Traveller's Prayer (album) explained

Traveller's Prayer
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Renbourn
Cover:	Traveller's Prayer (album).jpg
Released:	1998
Genre:	Folk
Length:	52:28
Label:	Shanachie^[1]
Producer:	John Renbourn
Prev Title:	Pentangle on Air
Prev Year:	1997

Traveller's Prayer is an album by John Renbourn, released in 1998.^{[2] [3]} It was recorded in Dublin.^[4]

Critical reception

The Birmingham Evening Mail deemed the album "pleasant if you're just curious, paradise if you're a folkie or guitar buff."^[5]

Track listing

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin. Larkin. May 27, 2011. Omnibus Press. Google Books.
2. Web site: Soundwaves. Islands Magazine. December 3, 1998. Google Books.
3. News: Harper . Colin . Folk: Two godfathers of fingerpicking . The Independent . 2 Sep 1998 . Features . 12.
4. News: Ward . Bruce . 'I just get up and sing and play': Finger-picking John Renbourn performs Friday . Ottawa Citizen . 12 Sep 2001 . D8.
5. News: JOHN RENBOURN 'Traveller's Prayer' . Birmingham Evening Mail . 25 Aug 1998 . 36.