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The Rough Guide to English Roots Music

1998 compilation album by Various artists

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music

Compilation album by

Various artists

Released

25 August 1998

Genre

World, Folk music of England

Length

70:53

Label

World Music Network

Full series chronology

The Rough Guide to Salsa
(1997)

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music
(1998)

African Blues
(1998)

Complete list

The Rough Guide to English Roots Music is a world music compilation album originally released in 1998. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,^[1] the album features mainly English folk, with some tracks covering other cultures from England's ethnic range. Most pieces are from the 1990s.^[2] Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, was the producer.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The album received generally positive reviews. Writing for AllMusic, Steven McDonald praised the track choices, saying it functions well as an "appetizer".^[2] BBC Music Magazine noted that instead of focusing on the preservers of tradition, the album featured "creators and extenders".^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Lucky Break"	Hank Dogs	4:39
2.	"Trip"	Eliza Carthy	5:22
3.	"Sail on By"	Oysterband	3:29
4.	"Claudy Banks"	Waterson–Carthy	6:45
5.	"Be My Rambling Woman"	Rory McLeod	4:23
6.	"Gypsy's Lullaby/The Hawk/Memories/Coates Hall"	Billy Pigg	4:57
7.	"The Begging Song"	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick	4:30
8.	"A Lord of Steam and Iron"	John Kirkpatrick	3:40
9.	"Falling Slowly"	Coope Boyes and Simpson	3:11
10.	"Hopping Down in Kent"	Louise Fuller	2:03
11.	"Country Life"	The Watersons	1:58
12.	"Byker Hill"	The Barely Works	5:06
13.	"Brilliant Pebbles"	Edward II	4:17
14.	"Yellow Dress"	The Albion Band	4:45
15.	"Red Wing Polka"	Daisy Bulwer, Walter Bulwer, Billy Cooper, Reg Hall, Mervyn Plunkett & Russell Wortley	2:24
16.	"Bold Fisherman"	Harry Cox	2:49
17.	"The Baker"	Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor, & Danny Thompson	4:22
18.	"A New England"	Billy Bragg	2:13

References

^ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c McDonald, Steven. "The Rough Guide to English Roots Music". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ BBC Music Magazine. "The Rough Guide to English Roots Music". BBC. Retrieved 2014-01-17.