Seeds of Love - Traditional, Arranged by Alex Cumming. Recorded live in the studio one September afternoon 2017 by Tom Wright at Powered Flight Music, Sheffield, UK.

Collected by Cecil Sharp from John England in Hambridge, Somerset, UK in 1903. This is the song that started Cecil Sharp on his folk song collecting adventures across the UK and America. 

This track is from Alex Cumming's debut solo EP based on his current touring project called a 'Short Sharp Show'.
 
The 'Short Sharp Show' is a multi-media performance looking at the collections of Cecil Sharp and his hugely influential collaborators Olive Dame Campbell, Maud Karpeles and Mary Neal. The show features songs, tunes and stories from the collectors accompanied by projections of photos, videos and images from the collectors, source singers and publications. 
For more information or to book the show please contact Alex Cumming at alexcummingmusic@gmail.com

SHORT SHARP SHOW: EP will be released digitally on Monday 18th December 2017

Short Sharp Show: EP

Seeds of Love

English Singer, Accordionist, Pianist, Ceilidh & Contra Dance Caller, Tutor, Workshop Leader. Performing solo shows including a 'Short Sharp Show', plus other musical projects including: The Teacups (UK), Alex Cumming & Nicola Beazley (UK), Reelation (USA), Mystic River Trio (USA), Alex Cumming & Carol Bittenson (USA) and the Four Idiots (UK).

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