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Margret RoadKnight—60 years in the business
Singer and guitarist Margret RoadKnight doesn't write her own songs but she's had a six decade career interpreting other people's. She has a voice able to sit across a range of musical styles—from blues to gospel, folk to jazz.
This career spanning conversation was originally recorded in 2019, and we're running it again to celebrate four of Margret's albums from the 1980s and 90s being made available on Bandcamp for the first time (via Chapter Music).
Music in this program:
Title: Living Legend (live)
Artist: Margret RoadKnight
Composer: Shel Silverstein, Bob Gibson
Recorded live at Port Fairy Folk Festival, 2006
Title: Girls in our Town
Artist: Margret RoadKnight
Composer: Bob Hudson
Album: Margret RoadKnight Decade: '75-'85
Label: Festival Records
Title: Cinderella Acappella
Artist: Margret RoadKnight, Jeannie Lewis, Moya Simpson, Blair Greenberg
Composer: John Shortis
Album: Cinderella Acappella
Label: Rascal Records
Title: A Bunch of Damned Whores
Artist: Margret RoadKnight, Moya Simpson, Jarnie Birmingham, Mara Kiek, Judy Bailey piano
Composer: Ted Egan
Album: Fringe Benefits
Label: Honky Tonk Angels/Chapter Music (reissue)
Title: Wasn't That A Mighty Day
Artist: Marion Williams & The Stars Of Faith, Princess Stewart, Prof. Alex Bradford & The Bradford Singers
Composer: Traditional, arranged Alex Bradford
Album: Black Nativity, Gospel On Broadway!
Label: Festival Records
Title: Sweet Solitary Blues
Artist: Margret RoadKnight
Composer: Robyn Archer
Album: Moving Target >>>>> harder to hit
Label: Honky Tonk Angels/Chapter Music (reissue)
Title: If You Love Me
Artist: Margret RoadKnight
Composer: Malvina Reynolds
Album: An Audience With Margret RoadKnight
Label: Chapter Music (reissue)
Title: McMasters Ward
Artist: Roger Knox
Composer: Roger Knox, Toby Martin
Album: Buluunarbi and The Old North Star
Label: Flippin Yeah
