The Crook of My Arm

by Alasdair Roberts

The Crook of My Arm cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 April 2001
  • Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:50
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Alasdair Roberts' 'The Crook of My Arm' collects the Scottish singer's arrangements of traditional ballads alongside originals in the same grain, issued by Secretly Canadian. Recorded sparsely, it established Roberts as a central figure in the British folk revival.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, traditional, storytelling, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Lord Gregory (4:50)
  2. As I Came In By Huntly Town (4:59)
  3. Bonnie Lass Among The Heather (3:41)
  4. The Magpie's Nest (2:02)
  5. Ploughboy Lads (1:54)
  6. Lowlands (4:14)
  7. Master Kilby (2:34)
  8. Standing In Yon Flower Garden (3:51)
  9. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon (2:57)
  10. The False Bride (3:56)
  11. The Month Of January (3:34)
  12. The Wife Of Usher's Well (5:18)

Credits

  • Alan Roberts - written-by
  • Alex Campbell - written-by
  • Anne Briggs - written-by
  • Dick Gaughan - written-by
  • Dougie Maclean - written-by
  • Nic Jones - written-by
  • Paddy Tunney - written-by
  • Robin Dransfield - written-by
  • Sarah Anne O'Neill - written-by
  • Shirley Collins - written-by

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