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Traveller's Prayer (album)

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Traveller's Prayer
Studio album by
John Renbourn
Released1998
GenreFolk
Length52:28
LabelShanachie[1]
ProducerJohn Renbourn
John Renbourn chronology
Pentangle on Air
(1997)
Traveller's Prayer
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Traveller's Prayer is an album by John Renbourn, released in 1998.[3][4] It was recorded in Dublin.[5]

Critical reception

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The Birmingham Evening Mail deemed the album "pleasant if you're just curious, paradise if you're a folkie or guitar buff."[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Bunyan's Hymn (Monks Gate)" – 3:11
  2. "When the Wind Blows" – 6:17
  3. "Wexford Lullaby" – 4:37
  4. "I Saw Three Ships/Newgate Hornpipe" – 7:39
  5. "Planxty Llanthony/Loftus Jones" – 5:36
  6. "Fagottanz" – 4:02
  7. "At the Break of Day" – 3:49
  8. "Traveller's Prayer" – 2:45
  9. "South Wind/Feathered Nest" – 9:14
  10. "Estampie" – 5:15

Tracks 3 & 8, unusually, do not include Renbourn, but are a cappella songs by Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill and The Voice Squad

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Traveler's Prayer - John Renbourn | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Soundwaves". Islands Magazine. 3 December 1998 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Harper, Colin (2 September 1998). "Folk: Two godfathers of fingerpicking". The Independent. Features. p. 12.
  5. ^ Ward, Bruce (12 September 2001). "'I just get up and sing and play': Finger-picking John Renbourn performs Friday". Ottawa Citizen. p. D8.
  6. ^ "JOHN RENBOURN 'Traveller's Prayer'". Birmingham Evening Mail. 25 August 1998. p. 36.