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1598:Ridgeriders
1566:Cruel River
1509:Solo albums
1474:As You Were
1445:Live albums
1351:Dark Fields
1110:25 December
969:Dark Fields
950:As You Were
893:Dark Fields
874:As You Were
760:The Big Gig
685:Dark Fields
370:The Big Gig
356:Dark Fields
1673:Categories
1358:Folk Music
1323:Tall Ships
1236:7 November
1210:10 January
1162:7 November
1136:7 November
1086:References
1068:Tall Ships
945:"Be Lucky"
931:Folk Music
737:"Captains"
582:"Santiago"
378:Tall Ships
245:Background
145:chronology
1545:Mandorock
1531:The Works
1524:Hard Hats
1517:Mandoline
1467:Cold Cuts
1414:Backlog 2
1298:Phil Beer
1025:"The Oak"
964:"Longdog"
646:Cold Cuts
602:"Armadas"
310:Inclusion
300:Cold Cuts
274:Inclusion
259:Anglicana
62:1990–2007
1636:See also
1407:Covers 2
1379:The Path
1230:Archived
1204:Archived
1156:Archived
1130:Archived
1104:Archived
912:The Path
814:Columbus
780:Longdogs
405:Columbus
304:Longdogs
296:Longdogs
216:Longdogs
122:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1658:Alianza
1584:Alianza
1393:Witness
1075:, 1987)
1049:Witness
768:, 1994)
688:, 1997)
649:, 2002)
591:, 1992)
588:Alianza
568:Witness
506:, 1987)
497:"Exile"
486:, 2001)
466:, 2006)
463:Witness
457:"Roots"
397:Witness
349:Alianza
178:(2008)
169:(2007)
160:(2006)
156:Witness
129:Various
1365:Covers
1052:, 2006
1033:, 1994
1014:, 2000
1011:Covers
991:, 1995
972:, 1997
934:, 1998
915:, 2003
896:, 1997
835:, 2001
796:Length
745:, 1995
726:, 2003
707:, 2001
668:, 1995
629:, 1994
610:, 1994
571:, 2006
544:, 2001
525:, 2003
449:Length
226:fRoots
95:Length
1078:21:56
790:Title
443:Title
263:Roots
239:world
190:Roots
165:Roots
112:Label
86:world
68:Genre
24:Roots
1238:2012
1212:2016
1164:2012
1138:2012
1112:2019
1055:4:35
1036:3:03
1017:3:10
994:5:18
975:2:44
956:5:10
937:6:51
918:4:23
899:3:52
880:3:54
857:3:00
851:Live
838:4:02
819:5:13
771:5:42
748:4:03
729:5:17
710:4:15
691:6:50
671:4:25
652:4:28
632:6:02
613:4:30
594:6:13
574:5:32
547:3:26
528:3:57
509:3:47
489:3:04
469:4:09
265:and
235:folk
76:Folk
1060:14.
1041:13.
1022:12.
999:11.
980:10.
786:No.
753:16.
734:15.
715:14.
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657:11.
637:10.
439:No.
411:on
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