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Fern Maddie

Fern Maddie, Ghost Story – a review

Vermont folk singer, Fern Maddie, delivers a questing, unsettling, occasionally visionary collection of songs. An impressive debut, well worth your time.

Fern Maddie stands in her kitchen with an acoustic guitar, promoting the traditional fold song, 'Hares on the Mountain'

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Hares on the Mountain, a version by Fern Maddie

On Friday, Fern Maddie releases her version of 'Hares on the Mountain' [Roud 329] on Friday. We asked her to tell us about her arrangement and her relationship to this traditional folk song.

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