Songs of a Ghostly nature..

If like me, you adore the ghost stories of M.R James, the antiquarian and possibly the best teller of scary tales England has ever known, you might like to listen to this chilling homage, sung by Andrew King and Autumn Grieve who together with Tony Wakefield form the backbone of The Triple Tree. Andrew King is a well respected visual artist and something of an expert on English folklore and ballards, having worked with both The English Folk Dance and Song Society and The Sound Archive of the British Library.



Someone elsewhere on the net in reviewing the complete album (Ghosts) suggested that King's voice 'really captures the essence of these stories. His voice sounds almost dredged from the past of old England' which I think sums up perfectly his contribution to the homage paid to M.R James.

I have a couple of other songs of a similar nature which I might expand on in later blogs, I appreciate that some of them are perhaps a little macabre and not to everyone's taste but hey, that's half the fun of reading other people's blogs; that opportunity to explore things we might otherwise not be privy to...