Joy of Living 'A Tribute To Ewan MacColl

CD1

1. DAMIEN DEMPSEY – Schooldays Over
2. MARTIN CARTHY – I’m Champion At Keeping ‘Em Rolling
3. THE UNTHANKS – Cannily, Cannily
4. SETH LAKEMAN – The Shoals Of Herring
5. MARRY WATERSON – The Exile Song
6. JACK STEADMAN & JAMIE MACCOLL (BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB) - The Young Birds
7. DICK GAUGHAN – Jamie Foyers
8. ELIZA CARTHY – Thirty-Foot Trailer
9. CHAIM TANNENBAUM – My Old Man
10. STEVE EARLE – Dirty Old Town
11. JARVIS COCKER – The Battle Is Done With

CD2

1. PAUL BUCHANAN – The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
2. PAUL BRADY – Freeborn Man
3. NORMA WATERSON – Moving On Song
4. KARINE POLWART – The Terror Time
5. MARTIN SIMPSON – The Father's Song
6. CHRISTY MOORE – The Companeros
7. BILLY BRAGG – Kilroy Was Here
8. RUFUS & MARTHA WAINWRIGHT – Sweet Thames, Flow Softly
9. KATHRYN WILLIAMS – Alone
10. DAVID GRAY – The Joy Of Living

A remarkable double CD featuring new interpretations of MacColl's songs by: Damien Dempsey, Martin Carthy, The Unthanks, Seth Lakeman, Marry Waterson, Dick Gaughan, Billy Bragg, ChaimTannenbaum, Steve Earle, Eliza Carthy, Jarvis Cocker, Paul Buchanan, Paul Brady, Norma Waterson, Martin Simpson, Christy Moore, Karine Polwart, Kathryn Williams, Jack Steadman and Jamie MacColl (Bombay Bicycle Club), Rufus & Martha Wainwright and David Gray. Highlights include Steve Earle's take on 'Dirty Old Town,' Norma Waterson's peerless rendition of the plight of the travelers in 'The Moving On Song,' Paul Buchanan's (Blue Nile) crooning 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' Bombay Bicycle Club's moving version of 'The Young Birds' and Rufus and Martha Wainwright's performance of 'Sweet Thames Flow Softly.'