Roots and Branches

Describing Lorre Wyatt, Pete Seeger said the following:
"Lorre Wyatt’s songs share a quality with the finest of traditional folk songs: they are at once timely and timeless. They grow on you and with you and become part of your life. I predict that many of Lorre’s songs will be sung – humanity willing! – by our grandchildren’s grandchildren.”
This is Wyatt's first album, originally released on Folk-Legacy in 1985. It is a collection of traditional and original songs, all performed with inventive arrangements and a vocal delivery that is both gentle and impassioned. The tracks discuss a range of topics, including labor, sailing, and renewable energy. Joining Wyatt's skillful fingerstyle guitar are accompanying vocal harmonies, bass, banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, concertina, bouzouki, and flute that work to provide the album with a rich depth of sound.
Track Listing
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Mingulay Boat Song | Lorre Wyatt | 3:36 | |
102
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Islay Reaping Song | Lorre Wyatt | 3:00 | |
103
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Peach Picken' Time in Georgia | Lorre Wyatt | 3:12 | |
104
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The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore | Lorre Wyatt | 3:42 | |
105
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The Chemical Worker's Song | Lorre Wyatt | 2:03 | |
106
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Der Yid Der Schmid | Lorre Wyatt | 3:28 | |
107
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Let It Be Your Lullabye | Lorre Wyatt | 3:51 | |
108
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Old Time Nutrition | Lorre Wyatt | 3:04 | |
109
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I Could Not Find My Baby-O | Lorre Wyatt | 4:48 | |
110
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Keep on the Sunny Side | Lorre Wyatt | 2:39 | |
111
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No Nukes for Me | Lorre Wyatt | 2:42 | |
112
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Once a Boat Has Broken from the Shore | Lorre Wyatt | 2:21 | |
113
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The Laird O' Drum / The Hare in the Corn | Lorre Wyatt | 4:38 | |
114
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Somos El Barco / We Are the Boat | Lorre Wyatt | 3:36 |