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In 2010 they released a critically acclaimed cult hit with their eponymous debut album. \nErland and the Carnival are best known for their contemporary arrangements of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, including \"Tramps and Hawkers\", \"Was You Ever See\" and \"Love Is a Killing Thing\", collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The band's debut album was recorded at Damon Albarn's Studio 13 and released in January 2010. \n Band members\nSimon Tong - Guitar, Harmonium, Zither, Backing Vocals, \nGawain Erland Cooper - Guitar, Vocals, \nDavid Nock - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, \nAndy Bruce - Synthesizers, \nDanny Wheeler - Bass guitar, \n History\nErland Cooper spent years studying Bert Jansch and Davey Graham, sourcing old British songs from the Vaughan Williams museum near where he lives and developing his writing skills. He was introduced to Simon Tong and David Nock by his friend Youth. \nAfter Erland recorded the track \"Coming Home\" with Nock for Tong and Youth's Butterfly recordings compilation What the Folk (Vol 2)- the three began writing and playing together around London. Inspired by Daniel Johnston's Hello How Are You? (On which he re-recorded individual albums to meet demand because his tape machine was broken), Erland and the Carnival released a limited edition debut EP in September 2008, with each CD containing different recordings unique to each copy. \nCarnival are named after the Jackson C. Frank song \"My Name is Carnival\" which the band have recorded a cover version of. The track \"Everything Came Too Easy\" was inspired by a speech by Charles Van Doren to the House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, a United States Congress subcommittee, investigating a rigging scandal on the quiz show Twenty One. The track \"The Derby Ram\" is a modernisation of a folk standard about a giant fictional sheep, reworked to comment on the suicide of Shaun Dykes.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Carnival+Original+Cast+","playStationPath":"/stations/283944963/play","stationId":283944963,"bioPath":"/music/Carnival+Original+Cast+/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Wonderful+Town+The+New+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"//olds1.cdn107.com/images/defartist_md.png","artistName":"Wonderful Town (The New Broadway Cast)","artistId":117758,"station_id":283946218},{"musicPath":"/music/Les+Miserables+2010+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9bd/9bdc4413a6d83ce1ede9a8667d711370_md.jpg","artistName":"Les Miserables (2010 Cast)","artistId":106978,"station_id":281862244},{"musicPath":"/music/Kevin+Spacey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/250/250062796c7b4e5533bdba167ee97117_md.jpg","artistName":"Kevin Spacey","artistId":73995,"station_id":266033742},{"musicPath":"/music/Duo+Gadjo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e63/e63126f361bdf5c2477e3ab2c9dca928_md.jpg","artistName":"Duo Gadjo","artistId":95638,"station_id":287828204},{"musicPath":"/music/Frank+Sinatra+Duke+Ellington","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3f1/3f1ed9db32b68a91ef8487aea85737a4_md.jpg","artistName":"Frank Sinatra \u0026 Duke Ellington","artistId":108352,"station_id":281787963},{"musicPath":"/music/London+Westend+Singers+London+Theatre+Orchestra","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a39/a398c92dcfec940976c96867216e18ee_md.jpg","artistName":"London Westend Singers \u0026 London Theatre Orchestra","artistId":117212,"station_id":283946033},{"musicPath":"/music/RENT+Original+Motion+Picture+Cast","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c4b/c4ba279e62a107541951fb6f1faec4d1_md.jpg","artistName":"RENT: Original Motion Picture Cast","artistId":107070,"station_id":283944607},{"musicPath":"/music/Finian+s+Rainbow+New+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/204/20427b32f281c9c0fc047b4e2000f6ed_md.jpg","artistName":"Finian's Rainbow (New Broadway Cast)","artistId":118152,"station_id":283946348},{"musicPath":"/music/Airmen+Of+Note","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/281/2816f0875b0d76ceecb15fd008ac13bd_md.jpg","artistName":"Airmen Of Note","artistId":78659,"station_id":267209448},{"musicPath":"/music/Anyone+Can+Whistle+Original+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6ad/6ad169b0496b0952ade9a020cb2fb162_md.jpg","artistName":"Anyone Can Whistle (Original Broadway Cast)","artistId":117873,"station_id":283946255},{"musicPath":"/music/Chicago+Original+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75c9b16c36cf375b0d242518e1e28cd7_md.jpg","artistName":"Chicago (Original Broadway Cast)","artistId":89583,"station_id":271970911},{"musicPath":"/music/A+Collector+s+Sondheim+Original+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/da6/da61e0e5a97153826150c63f746bd643_md.jpg","artistName":"A Collector's Sondheim (Original Cast)","artistId":109014,"station_id":281863488},{"musicPath":"/music/Dean+Martin+Frank+Sinatra+Sammy+Davis+Jr+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d8b/d8b8e050ae9fddfc4f6f0af794a3d740_md.jpg","artistName":"Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra \u0026 Sammy Davis, Jr.","artistId":75350,"station_id":266440870},{"musicPath":"/music/Ray+Noble+with+Al+Bowlly","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4be/4be6b51384707530e3f0e5f0e594e01d_md.jpg","artistName":"Ray Noble with Al Bowlly","artistId":116504,"station_id":283945852},{"musicPath":"/music/Barnum+Origial+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a2b/a2b3408670756a0c64c0929f4293ac66_md.jpg","artistName":"Barnum (Origial Broadway Cast)","artistId":109880,"station_id":283944889},{"musicPath":"/music/Cyrano+Original+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/63e/63ee86af4cb104db37b2947f3a4a17c6_md.jpg","artistName":"Cyrano (Original Cast)","artistId":111610,"station_id":283945137},{"musicPath":"/music/Fiddler+On+The+Roof+Original+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/48a/48abe5a4dc77bb8b07df4bc7b128f1c6_md.jpg","artistName":"Fiddler On The Roof (Original Broadway Cast)","artistId":89585,"station_id":271970913},{"musicPath":"/music/Oklahoma+Original+Broadway+Cast+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c7b/c7bc46d1b1bd696e0dee4bcb2dfc908c_md.jpg","artistName":"Oklahoma! 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