Title: Folk Songs of Maine Artist: Edward Ives Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070532328 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
As a coastal state, most of the songs collected here and performed by Edward "Sandy" Ives are maritime songs or shanties, while a few reference the civil war or the lumbering trade. As Ives says: "But always there have been the woods and the sea, and they have given Maine it's unique character." While Ives states that most of the songs would have been performed without accompaniment, Ives here plays the guitar. Liner notes include historical information by Ives concerning each song.
Tracks: 1.1 Lovewell's Fight 1.2 Aroostook War Song 1.3 The Miramichi Fire 1.4 Santy Anna 1.5 The Cumberland's Crew 1.6 The Stately Southerner 1.7 The Shanty Boys 1.8 A Trip to the Grand Banks 1.9 The Boys of the Island 1.10 Sally Brown 1.11 The Old Beggar Man (Child #17) 1.12 Tittery Nan 1.13 Peter Emberly
