This is a tune on Sting's new cd, IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT. Go to you tube and search Sting Soul Cake. View the one of Sting live on the Today Show from October 27.
This is a cd of mostly traditional English music sung over the centuries around holidays. Soul Cake, to me is the best one on the cd and to me relates to the tradition of original bluegrass. By that I mean in this song I can hear where bluegrass comes from. It uses the same instruments. Also, on you tube, listen to the actual recorded version by clicking on Soul Cake, rosapurpurea, Oct. 23, 2009. It's a recording of Soul Cake from the cd, set to a montage of photos of Sting....listen to it through to get the full effect of the instrumentation. Especially mompodell, who I think will appreciate the fiddle playing.
Hope you all enjoy this as much as I do......