Legacies

Lisa Null is a folksinger and songwriter who co-founded the influential label Green Linnet Records with the notable folksinger Patrick Sky in 1973. Having released two albums of British-American songs with guitarist Bill Shute in 1977 and 1980, 2013’s Legacies, a formidable double-album, was her first release in three decades. Null came to the project after various health issues; faced with the possibility of not recovering, she was inspired to make a recording that spoke to her own legacy, a collection of timeless folk songs paired with her own original songwriting. The album’s first half is composed of songs dated before the late 19th century; the second half features her new songs. The selections are warm, rich, and intimate, filled with favorites of American folk instrumentation—guitars, fiddles, banjos, and dulcimers, alongside flutes, concertina, and even the historic cittern. Altogether, Legacies is a dynamic release from an artist deeply versed in the canon of Anglo-American traditional music.

Track Listing

101	The Banks of Champlain	Lisa Null	04:39
102	Cold Scenes of Winter	Lisa Null	02:15
103	The Star of Logy Bay	Lisa Null	05:00
104	In Old Pod-Auger Times	Lisa Null	02:30
105	When Adam Was Created	Lisa Null	02:57
106	Lake Chemo	Lisa Null	04:31
107	The Irish Patriot	Lisa Null	04:12
108	Bonnie Blue Eyes	Lisa Null	03:09
109	Fannie Blair (Fanny Blair)	Lisa Null	03:18
110	The Tune the Old Cow Died On	Lisa Null	02:27
111	The Price of Freedom	Lisa Null	04:22
112	Father Get Ready	Lisa Null	03:23
113	Locks and Bolts	Lisa Null	02:24
114	Dink's Song	Lisa Null	01:44
115	Handsome Mary	Lisa Null	03:22
116	Sweet William and Lady Margaret	Lisa Null	05:13
117	I Want to See My Mother	Lisa Null	03:20
118	James Bird	Lisa Null	06:21
119	James Hewitt's The Star-Spangled Banner	Lisa Null	07:33
201	Andy Goodman (To His Mother)	Lisa Null	04:40
202	Turn Me Loose and Let Me Go	Lisa Null	03:44
203	The Valley and the Farm	Lisa Null	02:49
204	Hugh Gillespie's Tune & Off to Bunratty's	Lisa Null	03:12
205	The Mother's Song	Lisa Null	03:49
206	Follow the Money	Lisa Null	02:14
207	Come Take Me Home Again, Kathleen	Lisa Null	04:05
208	Fenton St. Rag	Lisa Null	02:32
209	Will You Love Me in the Morning	Lisa Null	02:28
210	The Pecos River Queen	Lisa Null	04:04
211	Ghosts	Lisa Null	02:45
212	Wauwatosa	Lisa Null	02:29
213	King Coal	Lisa Null	02:50
214	Dickerson's Fancy	Lisa Null	02:16
215	Sweet Dove of Peace	Lisa Null	03:33
216	I'm Going Home to Georgia	Lisa Null	03:35
217	Farewell to Folly	Lisa Null	02:45
218	The Death of Mother Jones	Lisa Null	02:11
219	Ash to Ash	Lisa Null	03:57