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The group's ever-changing personnel brings bass instruments into the spotlight by emphasizing the various textures and functions of Baroque continuo instruments

and it's chants aroused an admiration that was unanimous and went beyond musicological considerations

" With a luxurious nine tracks - three re-imaginings and six brandnew songs - More Photographs (A Continuum) is prequel

John Townley - A Chesapeake Sailors Companion Release:A Chesapeake Sailors Companion Genes Records but still with a littleFolk singer Towney presents a variety of tunes including favorites composed during the reigns of Elizabeth & James I, when tobacco was king, to Tin Pan Alley numbers of the early 20th Century, when hydraulics began to replace muscle, and more. Like this nation, the songs began an ocean away from England to Africa, and are transformed by commerce, technology & social change into something uniquely American. Townley is joined by the Press Gang, a group