Free Folk Compilation Albums

Woven Wheat Whispers is an on-line music distribution service based in Britain. To help promote the music of the performers registered with Woven Wheat Whispers, they have put together several compilation 'albums' which can be freely downloaded from their website. Here's part of what they say on the site...

"To spread the word further about our great artists we now releasing a series of free download compilations. These will be made available for a limited period after which they will be replaced by the next compilation in the series. Each compilation will cover a specific genre or theme and some will be released at times of year which relate to the music. We hope that over the course of the series every artist in WWW will be featured."

	The first album, A Poet and a One Man Band, covers singer songwriters from the UK. Judging by the names alongside the 14 songs listed on the cover, all the performers are males. Dave Gibb, Steve Robinson, and Jon Wood, may not be household names, but they do represent the new crop of folk performers coming out of Britain. Download this album here...
	The second compilation, Her Voice Rang Through The Years features female folk singers. Amongst the fifteen artists represented here are Katie Cavanaugh, Lorraine Jordan, and Pavla Milkova. Download this album here...
	And as if that isn't enough, in July, Woven Wheat... released a 15 song third compilation called, The West Was In Their Heart, featuring music made in, or inspired by the USA. It includes performers such as Derek Brimstone, Jack Hudson, and Ken Nicol. Interestingly, Mary Smith is the sole female on this album. Download this album here...

Well, there they are -- three albums full of traditional and contemporary folk songs, and they are yours for free.

Woven Wheat... and the performers who have made their music available through these free compilations, obviously hope you will like their music enough to want to purchase a full album from one or more of the artists represented here.

The least you can do is download the freebies, and give them a listen -- which is exactly what I'm doing right now.

NOTE: Each song is recorded as a high quality 192K bits/second MP3. Each compilation ranges between 75-85 Mbytes in size. Be warned, if you only have a dialup connection, you can expect to spend hours downloading each album.

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