Three years and half have passed since the release of the folk compilation "John Barleycorn Reborn - Dark Britannica" and now, always thanks to Cold Spring Records, we are here to celebrate once more the crop-spirit who 'dies' in the harvest and and reborn in the following spring when the fields come back to life. No matter how much we are technocratic or futuristic as we should follow our natural cycle and connect again with our mother earth. The thirty four artists gathered on this double compilation titled WE BRING YOU A KING WITH A HEAD OF GOLD, give their personal vision of ancient pagan tales using original tunes or referring to traditional folk songs playing passionately their tambourines while guitars arpeggios create now joyful and then dark melodies. Rise your voices loud following the chants of Tinkerscuss, Kate Harrison, Autumn Grieve, The Fates or Jennifer Crook and follow the flutes and violins dancing around a fire with your fellows. This time you won't find any rock or psychedelic sound, only folk. Here's the full playlist:
Disc 1
1. Barron Brady - 'Earthen Key'
2. Laienda - 'Little Drummer Boy / Anvil'
3. The Rowen Amber Mill - 'Blood And Bones (Ciderdelica Mix)'
4. Tony Wakeford - 'The Devil'
5. Kate Harrison - 'England'
6. Drohne - 'The Hooden Horse / An-Dro'
7. Corncrow - 'The Cutty Wren'
8. Sproatly Smith - 'I Shall Leave You There'
9. Tinkerscuss - 'Black Sarah'
10. Cernunnos Rising - 'Hear It With My Heart'
11. Mama - 'The Fool Of Spring'
12. Magicfolk - 'Green Man'
13. Wyrdstone - 'Lost At Ty Canol'
14. Emil Brynge - 'Devon Dream'
15. Kim Thompsett - 'Lords And Ladies'
16. Dragon Spirit - 'Always Be Ours'
17. Philip Butler And Natasha Tranter - 'Jack The Mommet'
18. Touch The Earth - 'Ancient Landscapes'
Disc 2
1. Relig Oran - 'Ye Mariners All'
2. Autumn Grieve - 'Within Hollows'
3. Ian McKone - 'Searching For Lambs'
4. John Parker - 'Manningham Blues'
5. Rattlebag - 'The Tyburn Sisters'
6. The Fates - 'The Song Of The Fates'
7. The Hare And The Moon - 'The Three Ravens'
8. The Kittiwakes - 'Lynx'
9. Venereum Arvum - 'Robin Sick And Weary'
10. Telling The Bees - 'Fithfath'
11. Richard Masters - 'The Wind Knows'
12. Demdyke - 'Mother Carey's Chicks'
13. Beneath The Oak - 'Oh Earthly Man'
14. Sedayne : Sundog - 'A Wee Brown Cow'
15. Ruby Throat - 'Swan And The Minotaur (Troubled Man)'
16. Jennifer Crook - 'Ribbons Of Green / The Dream Waltz (Live)'