Tag Archives: Little Musgrave

Planxty and Little Musgrave

Posted on May 26, 2014 by dougaj4

  Planxty are one of my favourite groups form the early 70’s, consisting of  Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars), and Liam O’Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle), all … Continue reading →

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Martin Simpson and Danny Thompson (1/47 from Graham Bell’s Danny Thompson collection)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by dougaj4

A variant of the traditional song Matty Groves, Little Musgrave tells the story of a young man paying the price for a brief tryst with a noble woman. This version recorded live at the Oxford Folk Festival of 2008 features … Continue reading →

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