Leaves From Off the Tree, by Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Sharron Kraus

Leaves From Off the Tree

by Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Sharron Kraus

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Elizabeth (fka Amy) Brown Hits the perfect melancholic old-timey sweet spot. Perfect harmonies, pristine production. Just buy it ... you won't regret it.

The Silent Anon It's just brilliant folk music. I love the British sound... Favorite track: Bruton Town.

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1.	Bruton Town 05:39	buy track
2.	Barbry Ellen 05:47	buy track
3.	Fortune My Foe 03:38	buy track
4.	Willie of Winsbury 09:17	buy track
5.	The Nightingale 03:11	buy track
6.	John Hardy 03:38	buy track
7.	The Derry Dems of Arrow 03:33	buy track
8.	Now Westlin' Winds 05:32	buy track
9.	False Sir John 07:18	buy track

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In 2007 English singer Sharron Kraus joined Meg Baird and Helena Espvall of Espers in their home base of Fishtown, Philadelphia. These nine songs, drawn from the English-Appalachian interface, are given delicate and refined treatments, especially when the trio meld their voices as on “The Nightingale”. On “Willie of Winsbury”, the early music-style blend of dulcimer (Kraus), guitar (Baird) and cello (Espvall) recalls 1971-era Steeleye Span and like Maddy Prior, Kraus' voice is pure as a bell.
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"Leaves From Off the Tree" is an intensely beautiful album of traditional folk songs performed by three women who show a clear love for the material which they are interpreting. There are a couple things that really make this collection stand out for me: the careful selection of the pieces which were recorded, and the sweet, minimal quality of their performances. I'm not exaggerating when I say that some of the melodies on this disk stand out as being some of the most beautiful I've ever heard. Tracks like "Bruton Town", and "Westlin' Winds" put me on the verge of tears with ease. I am reminded of another great interpreter of folk songs, Shirly Collins. Baird, Espvall, and Kraus seem to be treading similar territory in their choice of songs with occasional darker undertones. Usually the lyrics sweep by so sweetly that I don't have a chance to notice the strange or sad qualities of the stories that are being told, but closer attention is rewarded as the stories of these songs unfold and stick in your memory long after the album is over.
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released October 30, 2006

Released on CD and LP on Bo'Weavil Recordings.

Meg Baird: vocals, guitar
Helena Espvall: vocals, cello
Sharron Kraus: vocals, guitar, dulcimer

All songs trad. arr. Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Sharron Kraus.

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Sharron Kraus Oxford, UK

Musical collaborator / songwriter / improviser.
'Pagan radiophonica meets medieval balladry’
'sensual spellcraft’
'Floating freaky fun of the highest order'
'oddly comforting avant-garde masterpiece'
Labels: Sunstone, Ghost Box, Clay Pipe, Feeding Tube, Cardinal Fuzz, Second Language ... more

discography

Birdloom

Mar 2023
K I N

Oct 2022
Swift Wings

May 2022
Welcome to Punkie Night

Oct 2021
Intermission

May 2020
Friends and Enemies; Lovers and Strangers - second pressing

Aug 2019
Chanctonbury Rings

Jun 2019
Something Out of Nothing 7"

Sep 2018
Joy's Reflection is Sorrow

Jun 2018
Time Takes Away

Jul 2016
If You Put Out Your Hand

Apr 2016
Hen Llan Recordings

Feb 2016
Friends and Enemies; Lovers and Strangers

May 2015
Silver Servants

Jul 2014
Winter Songs / Caneuon y Gaeaf

Nov 2013
Music and Migration III

Sep 2013
Night Mare

Aug 2013
Pilgrim Chants & Pastoral Trails

Aug 2013
Yesterday Perhaps: Songs of the Kitchen Cynics

Jan 2013
Folk Songs II

Aug 2012
New Music for Old Instruments

Jan 2012
In the Rheidol Valley

Mar 2011
The Devil in Love: A Soundtrack to the 1772 Occult Novel

Jan 2011
The Woody Nightshade

Nov 2010
Rusalnaia Tour CD

Sep 2008
The Fox's Wedding

Mar 2008
Rusalnaia

Jan 2008
Travellers Two

Jan 2008
John Barleycorn Reborn

Aug 2007
Right Wantonly A-Mumming

Jun 2007
Singing At the Moon

Nov 2006
Leaves From Off the Tree

Oct 2006
Imaginational Anthems Volume 2

Jun 2006
The Black Dove

Mar 2006
The Honeymoon Music Compilation

May 2005
Songs for the Twins

Jan 2005
A Houseguest's Wish: Translations of Wire's Outdoor Miner

Nov 2004
Songs of Love and Loss

Mar 2004
Yuletide

Jan 2003
Beautiful Twisted

Mar 2002

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