The English Folk Dance and Grime Society

There's a (Black Man) in Cecil Sharp House.
And he’s onstage alongside a folk roots rebel man.
And he’s onstage alongside a folk roots rebel man. Ha-Ha!
In 1965, they shouted “Judas” at Bobby Zimmerman for
daring to plug-in and tune-up at The Newport Folk Festival,
and the sound of that traditionally-arranged booing lingers still.
Just ask Jim Moray. He’s been courting controversy throughout his career.
Woe indeed to the folk singer who betrays the Son of Man!
Tonight, the room takes a sharp intake of collective breath
as Moray is joined onstage in the Kennedy Hall
by a man known by the nickname Bubbz (aka Chief Bossman).
Together, they collaborate on the ancient seminal ballad
‘Lucy Wan’ (aka ‘Lizie Wan’ and sometimes ‘Fair Lizzie’),
which concerns itself with the ancient seminal taboo
of incestual acts between a sister and a brother.
Elsewhere in the set there’s some stomping hurdy-gurdy,
a sampled African mbira thumb-piano, and a re-working
of XTC’s 1984 sea-shanty singalong ‘All You Pretty Girls’.
Jim's new album ‘Low Culture’ is in stores now,
and is available for the recommended
retail price of 30 silver shekels.
See you in the Fourth level of hell.

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