So this was on the Radio this morning and its a fine fine series on musical connections but somehow wasn’t expecting to find a connection between a favourite Bob Marley song (Stir It Up) and Eliza Carthy King of The Gypsies or The Little Gypsy Girl . . . . . .the aster is bother about fortune telling! (sic) as Bob is rumoured to have told fortunes from palm reading at a very young age before he moved to Kingston Town and decided his fortunes led elsewhere . . . . . . .
Anne Dudley and Jon Boden at the Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield
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Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley and musician, arranger and former lead singer with the folk group Bellowhead, Jon Boden, are Jeffrey and Anna's guests in front of a live audience at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield.
Kicking off with a huge Sheffield banger from 1982, the five-track journey takes them to Bob Marley, Eliza Carthy and finishing up with a legless cockroach!
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
- The Look of Love by ABC
- Stir It Up by Bob Marley
- Little Gypsy Girl by Eliza Carthy
- Pe-loc by Béla Bartók
- La Cucaracha by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Other music in this episode: Don't You Want Me by The Human League Tonight The Streets Are Ours by Richard Hawley With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker I Do This All The Time by Self Esteem Heatwave In The Cold North by Reverend and The Makers Temptation by Heaven 17 Common People by Pulp I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys I Shot The Sheriff by Eric Clapton Rufford Park Poachers recorded by Percy Grainger From the Diary of a Fly by Béla Bartók
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Stir It Up Live At Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA (1973)
Ann claims the original is over 8 minutes long but I couldn’t find that on there are 3.24 versions and this delightful live version! at over 5
Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose: Little Gypsy Girl [St. George's Church, Headstone, Harrow, 27th April 2014.]
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