Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span is a British folk-rock band that has been active since 1970.

Recording style

Their typical album is a collection of mostly traditional songs with one or two instrumental tracks of jigs and/or reels added in; the traditional songs often include some of the Child ballads. In their later albums there has been an increased tendency to include music written by the band members, but they have never gotten completely away from the traditional music, which draws upon both the English and the Celtic traditions. Recent tendencies to re-record previously released songs climaxed in Present (2002), a 2-disc set of new recordings of songs chosen by fans on a Steeleye web site as the best of their previous output.

Related Topics:
Jig - Reels - Child ballads - Present - 2002

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All of their LP-era recordings have now been re-released on CD by the Shanachie label.

Related Topics:
LP - CD - Shanachie

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