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The Imagined Village - Cold Haily Rainy Night

The Imagined Village perform Cold Haily Rainy Night on Later...With Jools Holland from 15th Feb 2008. The band includes Eliza & Martin Carthy, Chris Wood, The Young Coppers and The Trans-Global Underground

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The Imagined Village - Empire & Love - 'Space Girl' (full animation)

From 'Empire & Love', the latest album from The Imagined Village, released Jan 10th 2010 on Emmerson, Concrake and Constantine Records. www.theimaginedvillage.com www.myspace.com/theimaginedvillage One of the most...

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The Imagined Village - Empire & Love - 'My Son John'

Opening track from 'Empire & Love', the latest album from The Imagined Village, released Jan 10th 2010 on Emmerson, Concrake and Constantine Records. www.theimaginedvillage.com www.myspace.com/theimaginedvillage One...

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The Imagined Village - - " The Handweaver and The Factory Maid "

Cambridge folk Festival 2010

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The Imagined Village - Tam Lyn Retold (Cambridge Folk '08)

The Imagined Village play "Tam Lynn (Retold)" on the mainstage of the Cambridge Folk Festival 2008. The Imagined Village are: Benjamin Zephaniah Billy Bragg Chris Wood Eliza Carthy Johnny Kalsi Martin Carthy Paul...

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The Imagined Village Biography

The Imagined Village is a folk musical project spearheaded by Simon Emmerson of the Afro Celt Sound System. It is designed to produce modern folk music that represents modern multiculturalism in the United Kingdom and as such features musicians from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

The project led to the release of an album by various artists on Real World Records. Some of the tracks on it are modern re-interpretations of traditional folk songs. The title of the album comes from the 1993 book The Imagined Village by Georgina Boyes.

"The Imagined Village E.P." was released earlier in 2007, and is a remix of the album tracks. The 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards voted "Cold Hailey, Rainy Night" as best traditional track.

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