Hear Rosanne Cash’s Poignant Rendition of ‘The Parting Glass’
Rosanne Cash is among the artists featured on a new two-disc set, Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition, contributing a pair of centuries-old folk ballads, including the previously released “Barbara Allen” and a new recording of “The Parting Glass.” The 32 tracks on the album celebrate
Although New Year’s Eve revelers know “Auld Lang Syne” as the song that bids goodbye to the old year and ushers in what is yet to come, another popular tune from the
Following an a cappella first verse, Cash is joined on guitar, mandolin and harmonium by her husband John Leventhal and sings of a “fair maid in this town that surely has my heart beguiled.” In the song’s final verse, however, the song’s true poignancy is revealed as she sings, “But since it fell unto my lot that I should rise and you should not, I gently rise and softly call, goodnight and joy be with you all.”
Other artists featured on the new collection include Doyle Lawson, Alice Gerrard, David Holt, Archie Fisher, Martin Simpson, Sheila Kay Adams, Carol Elizabeth Jones, John Lilly, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Amythyst Kiah, Corbin Hayslett, Laura Boosinger with The Kruger Brothers, and Bill and the Belles. Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition is now available to order in both digital and physical formats.
Here is the complete track and artist list:
Disc One:
“Barbry Allen” (Carol Elizabeth Jones)
“Thomas the Rhymer” (Archie Fisher)
“Tam Lin” (Archie Fisher)
“Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender” (Sheila Kay Adams)
“Mathy Groves” (Donna Ray Norton)
“Eggs And Marrowbone” (Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin)
“The Sheffield Apprentice” (Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, and Nancy Kerr)
“Willie Taylor” (Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, and Nancy Kerr)
“The Bold Lieutenant” (Alice Gerrard)
“Lord Bateman” (Carol Elizabeth Jones)
“The Farmer’s Curst Wife” (Donna Ray Norton)
“Mr. Frog Went a-Courtin'” (Bill and the Belles)
“Barbara Allen” (Rosanne Cash)
Disc Two:
“Wild Hog in the Woods” (Alice Gerrard)
“The Battle Song of the Great Kanawha” (Trevor McKenzie)
“Doleful Warning” (Bruce Greene and Loy McWhirter)
“Omie Wise” (Hasee Ciaccio, with Kalia Yeagle)
“Banks of the Ohio” (Doyle Lawson)
“Knoxville Girl” (Kristi Hedtke and Corbin Hayslett)
“Pretty Polly” (Amythyst Kiah, with Roy Andrade)
“Tom Dula” (Laura Boosinger, with The Kruger Brothers)
“Hiram Hubbard” (Corbin Hayslett)
“Big Bend Killing” (Alice Gerrard)
“Old Joe Dawson” (Bobby McMillon)
“Otto Wood the Bandit” (David Holt)
“John Henry” (Amythyst Kiah, with Roy Andrade)
“Wreck of the Old 97” (Corbin Hayslett)
“Explosion in the Fairmount Mines” (John Lilly)
“West Virginia Mine Disaster” (Elizabeth LaPrelle)
“The Cyclone of Rye Cove” (Dale Jett and Hello Stranger)
“I’ve Always Been a Rambler” (John Lilly)
“The Parting Glass” (Rosanne Cash)