{"title":"The Imagined Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most unusual collaborations of the past decade, The Imagined Village made a significant impression with their critically acclaimed and commercially successful début album. They toured extensively, appeared on TV's Later…With Jools show and won out at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the band had initially developed as a loose collective of singers and musicians, they have subsequently consolidated into a working, growing, organic aggregation. This stability in personnel is shiningly reflected in the brand new, follow-up album, which is also their first on the new record label ECC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitled “Empire and Love”, it is released on 11 January 2010, a few days prior to a major UK tour that will include prestigious gigs at Scotland’s Celtic Connections Festival and London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-imagined-village","title":"The Imagined Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e'the imagined village' recasts classic folk songs with a dose of sitar, dub soundscapes, beats, bhangra and dhol drums and an extraordinary array of talent to recreate the tradition for the 21st century. it mixes some of the most famous folk songs from england's tradition, such as 'john barleycorn', with new songs from the young stars of the nu-folk scene, such as tunng. featuring a fantastic cast of musicians and singers - including the copper family, sheila chandra, benjamin zephaniah, martin carthy, eliza carthy, paul weller, trans-global underground, tunng, chris wood, billy bragg, tiger moth, the gloworms and johnny kalsi - this is a rare thing indeed...a brand new, truly innovative folk album for the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real World","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410160783691,"sku":"291548","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_47c40707_thumbnail_4096_cad79588-6b6f-4f31-b470-74614dab3112.jpg?v=1726639299","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-imagined-village.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}