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This article is about the musical project, not the study of English folk traditions by Georgina Boyes.
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The Imagined Village is a folk musical project founded by Simon Emmerson of the Afro Celt Sound System. It is intended to produce modern folk music that represents modern multiculturalism in the United Kingdom and as such, features musicians from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The name of the project comes from the 1993 book The Imagined Village by Georgina Boyes.

The project started in 2004, and led to the release of an eponymous album in 2007 by a collective of artists on Real World Records.[1] Some of the tracks on it are modern re-interpretations of traditional folk songs.

The Imagined Village E.P. was released earlier in 2007, and is a remix of the album tracks. The 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards voted "Cold Hailey, Rainy Night" as best traditional track.

In 2009, the project moved to a new record label, ECC Records, and a second album, Empire & Love was released in January 2010.[2]

The Imagined Village album

  1. "'Ouses 'Ouses 'Ouses" – John Copper and Sheila Chandra
  2. "John Barleycorn" – Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy and Paul Weller
  3. "Tam Lyn Retold" – Benjamin Zephaniah and Eliza Carthy
  4. "Death And The Maiden Retold" – Tunng
  5. "Cold Hailey Rainy Night" – Eliza Carthy and Chris Wood
  6. "Welcome Sailor" – Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood
  7. "Acres Of Ground" – Eliza Carthy
  8. "Pilsden Pen" – Village Band
  9. "Hard Times Of Old England Retold" – Billy Bragg & Simon Emmerson
  10. "Kit Whites I And II" – The Gloworms
  11. "Sloe On The Uptake" – Tiger Moth

The Imagined Village E.P.

  1. "England Half English Meets John Barleycorn" – Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy
  2. "Acres of Ground (Beats Mix)" – Eliza Carthy
  3. "Welcome Sailor" – Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood
  4. "Cold Hailey, Rainy Night - It's Turned Out Nice Mix" – Transglobal Underground

Empire & Love

  1. "My Son John"
  2. "Sweet Jane"
  3. "Space Girl"
  4. "Byker Hill"
  5. "Scarborough Fair"
  6. "Mermaid"
  7. "The Handweaver and the Factory Maid"
  8. "Lark in the Morning"
  9. "Rosebuds in June" / "Mrs Preston's Hornpipe"
  10. "Cum on Feel the Noize"
  11. "Scarborough Fair (String reprise)"

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On tour

The Imagined Village live band have toured since November 2007. The original lineup consisted of Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra, Chris Wood and The Young Coppers, backed by a band featuring Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Francis Hylton, Andy Gangadeen, Sheema Mukherjee and Barney Morse Brown. They also appeared on Later with Jools Holland.

A revised lineup was announced for their 2010 tour, coinciding with the release of Empire & Love: Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, and Chris Wood, backed by a band featuring Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Ali Friend, Andy Gangadeen, Simon Richmond, Sheema Mukherjee and Barney Morse Brown.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Imagined Village". imaginedvillage.com. Real World Records. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b "the Imagined Village". www.emmersoncorncrakeconstantine.co.uk. ECC Records. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. ^ Smith, Sid (2010-01-06). "BBC Music:The Imagined Village - Empire & Love Review". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2010.

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