FTX-137 - THE WATER IS WIDE

THE SYLVIA MOORE ENSEMBLE

17 Songs of Africa, England & South America performed by ethno-musicologist, Sylvia Moore, with a variety of instruments including bell, cora, donno, flute, guitar, harpsichord, keyboards, oboe, piano, sansa (thumb piano), tabla, talking drum and tambourine. 4 of the songs are from her native Northumbria and 4 are her own composition. For the others, she sings in their native language, some with English translation. She finishes with a Cante-fable, a typical African animal story-song.

1. THE WATER IS WIDE (Engl trad) 2.53

2. THE BEACH GIRL (SM) 1.49

3. O BOITUNDE (Zaire popular song) 2.20

4. KUMBAYA (Liberian arr Pete Seeger) 4.06

5. MAA BONNY LAD (Northumbrian traditional) 1.15

6. OLORUNA MA DA YDRAWA (Niger: Yoruba & English) 1.58

7. MI BUONAVENTURA (Alvarez, Colombia) 2.39

8. I FEEL SO SAD (SM) 2.13

9. THE CLAY PIGEONS (SM) 2.15

10. YOUR MEANING IS CLEAR (SM) 1.47

11. BONNY AT MORN (Northumbrian traditional) 2;.29

12. THE CARAVAN (SM/ Khan) 3.02

13. AA SHYEE TALALIE (Ghana) 1.30

14. AGUAS DE TOLTON (Ecuador) 2.37

15. CA HAWKIE (Northumbrian traditional) 1.40

16. MANSANNE CISSE (Malinke) 1,35

17. BEYE BONE (SM/ Ghana story about Kweku) 6.16

The musical arrangements and original recording by Bernard Broere, Holland 1970. Re-recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy, Soundpost Studios, Devon and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1980.