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Reissued as part of a six album retrospective comprising \u003ci\u003eThe Goodbye Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShort Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDragonfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll This Longing\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Leaves and Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e that catalogues Meuross' development as one of England's finest and most respected contemporary folk-singers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatsongs","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50439941292363,"sku":"1108213","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5e0ab9df-c3b8-4f8c-a341-419ca306034e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726957941"},{"product_id":"songs-of-love-death","title":"Songs Of Love \u0026 Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Love \u0026amp; Death\u003c\/i\u003e: 10 Traditional songs is a collaborative album from two of this country's finest and most engaging folk\/acoustic acts: Reg Meuross and the duo Harbottle \u0026amp; Jonas. Born from a remote collaboration, \u003ci\u003eSongs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Love \u0026amp; Death\u003c\/i\u003e has evolved into a stark yet beautiful album of traditional songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed as \"a mighty songwriter\" by Martin Carthy, Reg Meuross has been a constant presence in the nation's folk clubs and venues throughout his thirty-year career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith thirteen solo albums to his name, songs such as 'England Green \u0026amp; England Grey' and 'And Jesus Wept' have entered the modern folk canon, but, until now, he has never delved into the traditional songs that have so influenced his writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Songs I knew so well like they were in my DNA. Although these songs inhabited me, I realised I'd never inhabited them and I took the chance to explore, eventually settling on ten songs, and the idea of recording an album started to form in my mind. I loved what Harbottle \u0026amp; Jonas and I did together so much that we decided to continue work on it in collaboration.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarbottle \u0026amp; Jonas, husband and wife duo David and Freya, are \"one of the finest folk duos in the country\" according to Folking.com. Matching Reg's talent for conveying the true meaning behind a song in his delivery, with David and Freya's exceptional arrangement and accompaniment skills, Songs of Love \u0026amp; Death tackles some of the most enduring songs from the English tradition, beautifully recorded by Josh Best-Shaw in a 15th Century church that sits on the edge of Dartmoor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatsongs","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459401847115,"sku":"1135502","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/22011b85-3dfa-4f80-8a12-7abbffef3866_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727221557"},{"product_id":"stolen-from-god","title":"Stolen From God","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 27 years as a solo artist, Somerset-based singer-songwriter Reg Meuross has tackled a wide array of historical based subjects in songs exposing injustice and inequality or celebrating heroism and courage. But in Stolen From God he has unquestionably written his masterpiece in a song cycle that turns an unflinching eye on the toxic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, most particularly in his own home in the SW of England.  Embarking on four years of in-depth research into family trees, church records, oral histories passed down through generations, uncovering many uncomfortable long hidden truths, in the true tradition of folk music he has turned these intosongs about seafaring, war, class, politics and social history with subjects that range from how naval legends like Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins who helped to establish the transatlantic slave trade, how it underpinned the British economy of the 17th century, the first petition to abolish slavery that originated in Bridgewater and Edward Colston, the Bristol merchant, entrepreneur and philanthropist finally revealed as being involved in the forcible kidnapping and transportation of some 80,000 Africans. With songs sung in the voices of both those outraged by slavery and those enslaved and incorporating traditional African instruments into the arrangements, this is one of the most important albums of the 21st century in shedding light on how, for centuries, we shut our eyes to the fact that the foundations of who we are as a nation were built on the broken backs and chains of others. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatsongs","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467472376139,"sku":"2016835","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_569304dd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727338404"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/hatsongs.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}