MarBeckAus der August-Ausgabe von MOJO:
Weller beteiligt sich an einem Folk-Projekt „The Imagined Village“.
“ The project will be launched with an all-star cast at WOMAD Festival, Wiltshire, followed by the album in September and a major UK tour through November. … First track recorded was a Martin Carthy – Paul Weller duet on one of the great folk songs, John Barleycorne.“
Und noch ein paar Details:
‚John Barleycorn‘, a number that’s been a cornerstone of English
folk music for the last century, also gets a definitive update. Back
in the 1960s, folk trailblazers Martin Carthy and his brother-in-law
Mike Waterson both renewed the song – a celebration of the fertility
cycle (especially as it applies to the creation of ale) – on their
early albums. Their versions in turn inspired rock band Traffic to
cover it for 1969’s John Barleycorn album, which is where Paul Weller
picked up on it…the folk tradition in action.
The version here brings Weller together with Martin Carthy and his
daughter Eliza for a fiery tour de force that slips between acoustic
and swirling beats. Eliza’s distinctive vocals and fiddle playing show
up on several other tracks.
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