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Ken Russell's knowledge of English folk music is rooted in music written by some of his favorite composers. The melodies of Ralph Vaughn Williams, Percy Grainger and Frederick Delius all owe a debt to the folk tradition. And recently, after decades of suppressed existence in the form of re-imported Country and Western, the New Age has brought a renaissance to the folk culture of England. The nation's authentic music is once again making its mark in a more eco-conscious and irreverent generation. Russell's turns out to be a mystic journey: from a village in the New Forest, Hampshire, to Fairport Convention's festival at Cropredy and on to Glastonbury, taking in a colorful collection of musicians and enthusiasts in an attempt to extract the essence of England's music from its more popular fusion with the spirit of the Celtic and New Worlds.

Brigg Fair - Siân-Elizabeth Rees
Kick It: So What
Gonna Put a Bar in My Old Car: Gary Fenna
The Fawley Flame: Bob Appleyard
Down at Greenham on a Spree: Lynne Fortt
The King of Rome: June Tabor
Seventeen Come Sunday: Fairport Convention
Sunshine Day: Osibisa
Good Morning, Mr Walker: Eliza Carthy
Young Man Cut Down in his Prime: Chris While with The Albion Band
Stars in my Crown: Waterson Carthy
Nirvana: Donovan
Shepherd s Hey: Edward II
English Country Garden: The Percy Grainger Chamber Orchestra, Conducted by Joe Conway