunkle

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME

   -  Columbia LP 9363

 

21:26

The Cambric Shirt

Traditional

Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand

RIDDLE ME THIS:  JEAN RITCHIE AND OSCAR BRAND SING RIDDLE AND COURTING SONGS   -  Riverside 12-646

 

24:03

The Elfin Knight

Traditional Scots ballad

Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

CLASSIC SCOTS BALLADS SUNG BY EWAN MacCOLL   -  Tradition Records 1015

 

26:07*

Scarborough Fair

Traditional

John Renbourn et al

JOHN RENBOURN - THE LADY AND THE UNICORN   -  Shanachie 97022

 

28:40

Riddle Me This

Traditional

Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand

THE RIVERSIDE FOLKLORE SERIES Volume Three   -  Riverside 9911

 

31:20

False Knight on the Road

Traditional

Maddy Prior and Tim Hart

MADDY PRIOR AND TIM HART - SUMMER SOLSTICE   -  Shanachie 79046

 

34:47*

Scarborough Fair

Traditional

John Renbourn et al

JOHN RENBOURN - THE LADY AND THE UNICORN   -  Shanachie 97022

 

35:27

Raga Chandra Kauns

Traditional Indian raga

Hariprasad Chaurasia  et al

FABULOUS FLUTE OF HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA   -  Chhanda Dhara 3385

 

36:42

Earth Mother

Robert Tree Cody

Robert Tree Cody  et al

ROBERT TREE CODY - DREAMS FROM THE GRANDFATHER   -  Canyon Records 554

 

38:48

Oedipus Rex

Mark Graham

Mark Graham  et al

KEVIN BURKE'S OPEN HOUSE -  HOOF AND MOUTH   -  Green Linnet 1169

 

42:07

BlŒ Stilheit  ["Blue Silence"]

Traditional Swedish

Hans Brimi

THE SWEET SUNNY NORTH

   -  Shanachie 64057

 

45:11

PŒl Karls Vals

Traditional Swedish

Den Fule

DEN FULE  -  QUAKE

   -  North Side 6001

 

48:21

Green Grow the Rushes-O

Traditional

Nowell Sing We Clear

THE SECOND NOWELL

   -  Front Hall Records - 026

 

50:08

San-Ya

Traditional Japanese

Katsuya Yokoyama

ZEN - KATSUYA YOKOYAMA - CLASSICAL SHAKUHACHI MASTERWORKS   -  Wergo 1033

 

52:12

The Arkansas Traveller

Traditional American

Michelle Shocked  et al

MICHELLE SHOCKED  -  ARKANSAS TRAVELLER   -  Mercury 314 512 101

 

53:27

A Ha Me A Riddle I Day

Laura Love

Laura Love  et al

LAURA LOVE  -  HELVETICA BOLD

   -  Octoroon 004

 

56:27*

Scarborough Fair

Traditional

John Renbourn et al

JOHN RENBOURN - THE LADY AND THE UNICORN   -  Shanachie 97022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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