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The Modern Folk Musician |
Rocking the Boat |
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Mike Agranoff Tee Shirt |
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Mike Agranoff's
Recordings
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Mike Agranoff
11 Overlook Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005
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Ain't
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The Wine
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Gavotte
English concertina transcription of a Bach solo violin piece. |
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The Highway
The road we all travel and never see. |
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My Favorite
Diseases
A really, really, really horrible parody |
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Planxty
Fanny Power
Solo guitar arrangement of the O'Carolan harp tune. |
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The Water
Is Wide
A heartbreakingly beautiful traditional song. |
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The Dream
A newly written chorus song in the tradition of the English pub song. |
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The Battle
of Trenton
A retelling of what really happened in that pivotal battle of the American Revolution...with critical help from the audience |
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First
Kiss
A marvelous evocation of that once-in-a-lifetime experience. |
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Joplin
Medley
Two Scott Joplin piano rags: "Solace" and "The Maple Leaf Rag". (two tracks) |
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60's Mudley |
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Wayfaring
Stranger
Kick-ass country blues version of this traditional hymn |
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Hands
On The Switch / The Explorer A sandwich of a Kipling Poem between 2 parts of a Dave Gordon song, examining Man's use of the Earth from 2 vantage points a century apart. |
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The
Water is Weird Don't ask. |
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from the Newark Star Ledger December 3, 2000
* * * (3 stars)
"... this album has been lovingly programmed to give good accounts of Agranoff's various interests, including traditional tunes and ballads, valedictory originals* like "Before They Close the Minstrel Show," and various wild-eyed jokes or parodies. There is a marked absence of filler on these 15 tracks...
A new addition to this canon of influence is Agranoff's recent interest in the piano music of Scott Joplin. His account here of "The Gladiolus" will be a surprise to those of his fans who know him only as a guitarist, concertina player, and slightly manic jokester. The performance is lovely, full of the bittersweet introspection Joplin shares with Mozart and an embodiment of the composer's firm dictum that ragtime should never, ever be played fast.
Agranoff's voice will never be his fortune, but he knows what good singing is. On tracks like "Time Has Made a Change" (ably assisted by Pat and Ken Rolston) or "Will Ye Go," he makes its virtues plain despite a limited vocal palette. There is emotion here, leavened with quirky humor and a sensibility that can encompass many diverse influences in a singular package.
Highly recommended.
Peter Spencer"
*Note: Mr. Spencer incorrectly attributed "Before They Close The Minstrel Show" to me. It was written by Bob Coltman.
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The Ballad
of the St. Anne's Reel |
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York, Maine
About the burning down of a wonderful old house. |
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The Folkie
What it's really like...to a familiar tune. |
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Give Me
Just a Little More Time
Country blues gospel song. |
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The Ballad
of the White Seal Maid
A haunting song of the silkie, and a poem to set it off. |
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Before
They Close the Minstrel Show
Wonderful old chorus song about the end of an era. |
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Gypsy Davey,
One Year After
A newly written sequel to the traditional ballad, arranged in the manner of Fairport Convention. |
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The Gladiolus
Scott Joplin piano rag. |
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Railroad
Bill
A song about what happens when your creations start getting away from you. |
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Time Has
Made a Change
Traditional song with a great chorus. |
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Ookpik Waltz |
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Will Ye
Go?
I think that's how the words go... Note: The author of this song was listed as "unknown" in my liner notes in my initial release of this CD. I have since found out it was written by Stephen Suffet |
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The
Broken Token What really happened when Handsome Johnnie came back from sea after seven years to claim his Lovely Nancy. |
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The
Ballad of Jake and Ten-Ton Molly Recitation about an unlikely hero's famous last ride. |
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Would You
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The Modern Folk
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The eleven
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The Modern
Folk Musician |
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Long Road
to Walk |
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Sidh
Beag Agus Sidh Mor
Guitar arrangement of an O'Carolan Tune |
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Nova
Scotia
/Return from Fingal Medeley of haunting song about the first Europeans settlement of the land with a guitar arrangement of a harp tune from the era |
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Invitation
to a Funeral /Temperance Reel /Vinton's Hornpipe
Irish patter song put together with a couple of kick-ass fiddle tunes |
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Chattanooga
Choo-Choo
Guitar and vocal arrangement of the swing classic |
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Ballad
of the Sandman
Recitation about the last hurrah of the last great alternative DJ |
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Girl
from the Great Divide
Contemporary song to a traditional tune |
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Hamlet
The entire story in 3 minutes 27 seconds |
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Bach
Double Concerto in Dm
Transcribed for 2 English Concertinas and continuo |
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Rocking the Boat
#BFD101T--Cassette
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1000 Times
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Planxty Irwin
/Dark-Eyed Molly |
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Makin Whoopee
Clever guitar work characterizes the arrangement of this standard |
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My Favorite
Diseases
Julie Andrews is spinning in her grave...And she isn't even dead! |
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The Battle
of Trenton
A retelling of what really happened in that pivotal battle of the American Revolution...with critical help from the audience |
Gavotte
From Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major for solo violin...transcribed for English Concertina |
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The
Ballad of Jake and 10-Ton Molly A classic tale in the tradition of Robert Service |
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