Erland and the Carnival are a London, UK folk rock band, formed by multi-in… Read Full Bio ↴Erland and the Carnival are a London, UK folk rock band, formed by multi-instrumentalist Simon Tong (formerly of the the The Verve / Blur / The Good, the Bad & the Queen), Erland Cooper (Orkney Islander - guitars / vocals), David Nock (drums / engineering - recently worked with Paul McCartney & The Fireman). Other members inc: Andy Bruce, Georgia Sands & Danny Wheeler.
After Erland recorded a track –‘Coming Home’ produced by Nock for Tongs Butterfly recordings compilation- “What the folk vol2”- the three of them began writing and playing together around London. Following in the path of Pentangle, The Trees and early Fairport they decided to form their group entitled “Erland and the Carnival.”
Carnival are best known for their contemporary arrangements of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, including Sally Free and Easy, The Parting Glass, Was You Ever See and Love Is a Killing Thing collected by Ralph Vaughn Williams. The band have just finished recording their debut album at Damon Albarns Studio, 13 and have released material, independently, through various collaborative projects.
The band's name comes from the Jackson C Frank song My Name is Carnival after the band recorded their own version of the song from his album Blues Run the Game. They are inspired by the likes of super folk groups Pentangle and Fairport Convention.
Sites: Discogs.
After Erland recorded a track –‘Coming Home’ produced by Nock for Tongs Butterfly recordings compilation- “What the folk vol2”- the three of them began writing and playing together around London. Following in the path of Pentangle, The Trees and early Fairport they decided to form their group entitled “Erland and the Carnival.”
Carnival are best known for their contemporary arrangements of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, including Sally Free and Easy, The Parting Glass, Was You Ever See and Love Is a Killing Thing collected by Ralph Vaughn Williams. The band have just finished recording their debut album at Damon Albarns Studio, 13 and have released material, independently, through various collaborative projects.
The band's name comes from the Jackson C Frank song My Name is Carnival after the band recorded their own version of the song from his album Blues Run the Game. They are inspired by the likes of super folk groups Pentangle and Fairport Convention.
Sites: Discogs.
Map of an Englishman
Erland and the Carnival Lyrics
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Erland & The Carnival I drew myself an island Of what I am made from I…
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Disturbed This Morning Ah, that That's what I was so Disturbed about this morning…
Emmeline Emmeline has not been seen for more than a week She…
Everything Came Too Easy I've stood on the shoulders of life I never got down…
Gentle Gwen Gentle Gwen Gentle Gwen The world it goes so fine Turn a…
I I once heard a cat bark And I said, "You're not…
I'm Not Really Here Far away and so long ago I slipped into your dreams Before…
Nightingale You built yourself a world inside the world Where before wa…
Nothing Can Remain Some lessons you learn Some lessons you don't And why am I…
One Morning Fair One morning fair I took the air One morning fair I took t…
So Tired in the Morning So tired in the morning, so tired in the morning The…
Springtime As I stepped out one morning In the springtime of the…
The Derby Ram Barbara Jackson said will you show some respect To a desper…
The Echoing Green The sun does arise And make happy the skies The merry bell…
This Night This night has opened my eyes and now I see Not…
Tramps and Hawkers Come all ye tramps and hawker lads Give your ears a…
Trouble in Mind Last night I dreamt when we were young Out in…
Was You Ever See There was John and Jane and Betsy Eating bugs and drinking…
Wealldie Everybody's shouting out [Incomprehensible] Every little th…
You Don't Have to Be Lonely You don't have to be lonely You don't have to be…
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@superfit60
Incredibly catchy song... Rufus is a great film
@ouran909
I can't stop listening to this over and over.
@randomness8819
Im a bit late finding ths song. better late than never. I love this song!
@randomness8819
This band is awesome!
@ThePinkZeppe
love it. their last album was one of the best of that year. If the rest is like this song, it'll be brilliant!
@yippedoodah
I heard their song Springtime and now I wanna listen to everyhting of theirs :D Really......interesting and good. My kind of music :)
@ElinEatsSheep
How can this only have 3,025 views? it's awesome!
@nhuhn90
I can't stand it when people have to bash everything that is creative just because they don't like the certain style of the art piece. It's just very closed-minded. Why can we not just appreciate this as someone's artwork?
@picadillo273
Just plain awesome. love this song.
@crusher6487
I have never heard of the band called Erland and the Carnival before but i like this song Map of the Englishman.