Sing Yonder 1 - Music videos reveal

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It has always been my intention to make as much as possible of the Sing Yonder universe totally freely available, which is fine when it is my labour being given away for free. However, when I was making the first Sing Yonder album, I thought it unfair to assume the marvellous artists involved would share my enthusiasm for voluntary labour, and as most are also trying to make a living, I had to at least offer to pay them for their time. Because of that, the first album was not initially freely available.

However, now I have sold enough copies (thank you so much to those that bought them last year) to offer the artists a small recompense for their time, and with Sing Yonder 2 on the horizon, I have with their agreement decided to release the album for free so even more people can enjoy it, and hopefully learn from it. However, rather than do it the quick and easy way by dumping it into some automatic distribution system, I instead decided to make individual, “Sing along” videos for each track, which I will release onto YouTube as a playlist when Sing Yonder 2 is properly launched.

As you paid subscribers are very much part of this process, and I am even more grateful to all of you for your support, you get to see them all first, so here after the break, including the artists’ sleeve notes, is your special preview of Sing Yonder 1, the album, in video form. Enjoy!

Track listing:

01: The Raggle-Taggle Gypsies, by Jim Causley

02: The Unfortunate Lass, by Hevelwood

03: The Seeds of Love, by Lizzy Hardingham

04: The Dun Broon Bride, by Burd Ellen

05: The Three Ravens, by Angeline Morrison

06: Long Lankin, by Henry Parker

07: Sovay, by Bird in the Belly

08: The Bows of London, by The Shackleton Trio

09: The Cruel Mother, by George Sansome

10: Lord Randall, by Bryony Griffith