Handful of Earth

by Dick Gaughan

Handful of Earth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Topic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:21
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Dick Gaughan's 'Handful of Earth' combines traditional Scottish and Irish songs with explicitly political material. His forceful guitar style and direct vocal delivery made the album a major reference point in modern British folk revival discourse.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, political, folklore, socialism, conscious, nature, folk, protest, traditional, vocal, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Erin-Go-Bragh (4:24)
  2. Now Westlin Winds (4:29)
  3. Craigie Hill (6:09)
  4. World Turned Upside Down (2:45)
  5. The Snows They Melt The Soonest (4:11)
  6. Lough Erne / First Kiss At Parting (5:45)
  7. Scojun Waltz / Randers Hopsa (4:05)
  8. Song For Ireland (4:59)
  9. Workers' Song (2:59)
  10. Both Sides The Tweed (3:35)

Credits

  • Dick Gaughan - primary artist, sleeve notes, arranged by, vocals, guitar, guitar [guitars], vocals, electric guitar [telecaster], written-by
  • Brian McNeill - performer [with], fiddle, fiddle, acoustic bass
  • Phil Cunningham - performer [with], whistle, keyboards
  • Stewart Isbister - performer [with], bass
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Leon Rosselson - written-by
  • Phil Colclough - written-by
  • Ed Pickford - written-by

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