Songs For The Farmland Museum

Description

Traditional & contemporary songs of Farming & Countryside Life

Singing songs has always been an integral part of our culture. Over the centuries people living in the countryside have sung songs celebrating the seasons, their work and their lives, as well as notable events or people’s misfortunes.

This selection of songs has been put together to reflect aspects of the Farmland Museum’s collections and celebrate the site’s farming heritage. Five of the songs chosen have got local connections and two of the original compositions are unlikely to have been heard by more than a handful of people.

Mike Ruff & Bob Giddings

We would like to dedicate this album to the memory of Bob Giddings, a local resident with lifelong connections to Denny who loved his music.

The album is available for download. You can also purchase and download individual tracks.

Songs For The Farmland Museum (ALBUM)

A music album by Mike Ruff

Songs For The Farmland Museum (TRACKS)

Tracks from a music album by Mike Ruff

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• Technical Details

Please see Technical Details tab for list of tracks.

Thanks and Acknowledgements

A big thankyou to the Farmland Museum and the Trustees for making this project happen. Thanks to:

• John Kirkpatrick whose singing and playing has been an inspiration throughout my career and who has provided a number of songs for this collection.
• EFDSS, the amazing staff at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and The Full English Project for assistance in researching material for this project.
• Mary Humphries, who through her work on Cambridgeshire material and the Enid Porter project pointed me in the direction of some wonderful material, not all of which I have been able to include.
• Andy Dewar for his amazing work in the studio, bits of percussion and his support and encouragement.
• Chris Sadler for concertina playing and chorus singing and Alan Dunn for the piano playing on Animal Farm.
• Chris Haigh and Tim Brookes for their songs “Animal Farm” and “Nothing Left but the Squeal.”

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