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"Labour" is an indie folk [8] [9] and alternative folk [4] [10] ballad. [11] The song features an acoustic arrangement of bass and guitar over a chorus of background singers. [10] [11] The lyrics deal with an abusive relationship in which the singer's own emotional needs are subjugated beneath her husband's expectations that she perform emotional and physical labour.
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Best known for her work in South Indian filmsalso worked in a few projects in other Indian language and Sinhala films. Anuradha has recorded over 4000 songs. She has also recorded songs for many non-film albums, tele-series, devotionals and classical collaborations. [1]
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First played in the early 1970s on Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia, the song was recorded both in English (by Mendis and Sandra Edema) and Sinhala (by Neville Fernando of Los Caballeros; lyrics translated to Sinhala by Karunaratne Abeysekera), with both versions released on the Lotus label and distributed by Lotus Entertainment.
The work of labour historian Archie Green, which included the production of recordings of labour and work songs, provided a wider context for understanding industrial folk song within a wider field of 'labor lore'. [10] Songs written by Seeger and Guthrie, were also important in continuing the tradition and moving it into progressive folk music ...
Labour Day is a 1988 album by Spirit of the West. The album's best-known song is " Political ", which was the first song to gain widespread airplay for the band on campus radio and CBC Radio One . When the band evolved into an alternative rock group in the 1990s, their 1991 album Go Figure included a controversial revamp of that song.
Sri Lanka is known to have songs that date back to 1400 A.D. That are still performed today. Another traditional Sri Lankan folk style is called the Virindu. It involves an improvised poem sung to the beaten melody of a rabana. Traditional song contests were held in which two virindu singers would compete through spontaneous verse.