No Words Turns Five — Two New Mixes and Re-Ups of All the Old Ones

I created No Words just over five years ago with the intent of using it as a highly personal folksong repository. Today it is by no means an Internet powerhouse, but I am pleased with the affection it has received. Thanks for all the kind words over the years.

This post features two new playlists, including the first-ever No Words guest mix (courtesy of Cousin Derek). I've also re-upped all previous No Words collections. That's 16 in all, including these two new ones.





Dearest Ursell: A Mix for the Occasion of the Five Year Anniversary of No Words — Compiled by Derek Jenkins

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1) Popol Vuh • "Ah!" • 1972
2) Ivan Rebroff • "Evening Chimes" • 1969
3) Sandy Nassan • "Here's That Rainy Day" • 1970
4) Forward Kwenda • "Chipembere" • 1997
5) The Early Music Consort of London & David Munrow • "Lamento di Tristan" • 1977
6) Lu-Sheng Ensemble • "Lian Hsiao" • 1972
7) Robbie Basho • "Omaha Tribal Player" • 1972
8) D'Gary • "Anary Tany" • 1992
9) Kartik Tivedi • "Basanti: Alap, Jor, Jhala" • 1980
10) Three Musicians • "Twenty-Third Psalm" • 1977





Piety & Custom III: Another Miscellany of Curious and Interesting Songs, Ballads, Histories, &c.

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1) The Pentangle • "Lord Franklin" • 1973
2) Sibylle Baier • "Colour Green" • 197?
3) John Hepple • "Whittingham Green Lane" / "Ward's Brae" • 1996
4) Lena Hughes • "Pearly Dew" • 196?
5) Terry Callier • "Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?" • 1968
6) Mia Doi Todd • "Johnny Appleseed (2005 Version)" • 2005
7) Dick Gaughan • "Jock O'Hazeldean " • 1972
8) "Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston • "Bile Them Cabbage Down" • 1977
9) Sacros • "Diosa del Mar" • 1973
10) Anne Briggs • "The Recruited Collier" • 1963
11) Michael Hurley • "I Like My Wine" • 1965
12) Andreas Thomopoulos • "The New Spring" • 1970
13) Itsutsu No Akai Fusen • "I Will Kick a Pebble" • 1971
14) Julie Byrne • "Prism Song" • 2012
15) Atsumasa Nakabayashi Trio • "Plover on the Beach" • 1964
16) Laurence Vanay w/ Jacqueline Carbon • "Juste Te Revior" • 1974
17) Michael Yonkers • "Will It Be" • 1977
18) Jean Bosco Mwenda • "Masanga" • 1994
19) Molly Drake • "A Sound" • 195?
20) Eugenia Sirioti • "Ti Kako Sou Exo Kanei" • 1970
21) Ted Lucas • "It's So Easy (When You Know What You're Doing)" • 1975
22) Lal Waterson • "Never the Same" • 1972
23) Jane Turriff • "Mill o' Tifty's Annie" • Child Ballad #233 • 195?
24) Afunakwa • "Rorogwela" • 1969





As promised, here are re-ups for all previously posted No Words collections. Please do not delay downloading; these are hosted on Sharebeast, and they may very well go down quickly. Once they're down, it may very well be years before I get around to uploading them again.

1) A Revelry of Piety & Custom in Song: A No Words Compendium — download/post
2) Miriam: A No Words Nativity — download/post
3) MMIX: Ursell's '09 Picks — download/post
4) Wishwander: Ursell's Vashti Tape — download/post
5) MMX I/II: Ursell's 2010 Folksong Picks — download/post
6) Terse Tales & Uneasy Utterings: A No Words Halloween — download/post
7) MMX II/II: Ursell's 2010 Folksong Picks — download/post
8) MCML: A No Words 1950s Reel — download/post
9) Peregrinations: No Words Salutes Bert Jansh — download/post
10) Death Mask: Another No Words Halloween — download/post
11) MMXI: Ursell's 2011 Folksong Picks — download/post
12) Piety & Custom II: Another Revelry in Song — download/post
13) MMXII I/II: Best Folksongs of 2012 — download/post
14) MMXII II/II: Best Folksongs of 2012 — download/post

Piety & Custom II: Another Revelry in Song

Piety & Custom is a No Words collection series compiling past-posted songs. You can find the first one here.

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UPDATE (16/5/13): Re-Up (ZIP)

1) Mary-Anne Paterson • "The Jute Mill Song" • 1970
2) Yoon Youn Sun • "My Heart of Sending You, Your Heart of Leaving Me" • 1972
3) Bo Hansson • "Day & Night" • 1975
4) George Washington Phillips • "Lift Him Up That's All" • 1927
5) Lakis Pappas & Popi Asteriadi • "Paei Ki Auth H Kuriakh" • 1969
6) Nick & Gabrielle Drake • "All My Trials" • 196?
7) Mattias Bärjed • "Himlen 12" • 2010
8) Polk Miller • "Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M." • 1928
9) Lida Halkiadaki • "Higher" • 1967
10) Mike Waterson • "The Scarecrow" • 1972
11) Reet Hendrikson • "Meil Aiaaarne Tanavas" • 1969
12) Jean Redpath • "Davy Faa" • Child Ballad #200 • 1977
13) Josh White • "Jim Crow" • 1944
14) Dorothy Ashby • "Gloomy Sunday" • 1962
15) Karen Beth • "Something to Believe In" • 1969
16) Merit Hemmingson • "Fäbodpsalm av O Lindberg (Gammal Fäbodpsalm)" • 1972

This is No Words' twelfth collection. Please enjoy the rest.

Every Song Has Been Reposted

Since I've already shattered my mystique with the last post, I figure I might as well squeeze in a few more unwritten-vow-breaking entries before I return things to normalcy 'round here. After all, it's only right that I get a word in here and there, innit?

I do apologize for teetering on dormancy over the past months. I feel terrible about it. REALLY I DO! To make it up to you, I've decided to re-upload every tune I've ever posted.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MY FLOWERS! LOVE LOVE YOU ALL! MWAH!

You see, I don't get too many emails regarding this particular blog, but when I do, it almost always involves some irate J-Nu fanatic ordering me to repost live tracks. Now then, if there's one thing I simply cannot have, it's some scabby lykke c-word with a list of demands bossing me about in my inbox. I will stand for it no longer.

SO HERE ARE YOUR WRETCHED REPOSTS, YOU LOT OF WRITHING CLOTS! OFF WITH YOU!

Only kidding, my pets, of course. As I was saying, you can now forage around this site and stream/leech whatever you like. These new links are intended to be permanent, so if you happen to be an artist, publisher, or label, and it is your wish that a particular track be removed, please be civil about it and contact me directly. No need to look up the hosting company and make a big fuss unless, of course, you're just up for being ornery. In any case, you do not want to tangle with me. I am 7 stone 10 pounds of pale fury. You've been warned. Weigh your options carefully.

In other news, I've compiled a wee compilation/playlist or whatever you wish to call it. It contains nearly every tune I've posted (minus the holiday-themed ones and repeat artists, which include the swarm of J-Nu live pieces). I've opted for the most pretentious name I could muster up: A Revelry of Piety & Custom in Song: A No Words Compendium. Got a nice cantankerous ring to it, no?

You can pick through the individual tracks below or download the lot of them in a zip. Enjoy!

UPDATE (16/5/13): Re-Up (ZIP)

1) The Song Swappers • "Abiyoyo"
2) Tenniscoats • "Baibaba Bimba"
3) This Is the Kit • "Two Wooden Spoons"
4) Beneath Fire & Smoke • "Songs From a Slipway"
5) Judy Henske • "Baltimore Oriole"
6) Fikret Kızılok • "Anadolu'yum"
7) Max Richter • "Cradle Song for A (Interstate B3)"
8) Joanna Newsom • "Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes (Live)"
9) Rakhel Hadass • "Sa'enu"
10) James Blackshaw • "White Goddess"
11) Shirley Collins • "The Cruel Mother"
12) Luz Morales • "Ang Gatas at ang Itlog"
13) The Pennywhistlers • "Kak pa Moryu"
14) Horse Feathers • "Curs in the Weeds"
15) Max Ochs • "In Christ, There Is No East Nor West"
16) Mary Lou Williams • "The Devil"



Love you,

Ursell