I’m a son of a sea cook, and a cook in a trader
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main boom
I can handle a jigger, and cuts a big figure
Whenever I gets in a boat’s standing room.
Maritime adaptation of Spanish Ladies
Birth of a Genre (MP3)
[audio:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2251996/The-Peoples-Music-Part-1.mp3]
The Genre Comes of Age (MP3)
[audio: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2251996/The-Peoples-Music-Part-2.mp3]
The Birth of an Industry (Mp3)
[audio:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2251996/The-Peoples-Music-Part-3.mp3]
If I Had a Song (MP3)
[audio:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2251996/The-Peoples-Music-Part-4.mp3]
We Are The World (MP3)
[audio:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2251996/The-Peoples-Music-Part-5.mp3]
A fantastic 5-part radio documentary on the emergence of Canadian folk music from Vancouver’s Gary Cristall.