Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 (London: 1600-1700)

Artista: Maccoll, Ewan

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 3043

Faixas: 1.1 Room for Company
1.2 Pity’s Lamentation
1.3 There’s Nothing to Be Had Without Money
1.4 The Midwife’s Ghost
1.5 A Merry Progress to London
1.6 London’s Lottery
1.7 London Mourning in Ashes
1.8 King Lear and His Three Daughters

In his liner notes, Ewan MacColl writes, “In the days before TV, radio, and newspapers, the broadsides helped both to mould and reflect public opinion; their authors acted as political commentators, journalists, [etc.].” This collection features songs about myriad topics, including economic changes during the reign of James I and England’s colonies in the New World.