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Panic Grass and Fever Few - Ian King
- 16.99 They mix English traditional song with a very contemporary sound palate. Working with the acclaimed On-U sound crew - Adrian Sherwood and Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald - has enabled King to bring a new and exciting perspective to the songs of Old England.King supplies lead vocals, guitar, banjo and mandolin, joined by percussion and brass for a unique sound. Listen to Death And The Lady and Four Loom Weaver Live, Love, Larf and Loaf - French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson - 16.99 First released in 1987, this collaboration between four experimental world-class master musicians is one of my all time favorite odd-ball pop recordings. John French - original drummer with Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, Fred Frith - founder of the art-rock ensemble Henry Cow, Henry kaiser - innovative experimental guitarist and composer and Richard Thomspon - singer-songwriter and founding member of Fairport Convention. "A oddball delight from four truly gifted musicians" said the NY Timesthe New York Times. This carefully re-mastered and packaged edition adds four previously unreleased live tracks. Listen to Wings a la Mode and the classic and bizarre Okinawan hit revisted, Hai Sai Oji-San The Compleat Dancing Master (allow 10 days for shipping) - Ashley Hutchings, et al - 17.99 Another pioneering sequence of music and readings connected with English country dance music throughout the centuries. Ashley Hutchings (bass) and John Kirkpatrick (button accordion) lead an enormous cast of actors and musicians through one of their finest albums, originally released in 1974 on Island Records. Back in print -- a tremendously entertaining and ambitious compendium of English traditional dance music played by some of England's finest folk-rock musicians. Following the extraordinarily successful Morris On, Ashley Hutchings and John Kirkpatrick returned to the studio to record this ambitious collection -- presenting a complete history of English traditional dance music played with brio and power, interspersed with leading actors reading from Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and William Shakespeare. One of the very finest folk-rock records from the early 1970s golden age. This edition has new sleevenotes from Ashley and has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes. Guest musicians incl Morris On - Kirkpatrick, Thompson et al - 17.99 30th anniversary reissue of this folk-rock classic from 1972; one of the eccentric masterpieces of British electric folk. With Richard Thompson, Barry Dransfield, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks -- new sleevenotes by Hutchings. Carefully remastered from the original master tapes. I never played too many posh dances (2 CDs) - Scan Tester - temp out of stock-20.99 2 CD set, 55 track release from this traditional concertina player from the 1960s and early '70s. Classic material, essential listening and highly recommended Fotheringay 2 - Fotheringay - 16.99 The 2nd release for UK folk-rock legends Fotheringay, including all members Sandy Denny, Pat Donaldson, Trevor Lucas, Gerry Conway, and Jerry Donahue. These are the original recordings from 1970. Fotheringay lasted less than a year, and released just one album. Now, the that debut album are joined by the eleven that would have constituted the follow-up. They broke up during the recording sessions for their second album but all the tapes survived. Thirty-eight years later, the surviving members have mixed all the material to finally complete the album. False True Lovers - Shirley Collins - 16.99 Probably her rarest album, first released in 1959 on the prestigious Folkways label. With the help of Washington's Smithsonian Institute Fledgling was able to return to the original Alan Lomax produced tapes to produce this sparkling transfer to CD. Recorded when Shirley was just eighteen, 'False True Lovers' is a stunning collection of British and American traditional song, capturing a turning moment in the English folk song revival of the 1950's. Var det du – var det deg? - Kelpie - 17.99 Kerstin Blodig (vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán) and Ian Melrose (guitar, low whistles, seljefløyte, vocals, bouzouki, percussion, programming) combine Celtic and Scandinavian roots in a modern context. They are joined by a few other musicians on hardangar fiddle, percussion and bass on various tracks. Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People (US customers only) - various - Topic records - special order A phenomenal self-tribute to one of the world's great record labels. 7 CD set, 144 cuts recognizing Topic's presence as the oldest independent record label in Great Britain. Packaged in a 10" x 10" hardback book filled with full-color illustrated pages depicting the label's story since its inception in 1939 to present day, with complete recording history, essential recording profiles and artists. VERY highly recommended. Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People (outside of US) - various - Topic records - special order A phenomenal self-tribute to one of the world's great record labels. 7 CD set, 144 cuts recognizing Topic's presence as the oldest independent record label in Great Britain. Packaged in a 10" x 10" hardback book filled with full-color illustrated pages depicting the label's story since its inception in 1939 to present day, with complete recording history, essential recording profiles and artists. VERY highly recommended. Steel Skies - Alistair Anderson - 19.99 Reissue of a classic Topic recording comprises a suite for traditional instruments led by his concertina and Northumbrian pipes, along with flutes, mandolins, and fiddles. Both Sides Then - Peter Bellamy - 19.99 A 2009 reissue of his traditional solo album from 1979, drawing upon English, Irish, and Appalachian influences. With The Watersons, Dave Swarbrick, and Louis Killen. Essential and highly recommended! Tjo - Orust - 11.99 Orust is Göran Premberg on fiddle, Tomas Larsson on mandola and Johan Kullberg on the accordion. They took their name from the island of the same name on Sweden's west coast, which has been much influenced by the music of England and Scotland. There you will find lots of tunes called Engelska (English) and the rhythms and sounds will be familiar to any fan of traditional English music, yet strangely foreign. It's lively and unique, a refreshing change from either style, and another revelation of how close we all really are once we ignore the little blue borderlines on the maps! The Dance of the Demon Daffodils - John Kirkpatrick - 16.99 Master of the squeezebox returns with a collection of original solo material, including "The Three Piece Suite", "The Henceforward Lover", "The Source of the Thames", "Shiner", 16 cuts in all. Rosa Mundi - June Tabor - 10.99 The 2001 release investigates songs of the garden in Tabor's usual diverse outlook and musicial styles. Manuscrit Susanne van Soldt: Danses, chansons and psaumes des Flandres, 1599 - Les Witches - 18.99 The source of this music is Susan Van Soldt's manuscript of the end of the 16th century, comprising dances, songs and psalms adapted to the virginal or the harpsichord. Aged 16 when she noted in this copy-book the pieces she probably enjoyed playing at home, Susan was a young protestant who had to leave Flanders for England with her family at this time of raging religious conflict between Christians. The majority of pieces in the manuscript are reductions for the keyboard. Contrary to what is usually the case, the Witches had therefore to imagine, on the basis of these reductions, the «original » versions for instrumental ensembles and hence recreate the tonal colours that we see in Brueghel's country fairs, weddings and village feasts. Claire Michon : flute, Freddy Eichelberger : virginal and organ, Odile Edouard : violin, Pascale Boquet : lute, Sylvie Moquet : viola da gamba, Mickaël Cozien : virginal, Françoise Rivalland : percussion and rommelpot. Rising Road - John Jones - 17.99 With seven traditional songs, four written by John, and one from the Oysterband vaults, Jones' first solo outing features Seth Lakeman (tenor guitar, fiddle, vocal), Benji Kirkpatrick (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, piano, vocal), former Oysterman Ian Kearey (banjo-dulcimer), Rowan Godel (vocal), Sophie Walsh (harp) and Francois Deville (pedal steel) as well as homeboys Dil Davies (drums), Alan Prosser (guitars) and producer Al Scott. Listen rivermudtwilight - Les Triaboliques - 17.99 This collaboration from multi-instrumentalists Ben Mandelson, Lu Edmonds and Justin Adams is the culmination of a decades-long quest by these musicians to absorb and utilize the planet's sounds. The Desert, the Delta, the Steppes and the Underground - all are united in what Mandelson likes to call "Triabolique Twi-Fi." Listen! Rishte - Najma Akhtar, Gary Lucas - 17.99 Najma Akhtar is an English-born singer of South Asian ancestry. Her unique and distinctive styles ranges from fusions of jazz with Indian ghazals and bhajans (love songs and spiritual songs), Indian semi-classical vocals and the occasional Bollywood hit. Gary Lucas is an American guitarist, a GRAMMY nominated songwriter, and an international recording artist with over a dozen solo albums to date as well as a soundtrack composer for film and television. He has been described as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" a "legendary leftfield guitarist" and one of "the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today." Listen Vol. I- Traditional songs from the Ukraine - Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar - 17.99 Traditional songs from the Ukraine Traditional songs from the Ukraine Vol. 2 - Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar - 17.99 Armenia folk music ensemble. Foogy - Catriona McKay and Olov Johansson - 17.99 They met in Stockholm 2002 to share a concert with their bands, Väsen from Sweden and Shetland based Fiddlers' Bid. Backstage before the concert Catriona asked Olov "Do you know this one?" and played Eric Sahlström's Spelmansglädje. Join their exploration of traditional and new music from Scotland and Sweden, the sound of Scottish harp and Swedish nyckelharpa. Head Of Steam - Brass Monkey - 18.99 The English folk brass band return, led by Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick who, between them, have played with almost every important folk and folk rock group of the last 30 years including Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, The Watersons, The Albion Band, The "Morris On" Band and many more. The album features an extended line up including vocals, guitar, melodeon, concertina, trumpet, trombone, percussion to create an original sound with deep roots in the English tradition. "..a swashbuckling selection of tunes and songs performed so invigoratingly" says fRoots. Listen Martins4 - Martin, Taylor, Carthy and Simpson - 16.99 Four guitarists- Juan Martin (flamenco) and Martin Taylor (jazz) plus scions of the Brit folk scene Martin Carthy and Martin Simpson - recorded live together at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Festival in the Desert (CD) - Various Artists - 17.99 A unique celebration of the music and culture of the Tuareg people, this live recording of performances from the three-day festival held in January, 2003, includes tracks by Lo'Jo, Oumou Sangaré, Ali Farka Touré, Blackfire, Tartit, Afel Boucoum, ballake Sissoko, Tinariwen, Robert Plant, Justin Adams and many others. Live At Shepherds Bush Empire (PAL DVD) - Bellowhead - 24.99 The carnival folk big band are captured live during their Burlesque tour at their sold-out London Shepherds Bush Empire show on September 26th 2007. This is the first ever official DVD from the much loved 11-piece group. In addition to the 98 minute concert, the DVD follows the group off stage and on the road with over an hour of bonus documentaries and interviews. PAL DVD Only Beyond the Stacks - Aly Bain and Ale Moller - 12.99 Scottish fiddle master Bain and Swedish multi-instrumentalist Möller have been exploring the Nordic roots of Scottish music together for over ten years, and this is the second CD to come from this collaboration. Mostly fiddle/mandola duets are a culmination of Bain's extensive research into the Scandinavian history behind so much of the traditional music of his native Shetland Islands, and Möller's creative arrangements. It is a masterpiece of understatement, a relaxed session between friends who anticipate oneanother's every phrase and respond with passion. Highly recommended. Fully Rigged - Aly Bain and Ale Moller - 11.99 Shetland Islands meet Malmo, Sweden in a fully satisfying merger of genius. The Bagpipe - Various Artists - 9.99 Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Galicia. Uillean pipes from Dublin, Highland bagpipes of Scotland, and others are featured with jigs, marches and a rare vocal performance of Canntaireachd. Rising For The Moon - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Liege and Lief - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Mad World Blues - Pete Morton - 10.99 Donegal Rain - Andy M. Stewart - 8.99 scotland UK england britain Angel Delight - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue The North Star Grassman And The Ravens - Denny, Sandy - 12.99 2005 digital remaster with 4 bonus tracks, sleevenotes and enhanced packaging. Originally released in 1971 on Islandf following the breakup of the short-lived Fotheringay. Features former members of Fotheringay, Richard Thompson and Barry Dransfield. Bonus tracks: Late November (El Pea version), Walking The Floor Over You, 'Losing Game, and Next Time Around (no strings). Sandy - Denny, Sandy - 12.99 2005 digital remastering with 5 bonus tracks, sleevenotes, and enhanced packaging. Originally released in 1972 on AM. Sandy Denny's quintessential solo effort, the follow up to the Island LP The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, which was her first post-Fairport Convention release. Features covers of Bob Dylan and Richard Farina as well as eight originals. Trevor Lucas produces a sometimes lush, always pefect ensemble. Bonus Tracks: Here in Silence, Man of Iron, Sweet Rosemary, Ecoute, Ecoute, and It'll Take a Long Time, (Live with Fairport Convention). Like An Old Fashioned Waltz - Denny, Sandy - 12.99 2005 digital remastering with 4 bonus tracks, sleevenotes and enhanced packaging. Originally issued on Island in 1973. For her third solo album Sandy was increasingly sure of herself as a songwriter. The gently poignant songs on Like An Old Fashioned Waltz are minor masterpieces. Several of the albums' best songs - including 'Solo,' 'Friends' and the heavily orchestrated 'Carnival' - tap a reflective, confessional mood. Vocally the album captures some beautifully embroidered singing, full of subtle inflections and emotional nuances. The recording and arrangements display a growing assurance that belies the oft-repeated tales of Sandy's nervousness in the studio...Like an Old Fashioned Waltz captures a remarkable artist at the top of her game. - from the liner notes. Bonus Tracks: At the End of the Day, King and Queen of England, Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (unreleased Fairports track from '74), and No End. Rendezvous - Denny, Sandy - 12.99 2005 digital remastering with 5 bonus tracks, sleevenotes and enhanced packaging. Originally released on Island in 1977. Rendezvous is a majestic, dignified production, occasionally let down by some over-ripe arrangements. Much of the album was cut with the orchestra and backing band playing together in the studio with guest musicians on the sessions including many long-time Fairport / Fotheringay colleagues and several fellow Island artists who were also recording during the same period, including Steve Winwood of Traffic, John 'Rabbit' Bundrick of Free and Bronco's Jess Roden. Like so many of Sandy's best songs 'All Our Days' has a haunting, melancholy quality; the remarkable seven-and-a-half minute performance on Rendezvous was recorded live with the full orchestra in CBS' expansive Whitfield Street Studios. -from the liner notes. Bonus tracks: Still Waters Run Deep, Full Moon, I'm A Dreamer, Easy To Slip, Moments. House Full - Live at the LA Troubadour - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Heyday (The BBC Sessions) - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue, Hokey Pokey - Thompson, Richard And Linda - 12.99 New Island reissue Babbacome Lee - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Hutsulshchyna No 2 - Tafiychuk Family - 22.99 Volume two of the music by this family from the Hutsul village of Bukovets, between Kosiv and Verkhovyna in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian Mountains focuses on songs and improvisations of traditional melodies performed on violin and instruments such as sopilka, floiara, telenka among others. As with all Koka Records, this is beautifully packaged, and annotated in English. Ukrainian Lira - Myhailo Hai - 21.99 Epic dumas, religious psalms, ballads and historic songs such is the very base of repertoire of the Ukrainian lira (hurdy-gurdy) as they reveal the very history and culture of the Carpathian people. Playing the lira was a mission of high rank and value, dating back to Medieval times. Through the centuries it evolved into an elaborate tradition. using both existing source materials and collecting directly, Hai reconstructs the canon of lira. Songs From Ukraine 2 - Drevo - 20.99 Led by Yevhen Yefremov, this ensemble was formed in 1979. Its repertoire consists of material collected by its members during ethnographic expeditions, and with special attention and care they have recovered traditional songs of central and eastern Ukraine, discovering and preserving their original charm and power. Lyrical and ritual songs from the Poltava, Rivne, Tcherkasy and Kyiv regions are performed mainly a capella, or with minimal accompaniment. As with all Koka Records, this is beautifully packaged. Songs Across Walls of Separation - various - 18.99 We have built walls around ourselves for centuries, trying (futilely) to protect ourselves from 'contamination.' This recording seeks to expose the emotional dimension around what building of walls do to individuals in a growing number of countries, presenting artists from Palestine, Morocco, Syria, Kashmir, Cyprus and Mexico performing together with American and European artists presenting their interpretations in English of the original songs. Artists include Rim Banna (Palestine), Mahmoud Gania (Morocco), Abdul Rashid Farash (Kashmir), Esmaeel Mdah (Syria), Michael Tterlikkas (Cyprus), Natacha Atlas (UK/Egypt), Tom Russell (USA), Mimi Goese (USA), Sarah Jane Morris (UK), Eva Dahlgren (Sweden) and Morten Harket (Norway). Produced by Erik Hillstad (Lullabies form the Axis of Evil) with musical direction by Knut Reiersud. For Pence And Spicy Ale - The Watersons - 18.99 This album introduced the “new” Watersons of the 1970s - when Martin Carthy joined the group. Two music papers judged it “Folk Album of the Year” in 1975 and, for many, it is the best album that The Watersons have ever produced. Topic has re-mastered the recordings from the original tapes to produceexcellent sound quality, and re-packaged it in a handsome digipak. Between the opening song “Country Life” and the closing “The Good Old Way” are some of the most stirring performances of traditional English music ever committed to record. Burlesque - Bellowhead - 17.99 I have tried to tone down the prose to write this description, but what can I do? This is a remarkable recording, a shock to the sytem. fROOTS' Colin Erwin calls it "Astonishing!" It's Brecht meets Childe in Copeland's backyard, chats with Coltrane and dances with brass monkeys. This 11 piece band of notorious trad-arr hipsters (including Spiers and Boden and Benji Kirkpatrick) plays accordions, fiddles and such, punched into high gear by brass band and strings, and all manner of exceptional strangeness ensues. It's all traditional, in a sense, but like nothing you have heard before. Bonus: the package is a small, lovely hardcover book with lyrics, photos (wild!) and more. Meet You There - Oysterband - 17.99 The 2007 studio album by the Brit folk-rock legends. Live at the Davy Lamp (2 CD set) - Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies - 19.99 Recorded live in Washington, England on May 13, 2000. In addition to Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, consisting of Billy Surgeoner, Judy Dinning and Simon Haworth, special guest, hurdy-gurdy player, Jake Walton, appears. Jez performs solo on some of the tracks and with some or all of the band on other tracks. The Parish Notices (The Art Edition) - Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies - 14.99 The 1988 classic has been reissued with three bonus tracks and special artwork by Wolfgang Wolff. Considered by many to be Jez's best recording, it displays prominent rock and world beat influences in addition to traditional folk influences. Two a Roue - Jez Lowe and Jake Walton - 14.99 About this 1986 recording, fRoots wrote: ''There are so many catch tunes on this album, that it is almost an epidemic, and each is performed with such care and attention, you'll find the entire contents of 'Two a Roue' singing around your head for ages.' The new release includes 3 unreleased tunes. Jez plays guitar, cittern, whistle, banjo, harmonica and keyboards and Jake plays hurdy gurdy, dulcimer and guitar. Guests include Jo Partridge and Paul Reeve. Honesty Box - Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies - 14.99 12 songs featuring Jez with Bad Pennies: Judy Dinning, Simon Haworth and Kate Bramley as well as special guests: Sam Pirt, Andy May and Jeff Armstrong. All of the songs are Jez Lowe originals with Track 1, Skin Too Thin, a co-wrrite with former Bad Penny, Bev Sanders. Jez Lowe is one of England's finest writers, an artist with the rare talent to write songs about specific Northeast English characters and situations, while applying universal truths which strike chords of familiarity the world over. Doolally - Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies - 15.99 studio album from Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, released July 2004. It features 12 new Jez Lowe songs, arranged by the band, Jez Lowe, Kate Bramley, Andy May and Sean Taylor. Black Mountains Revisited - Julie Murphy - 17.99 1999 solo album with accompaniment by some of the finest acoustic players of the present-day. Featured artists include slide guitar wizard Martin Simpson and the legendary double bassist Danny Thompson as well as hurdy-gurdy maestro Nigel Eaton. Paris to Kyiv - Paris to Kyiv - 16.99 Released in 1994, this recording can be described as Ukrainian soul music, Canadian Prairie style. It features Ukrainian jazz musician Sasha Boychouk, Carpathian Mountain violinist, Petro Iurashchuk and Canadian accordionist Nestor Budyk. Encouragement - Frankie Armstrong - 18.99 2007 release by this wonderful English singer. 13 tracks featuring Bob Evans on crwth, Anthony Ingle on piano, accordion and vocals, and Sarah Harman on vocals. Songs include "Effects of Love," "Fair Annie," "Parting," "Demon Lover," "Holy Thursday," more. Wager - Dr Faustus - special order Tim Van Eyken (Waterson-Carthy), Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead, Oyster Band Big Session, Magpie Lane), Rob Harbron (English Acoustic Collective) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzer's Feast) come together for a second album from inside (and inside-out of) the tradition, with a strong emphasis on vocal arrangements. Garden of Love - Frankie Armstrong - special order With vocal and instrumental accompaniment by John Kirkpatrick, Joan Mills, Brian Pearson and Leon Rosselson Astrakan Cafe (ECM) - Anouar Brahem - 16.99 Astrakan Café, Azarbeidjan, Turkmenistan, Turkhestan, Tanzania Gypsy fronds avant Six for Gold - Magpie Lane - 17.99 The sixth album by Oxfordshire six-piece band is a journey through the English folk tradition. Founder members Ian Giles, Mat Green and Andy Turner are joined now by Marguerite Hutchinson, Sophie Polhill and Benji Kirkpatrick. Not Fooling Anyone - Pegleg Ferret - 14.99 Singers Benny Graham, Keith Pollard and Geoff Anderson are the ferrets, and they present the English song tradition a capella. They have a bias towards industrial songs from the North-East of England but also perform a number of humorous songs from outside of that tradition. Darkest Before the Dawn - Frankie Armstrong, Sarah Harman and Shanee Taylor - 14.99 Three great English singers take the songs of some of contemporary folk music's best sources and makes them her own, including songs by Pete Seeger, Leon Rosselson, Judy Small, Sandra Kerr, Ron Kavana and many others. Powerful social and political messages are delivered by the sheer strength of their voices. Swarthmoor - Pete Morton - 14.99 All original material, just Pete's vocal and guitar as you hear him in concert. Ways of Seeing - Frankie Armstrong - 13.99 A powerful set of live concert recordings featuring Frankie singing on her own, in duets and with up to ten other women. Bright Shining Morning? - Janet Russell - 16.99 Janet Russell's second solo album with some help from Mary MacMaster, Tom McConville and Sara Grey (amongst others). Once again a mixture of traditional and contemporary songs. The Fair Moon Rejoices - Frankie Armstrong - 13.99 A collection of very powerful, mostly contemporary material sung by one of England's renowned voicalists, acompanied by Joan Mills, Biddy Wells, Peter Stacey, Ben Lawrence, Geoff Haynes and Darien Pritchard After the Brawl - Stocai - 13.99 Stocai is a six piece English Dance Band combining bagpipes, bassoon, concertina, flute, guitar, keyboards, mandola, mandolin, melodeon, percussion, violin and whistle. Stocai brings together six musicians with a rare understanding of dance music who draw on English, French, Scandinavian, Quebecois, Old Time American dance music traditions. This is their second recording. Prime - Meridian - 13.99 Meridian produces innovative and wonderful folk music focused on driving chordal work of Richard Jones (accordion), the intricate melodic lines of Chris Walshaw (pipes/whistles/flutes) and the rhythm 'n' groove harmonies of Anna Tabbush (fiddle/flute). Anna, raised in the tradition, also sings and adds vocal lines. Meridian play arrangements of tunes and songs for concerts and Euro-dances and provide the glorious sound of raw folk energy, laced with finesse. Borrowed Moments - Bob Fox - 17.99 Described by Ralph McTell as one of England’s best voices,' Bob Fox makes his first recording for Topic. His voice and guitar have a lightness of touch and a sureness of purpose that go straight to the heart of the song, be it traditional or contemporary. Bob's guitar and bouzouki is accompanied by an ensemble of acoustic bass, accordion, trumpet, whistle, flute and viola. A Trip to The Lakes - The Boat Band - 14.99 Traditional Cumbrian tunes played straight, no chaser by this quartet of vocals, guitar, three melodeons, percussion, guitar, fiddle and banjo. No funk, no flash, just solid, exhuberant performances of great old tunes. Highly recommended for fans of Brit folk traditions, and accordion lovers in any tradition. Come Dancing - Climax Ceilidh Band - 17.99 The band says: "The band started when two trios, Meridian and Pesky, decided to play together in one band and Climax was born. The band prides itself on its fine mixture of self-penned tunes with traditional material and playing 'live' is as exciting for them as for the dancers.... a group of highly skilled musicians who are musically responsive to each other and are able to trust the spontaneity within each of them to take ceilidh music into new dimensions. The driving rhythms of the accordion and guitar, the sweet sound of the dancing fiddles, the swift trill of the flute and the power of the pipes makes the Climax Ceilidh Band experience truly orgasmic." - Anna Tabbush (fiddle), Holly Sheldrake (fiddle), Richard Jones (accordion), Mark 'Swerve' Weaver (guitar) and Chris Walshaw (pipes and whistles) The Dawn Songs - Vivien Ellis - 17.99 Well known for her work with Alva, Sinfonye and The Dufay Collective, she is equally at ease with world music, mediaeval songs and contemporary ballads she interprets an astonishing range of material in her new, multi-genre CD. The album encompasses the English tradition, Brazilian samba; Appalachian spiritual; troubadour song in Occitan; Irish, Scots/Gaelic and Bulgarian folk music, as well as new dawn songs by contemporary writers. With instrumentation that includes fiddle, accordion, guitars, drums and electric bass, lute and viol, loops and effects – this is a richly varied album that embraces both the spare beauty of ancient song and full-on 21st century soundscapes. Na Pradle - Fernhill - 17.99 Na prádle is the 2006 concert recording by this important European ensemble, a reworking and reinventing of songs from their long time together, looking at the songs in a new ways. For old friends of the band, this is essential. Ca Nos - Fernhill - 17.99 Llatai - Fernhill - temp out of stock-17.99 One Sunday Afternoon - Tim van Eyken and Robert Harbron - 17.99 Two rising stars of the acoustic music scene come together in an album that combines consummate musicianship with an instinctive feel for traditional material. The deftly-played instrumental sets draw on English, French and Swedish roots, while the songs are enriched by Tim's voice - warm, assured and full of character. Fortune My Foe - The York Waits - 17.99 Popular music from the period of the Gunpowder Plot is an album of instrumental music from the Jacobean period, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the 1605 event, played on period instruments including shawms (ancestors of the oboe-bassoon family), and characteristic instruments of waits before 1600, cornett, saggbut, and curtal, flutes, recorders, crumhorns, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, lute and cittern. Pastorela - Sue Harris - 17.99 Sue Harris is one of Britain's foremost dulcimer players. She was in one of the early line-ups of Ashley Hutchings's Albion Country Band, and has played with Richard and Linda Thompson, and John Kirkpatrick. The Bells of Paradise - Alva - 17.99 Vivien Ellis (vice) and Giles Lewin (violin) offer their unique interpretations of traditional English folk music English Country Garden - Jenny McCormick - 15.99 This young folk singer from Manchester, England is delicate and honest, and this collection of traditional folk songs and her own trad-inspired originals is a cut above the usual folk-fare. There is nothing startling or avant about this recording, save for the startling realization that simplicity pays off so handsomely. Accompanied primarily by guitar and a marvelously woody acoustic bass, with touches of other instruments sparsely scattered about. Bellow - Spiers and Boden - 17.99 John Spiers (melodeon) and Jon Boden (fiddle) present their 2003 release and it does not get much better than this for fans of English folk music. The tradition is strong, the musicianship is exceptional and the energy and verve bring it all to life. In all but a few cases it's all delivered as duets, no overdubs... Benji Kirkpatrick adds a bit of bouzouki on a few tracks. Fragmenti - Paris to Kyiv - 16.99 The 2005 release by this Canadian based, Ukraine inspired global music ensemble. Marvelous music, a first rate ensemble of Julian Kytasty, Richard Moody, Paul Yee, Christian Dugas, Alan Schroeder and Rodrigo Muñoz and of course, the voice of Alexis Kochan. Rock On! - The Bunch - temp out of stock-16.99 File under: Guilty Pleasure: Sandy Denny, Richard and Linda Thompson, Pat Donaldson, Ashley Hutchings, Gerry Conway, Dave Mattacks and Trevor Lucas perform their favorites from Chuck Berry, Elvis, Dion and Buddy Holly in the way only the Brits can, both praising and tormenting the American songbook. Fully annotated with three previously unreleased bonus tracks. It really is a priceless piece of nostalgia for UK music buffs. Carolling and Crumpets - John Kirkpatrick - 16.99 Midwinter song celebration from the accordion master. 11 tracks including "The Jovial Tinker," "The Boar's Head Carol," "The Wassail Cup Carol" and more. Songs - Spiers and Boden - 16.99 2005 - the third and final part of the 2005 cycle of works by fiddle accordion duo Jon Boden and John Spiers, this one, obviously, focusing on the songs, including 'Bold Sir Rylas,' 'Old Maui,' 'Innocent When You Dream' Game Set Match - Nic Jones - 17.99 Live recordings from the late 1970s. 15 remastered tracks, including Bonny Light Horseman," "Billy Don't Weep For Me," "Seven Yellow Gypsies," "Master Kilby," " and more. Straws In The Wind - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick - 17.99 Their 2006 recording (how many is this now!?) features 17 traditional songs and instrumentals, including "Jacky Tar," "Death of Queen Jane." Kevin Dempsey guests on fiddle on "My Heart's In New South Wales." 1000 Years of Popular Music (2 CDs, 1 DVD) - Richard Thompson - 28.99 Thompson presents what he considers the great songs of the millennium, from 'Summer is icumen in' and 'King Henry' to 'Cry Me A River' and "Oops I Did It Again.' An acoustic pleasure, with Thomson on guitar and vocals, Michael Jerome on percussion and Judith Owen on vocals. 2 CDs and DVD (NTSC - North American format) White Bicycles: Making Music in the1960s - various (Joe Boyd) - 15.99 23-track companion CD to producer Joe Boyd's autobiography 'White Bicycles,' a history of his production company Witchseason. Rare and previously unreleased tracks, with sleeve notes and previously unpublished photos: Shirley Collins' "Seven Yellow Gypsies," Fotheringay's "The Sea," Fairport Convention's "The Deserter" and a lot more obscure recordings from the Boyd stable. Scotland: The Music And The Song, A 20-Year Profile Of Greentrax - various - 29.99 3 CDs, 59 tracks from two decades of this venerable Scottish label's output. Disc 1 represents the best from the first decade, while disc 2 covers the 'cutting-edge' artists, and disc 3 features the highlights of the last ten years. Fiddler's Bid, Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Malinky, Dick Gaughan, Shooglenifty, Chris Stout and obviously, many others. UnConventionAl - Fairport Convention - 74.99 Back in stock: The 35th Anniversary 4 CD Box Set of music by Fairport Convention. Four themed CDs, a 148 Page Book, a definitive Fairport Family Tree, the Cropredy Souvenir Booklet. Includes 75 digitally-remastered tracks (over 95% previously unavailable) for more than 5 hours of music. The 18th Day of May - The Eighteenth Day of May - 14.99 A five-piece, London based group, originally an acoustic trio comprising American singer and flautist Alison Brice, Swedish-born Richard Olson (acoustic guitar, harmonica and sitar) and Oxfordshire-based guitarist and mandolin player Ben Phillipson, they went electric early in 2004, adding rhythm section Mark Nicholas (bass), Karl Sabino (drums,autoharp) and Alison Cotton (viola). The group combines elements of traditional and contemporary msuci with what they describe as "a psychedelic underground rock sound." They are pretty much a one-of-a-kind experiment. The Reckoning - John Tams - 15.99 The noted British songwriter returns, accompanied by Andy Seward, Steve Dawson, Roger Wilson, Barry Coope, Graeme Taylor and Keith Angel. Waiting for Angels - Martin Carthy - 17.99 The 2004 recording by one of Britain's most important singers, and it is everything a six year wait would make you hope it would be. Produced by Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky, with four solo tracks and the others backed up by a marvelous bunch of friends. A must have for Brit folk fans. Landfall - Martin Carthy - 14.99 1971 recording by the great English singer and guitarist, reissued on Topic in 1996 Scottish Tradition Vol. 3: Waulking Songs from Barra - various - 17.99 Distinctive 'waulking' songs of the Western Isles, featuring Mary Morrison, Calum Johnston, Kate Buchanan and Flora Boyd. Snapshots - Shirley and Dolly Collins - 16.99 22 unreleased tracks from 1960s and concert recordings from the '70s: "Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear," "The Bonny Bunch Of Roses," "The Bonny Labouring Boy" and more. Nice packaging includes informative booklet, previously unpublished photographs, and sleevenotes by Shirley Henry The Human Fly - Richard Thompson - 16.99 This 1972 recording, Thompson's first solo album after leaving Fairport Convention, is a wonderful guilty pleasure. This remastered, slipcase edition from Fledgling has restored the original artwork, included song lyrics and added several previously unpublished photos. Caustic, heartbreaking, funny and above all, masterly performed by one of my all time favorite artists. The Arms Dealer's Daughter - Shooglenifty - 16.99 fRoots says: 'Something of a watershed album for the splendid Scots band as they unveil their new line-up with their fifth album...If the huge range of styles and influences brand it as experimental then that's merely because so little has been done with sound in this area and their vision and appetite for risk never gets in the way of the basic precepts of the album - to have fun. It's a good-time dance album that clambers effortlessly across continents and traditions to get there.' - Colin Erwin The Sultans Of Squeeze - John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson - 16.99 Two of the masters of the accordion collude and collide in a mix of trad and not-so-trad tunes and songs. 15 tracks, solos and duets including 'Under Paris Skies,' 'The Rambling Sailor,' 'Liberty Bell March,' Pete Townsend's 'Squeeze Box,' Clifton Chenier's 'I'm a Hog For You Baby' and 'African Waltz.' RT - The life and music of Richard Thompson - Richard Thompson - special order-please e-mail for details 5 CD set features the classic Richard Thompson songs, as well as recordings never heard before by even the most devoted of fans, and is made up entirely of previously-unreleased and extremely hard-to-find recordings. Empires and Us - Steve Skaith - 17.99 Former Latin Quarter frontman Steve Skaith leads a politically charged folk-rock ensemble with Javier Gámiz - Lead guitar and backing vocals, Beto Tenorio - Bass, and Ricardo Serrano - Drums. Return to the Woods - Joe Townsend and Martin Green - 16.99 Joe Townsend and Martin Green have recorded an album that walks through the hinterland of jazz, folk, and contemporary music on violin, guitar, accordion, and an array of other instruments such as Mongolian cello, octave violin, musical saw and Fender Rhodes piano. They move from the inspiration of Duke Ellington and Romanian Gypsy music, through the minimalism of Adams and Reich and into the darker regions of English folk music. Through imaginative recording techniques such as the placing of tiny microphones inside instruments, playing the accordion through rotating speakers and using vintage keyboards they have produced a unique voice which is constantly changing yet somehow familiar. There's no explaining it; you simply have to listen. Nordic Initiative - Royst - 17.99 Røyst is a vocal quartet established in Leeds, England by four Norwegian singers - Kari Nergaard Bleivik, Therese Ulvan, Cecilie Giskemo and Maria Jardardottir - who perform original music written and arranged by the members of the group. The repetoire includes a wide-ranging group of styles - traditional Norwegian folk music, vocal jazz, improvisation in a traditional folk vein as well as avant garde free improv, interpretations of ethnic music from around the world and classical art music. The cohesion lies in the unique quality of the voices together, their interest in both tradition and experimentation, and their simple, joyous exhuberance. Haven - Flook - 17.99 2005 release, their third, is a 10th anniversary celebration. Colin Irwin in fRoots says 'No flies on Flook whose own flute protagonists Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen drive their own album with tireless flair and constant ingenuity. It's an album so caringly recorded and produced (by themselves and Mark Tucker) you can hear their gulps of air on what has a very live feel, with all the excitement that implies.' The Holly Bears the Crown - The Young Tradition, Shirley and Dolly Collins - 16.99 The Young Tradition, joined by Shirley and Dolly Collins. Legendary, long lost recordings from 1969. A collection of seasonal songs from some of the finest voices of the 1960's English folk revival. Major Third - 422 - 16.99 The third release by this clever and eclectic English folk-prog band. Midnight Man - Davy Graham - 16.99 Graham's 1966 rythmn'n'blues tinged collection. For this carefullly remastered edition Fledg’ling have restored all the elements of the original artwork and added new sleevenotes and several previously unpublished photographs. Watch the Stars - Dorris Henderson and John Renbourn - 16.99 First released in 1967, a remarkable long-lost gem from the mid-'sixties British folk revival. A beautiful collection of folk, blues and haikus, the album melds a folk-boom topicality with a fine 'beat' sensibility; uniting the Afro-American West Coast with suburban London. Long out-of-print, the record is an early milestone in the careers of Dorris Henderson and John Renbourn. Contains two songs written by Anne Briggs and an early cover of Arthur Lee’s 'Message To Pretty' TransAtlantic Folk Box Set - various - 27.99 3 CD set, 70 track collection from one of the great British folk labels. Wellknown artists like Pentagle, Ralph McTell, Ian Campbell Group, Andrew Cronshaw, Bert Jansch, John Renborn, Finbar and amp; Eddie Furey, Sweeney's Men and Dubliners are well-augmented by many lesser known and obscure artists. Large as life and twice as natural - Davey Graham - 16.99 His 1968 recording featured Harold McNair on flute, Jon Hiseman on drums, Dick Heckstall-Smith on saxophone, and Pentangle's Danny Thompson on double bass in one of the early explorations of merging acoustic blues, folk and jazz. Includes additional unpublished photographs, original artwork. Essential. 'Till the Grass O'ergrew the Corn: Ballads - Frankie Armstrong - 16.99 A collection of Englsh ballads by one of the form's great singers, with guests John Kirkpatrick (melodeon, accordion) and Maddy Prior (vocals) Pack of Jokers - Whapweasel - 17.99 The 2005 edition of English folk-rock dance band Whapweasel is as good as the last, a stacked deck of guitars, horns, melodeons, keyboards, fiddles, cittern, bass and drums. Again produced by Steeleye-er Rick Kemp (whose guitar is also in the mix), the 'weasels deal a trump hand that will get your feet moving and your head spinning. Lovely on the Water - Frankie Armstrong - 16.99 A reissue of the classic 1972 Topic LP plus selections from 'The Valiant Sailor' and 'Room for Company.' Up to Now - Robin and Barry Dransfield - 29.99 The 1996 release of a 39-track 2 CD set includes 11 new and un-issued tracks from long-lost BBC John Peel Shows and 'In Concert' sessions from the 1970s, as a duo, as soloists, and many rare recordings of theirelectric band 'Dransfield'. There are nine tracks from their first Free Reed album 'Popular to Contrary Belief' and two tracks from the classic1976 electric album 'The Fiddler's Dream'. There is also a wealth of rare and lost tracks: from their 1970 'Folk on Friday' debut recording; from Robin and from Barry's solo albums and performances from ' Tale of Ale' and 'Morris On.' Radical Mestizo - Live - Shooglenifty - 16.99 A live one from this 'radical' Scotland-based band, recorded the Teatro de La Cuidad in Mexico City, Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow, The Second Story Nightclub in Bloomington Indiana, and Glenuig Hall in Scotland. Hat - Davy Graham - 16.99 First released in 1969, Hat has not previously appeared on compact disc. The album is a rounded portrait of Davy Graham's remarkable style - drawing together Willie Dixon, Charles Mingus, The Beatles, Henry Purcell and Indian raga on one splendid record. Fledg'ling have carefully remastered this album from the original master tapes, added new sleeve-notes and previously unpublished photographs. Ralph McTell said: 'All of us guitarists - Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jimmy Page, myself - owe it all to this wonderful musician. Davy never runs out of ideas, and there has not been anyone who has come close.' Folk, Blues and Beyond... - Davy Graham - 16.99 Folk, Blues and Beyond... was first released in 1965. The recording established Davy Graham's reputation, influenced a whole generation of acoustic guitarists and was one of the first steps towards British folk-rock. Fledg’ling Records are very proud to reisue one on the most important recordings from the 1960’s Folk Revival. For this carefully remastered, slipcased edition we have restored all the elements of the original artwork and added five very rare bonus tracks, new sleeve-notes and previously unpublished photographs. Folk Roots, New Routes - Shirley Collins and Davy Graham - 16.99 Another classic record from 1965. An experimental recording conceived by Austin John Marshall bringing together Shirley's haunting traditional song with Davy's guitar improvisations. Folk Roots, New Routes opened the door for Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Pentangle's debut. For this carefully remastered, slipcased edition Fledg'ling have restored the original artwork, added a new sleeve-note essay and previously unpublished photographs. Tunes - Spiers and Boden - 16.99 The third album from the fiddle-accordion duo of Spiers and Boden is devoted almost exclusively to tunes from the English tradition. Songlinks 2 - Various artists - 22.99 2-CD set of English traditional songs and their American variants. One CD highlights the English singers, The Copper Family, Martyn Wyndham-Read and others. The sister set features the American conterparts: Bruce Molsky, Jean Ritchie, Jody Stecher, and others. Packaged in an 80-page hardback book written by Shirley Collins. Always - June Tabor - 63.95 Topic records presents a 4-CD box set with 67 tracks from one of England's most revered singers. It includes many rare, live, and previously unreleased recordings, plus a 48-page booklet with historical photos, an extensive biographical essay with many quotations and notes on each song from Tabor herself. Burning Bright (box set) - Ashley Hutchings - 75.99 The godfather of English folk-rock is boxed as only Free Reed can, with 4 CDs covering his entire history as solist, band leader and founder, theatrical empressario, producer and explorer. Includes a hefty 156 page book, plus bonuses and surprises. The 25th Anniversary Concert (NTSC - DVD) - Oysterband - 27.99 Taped in December 2003 at 'The Forum' in London with special guests June Tabor, Chumbawamba (an acoustic assemblege) and James O'Grady. 18 live performances plus bonus material including their brilliant B and W video of NY Girls recorded on the Staten Island ferry. This is the NTSC edition for North American and other regions ...and friends - Wu Man - 16.99 ..and the friends are a pretty interesting group - the Chinese pipa master and singer is joined by American Lee Knight (banjo, dulcimer, mouth bow, voice), Ukrainian Julian Kytasty (bandura, sopilka, voice) and Bugandan harpist James Makubuya (endongo, adungu, voice) in a global song circle that includes traditional folks songs from each region. 2 CDs - Ochre/Great Bear - Andrew Cronshaw - 31.99 A special price on a pair of CDs by Andrew Cronshaw: Ochre (2004) and On The Shoulders of the Great Bear (2000). The 25th Anniversary Concert (PAL - DVD) - Oysterband - 28.99 Taped in December 2003 at 'The Forum' in London with special guests June Tabor, Chumbawamba (an acoustic assemblege) and James O'Grady. 18 live performances plus bonus material including their brilliant B and W video of NY Girls recorded on the Staten Island ferry. PAL (European) format only Wild Life - Home Service - 16.99 The live recording from 1992 by 'The greatest British rock'n'folk band of them all' with brass blazing, lead guitar screaming and a rock solid rhythm section. Three in a Row: The English Melodeon - John Kirkpatrick - 16.99 1984 solo album featuring one and two row melodeons and three row chromatic button box The Art of the Cimbalom - Alexander Fedoriouk - special order One of the masters of this eastern European instrument (a hammer dulcimer), Fedoriouk is accomanied by a fine ensemble of fiddle, accordion, clarinet, flutes, reeds and bass. Bright Shining: The Songs of Lal and Mike Waterson - various artists - 18.99 The songs of this important pair of British songsters are interpreted by Norma Waterson, Dayteller, Maddy Prior, Richard Thompson, Eliza Carthy, Blue Murder, Dick Gaughan, Linda and Teddy Thompson, Helen Watson, Billy Bragg and The Blokes, Martin Carthy, Christy Moore, Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin, Christine Collister and Oliver Knight Going and Staying - Brass Monkey - 18.99 The brass, guitar and accordion team returns with yet another vital reinterpretation of the tradition: John Kirkpatrick, Martin Carthy et al Come Write Me Down - The Copper Family - 18.99 Early recordings by this most important of traditional song families, in a special packagewith a 60-page booklet of extensive history, biography and social context as well as a 36-page booklet of song texts. Both booklets also contain historic photographs. A Dark Light (2002) - Waterson:Carthy - 18.99 Anglicana - Eliza Carthy - 18.99 Eliza Carthy presents a great new traditional album re-affirming her as one of the most important artists of her generation. John Spiers melodeon fiddle guitar Barnaby Stradling Tim van Eyken melodeon, guitar, harmonica Norma Waterson vocals Maria Gilhooley vocalsconcertina melodeon electric guitar Martin Carthy Mary Macmaster vocals Song of the Road - MacColl, Seeger and Parker - 18.99 Devised by Ewan MacColl, radio producer Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger, the Radio-Ballads series set out to crystallise in words and music the experience of different ways of life. Volume 2 of the Radio-Ballads series tells the story of the making of the M1, Britain's first motorway. Among the songs Ewan MacColl created for this radio-ballad was Hot Asphalt. The Body Blow (Radio Ballads) - MacColl, Seeger and Parker - 18.99 The Body Blow was originally conceived as an exploration of the psychology of pain, but the project eventually focused on the subject of polio myelitis, through 'a journey into the minds of two partially and three totally disabled people'. Inspired partly by the montage sequences in Alain Resnais' film, Last Year in Marienbad, the programme was made in a much shorter time and with a considerably smaller budget than the previous radio-ballads. Despite scepticism in the print media before its transmission, the critics hailed it as a tour de force. It was never released as an LP. The Fight Game - MacColl, Seeger and Parker - 18.99 The radio-ballad team turned its attention to professional boxing, 'in an attempt to escape from the huge canvas of industry and the intensely private world of the sick and the adolescent'. Thinking that the subject might lend itself to a more a light-hearted approach, they found that everyone involved insisted on comparing the ring to the world outside, and that boxers saw themselves as latter-day gladiators, forcing the team to re-think the objectives. The Definitive Collection - Martin Carthy - 10.98 A career spanning sampler at a very nice price. The Acoustic Folk Box (4 CD set) - Various Artists (British) - 54.99 Four decades of the very best acoustic folk music from the British Isles, 4 CDs, 85 tracks Prentice Piece: a compilation from the first three decades - Dick Gaughan - 19.99 2 CDs with extensive notes, lyrics, etc., includes some of Gaughans best work, both popular and familiar and tracks from some early out-of-print records. The Words In Between - Dave Evans - temp out of stock-17.99 Dave Evans was was a real original. With tunings and chord sounds that nobody had produced before; an agile and bouncy picking style, a self made guitar that rang like a bell, a nicely creaky and lived-in vocal style, and songs that told down-to-earth stories - well-observed little vignettes about real people. Kairaba Jabi - Dembo Konte and Kausu Kuyateh - 15.99 Gambia's Dembo Konte and Senegal's Kausu Kuyateh have been acclaimed throughout the world for their approach to the traditional kora music of west Africa. 76+ minutes of the best, some on CD for the first time. Unruly - The English Country Blues Band - 17.99 These tracks from their two albums and one single feature the core trio of Maggie Holland, Rod Stradling and Ian Anderson, regular members Chris Coe, Sue Harris and John Maxwell, and guests including Nic Jones, John Kirkpatrick, Dave Peabody and Danny Stradling. Special additonal song by Bob Copper. Vulturama - Hot Vultures - 17.99 Ian Anderson and Maggie Holland offer a uniquely English approach to blues, old-time country and a few choice modern songs assisted by Martin Simpson, Dave Peabody, Simon Mayor, Hilary James, Mike Cooper, Pete Coe, Chris Coe, Al Jones and more. The Transports - Peter Bellamy and friends - 16.99 One of the late Peter Bellamy's most ambitious projects is now available on CD, his 'folksong opera' about the plight of those sentenced to exile in Australia, first populated as a penal colony. Originally a 2-LP set, this is a cycle of original songs strung together in a coherent narrative, and it includes some of England's finest traditional singers: June Tabor, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, the Watersons, and Bellamy himself. Highly recommended, limited quantity available Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength And Beauty - Camper Van Beethoven - 16.99 Pure pop, great rock! 18 tracks from the band's history, five of which have been re-recorded for this release, including "When I Win The Lottery," "One Of These Days," "All Her Favorite Fruit," "Pictures of Matchstick Men," "Eye Of Fatima Parts 1 and 2." Anatomy of a Coup - Sacha Silva - 12.99 An unusual ensemble mixes flamenco, Indian classical and modern music with heady questions of personal and political issues, music, as the band says, 'that reads the newspaper.' An original sound, adventurous but rooted in traditions from around the world, and not a hint of "world-beat' or 'world fusion.' Highly recommended Voyage - Eel Grinders - 17.99 From the south west of England, this quartet presents a personal and original music, using traditional instruments to create contemporary art music that is both visceral and elegant. Using bagpipes, whistles, trumpet, violin, accordion and voice, usually in 'live' settings with no overdubs, Eel Grinders create new music from their old roots. Aquamarine - Eel Grinders - 17.99 The first release by this marvelous English quartet of bagpipes, whistles, trumpet, violin, percussion, accordion and voice. All original tunes driven by a deep understanding of the tradition. English and Border music for Pipes - David Faulkner and Steve Turner - 17.99 Traditional Engish folk music performed on Border pipes, whistle (David Faulkner) and accordion (Steve Turner) and nothing else. Eliza Carthy's review in Musical Traditions said, Turner has a lovely touch and great instincts... David Faulkner is also an expert musician with fantastic tone... totally engrossing and certainly made me want to play along. Sideways Air - Helena Torpy and Steve Turner - 17.99 Music for accordion and fiddle from deep-English tradition The Big Session Volume 1 - Oysterband and friends - 17.99 In May of 2004 Oysterband were joined for live sessions in London, in front of a small audience by a mighty cast - June Tabor, Phil Beer and Steve Knightley, Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky, Jim Moray, James O'Grady and visiting American-gothick originals The Handsome Family, and they performed all sorts of familiar and unfamiliar material together over the three nights. These 15 tracks are from those concerts. Fair Annie / Peter Bellamy - Peter Bellamy - special order The first CD release of two of Bellamy's earlier recordings, Fair Annie and the self titled Peter Bellamy. The complete editions are included on this single CD. Another Musical Interlude (DVD) - Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham - 21.99 On the last night of Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham’s 12th annual tour of Scotland, they played a storming concert at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland. This is a video of that concert. The accompanying documentary shows behind the scenes footage and gives an insight in the relationship between Aly and Phil. The multi-region NTSC-DVD includes the concert, documentaries, extra songs, biographies, discographies and weblinks Ochre - Andrew Cronshaw - 17.99 The English composer and musician player turns 'world music' around by inviting an international roster of artists to help him reinterpret his own traditions. At a studio in south-west Wales, he recorded with Syrian qanun and oudist Abdullah Chhadeh, Welsh triple-harpist Llio Rhydderch, Arabic vocalist Natacha Atlas, Pontic/Greek lyra player Matthaios Tsahourides, Australia-resident Brit Ian Blake on bass clarinet, clarinet, soprano sax and prepared piano, Irish double bassist Bernard O'Neill, and himself on electric zither, the 6 foot long Slovakian flute fujara, Chinese brass-reeded ba-wu and other instruments not usually associated with English music. Cropredy Capers - Various artists, Fairport, et al - 74.99 In the Freereed Records tradition, another bang-up box set, this time of live music from the Fairport Convention gathering at Cropedy each year for the last 25. 4 CDs, a big book and lots of extras, as always. Rise Up Like The Sun - The Albion Band - 16.99 The classic folk-rock album by Hutchings, Thomspon, Mattacks, Nicol, Sanders, Taylor, Bullock, Pickett, Gregory and Tams, reissued on CD by Fledg'ling. Introducing Sukke - Sukke - 11.99 A nicely priced introduction to the klezmer music of Dutch accordionist Sanne Möricke, English clarinetist Merlin Shepherd, and German bassist Heiko Lehmann. Solid playing, no surprises and a traditionalist presentation. Pod (CD/DVD) - Afrocelts - 16.99 Interesting remixes of previous tracks include 'Johnny At Sea' (previously only on the band's website), and 'Full Moon Low Tide,' (with some dire sounding bagipes bits), as well as more familiar fare given radical rewrites. 2-disc package includes a DVD with some videos some moments from their 2001 appearance at WOMAD USA. Fire of Flame - Brass Monkey - 17.99 More Deep English Folk from the quintet. Is there ever too much of this stuff? I think not! Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick, Howard Evans, Richard Cheetham and Martin Brinsford continue the tradition. Half a Fruit Pie - Benji Kirkpatrick - 16.99 Songs and tunes both original and traditional by the guitarist and bouzuki player. Guest musicans include John Kirkpatrick on melodeon and vocals, Richard Adams on drums and Seth Lakeman on fiddle and viola. Both traditional acoustic and folk rock sounds. Unearthed (2 CD set) - Nic Jones - special order - 33.99 A great singer, a revered guitarist, Jones has started gathering old tapes and releasing them on his own label. This two-CD collection of concert recordings, studio outtakes, and other rarities gives a fine sampling of Nic in his prime. Over 30 songs and guitar tunes including 'Ten Thousand Miles,' 'Clyde Water,' 'Warlike Lads of Russia,' 'Annachie Gordon,' many others. The Duck Race - John Kirkpatrick - 16.99 Morris Dance Tunes from Shropshire presented by the one of the UKs most respected accordion players and musical explorers. This is just John, on various boxes including single and 2 row melodeons, treble, bass and baritone concertinas, occasionally overdubbed in self-duets. Tunes are traditional, or original tunes 'in the tradition.' (2004 release) Prairie Nights and Peacock Feathers - Paris to Kyiv - 16.99 ukraine europe russia Cosmic Sounds Remixed - Various - 16.99 Artists from around the world join forces to pay tribute to the Cosmic Sounds label (Italy, Austria, Croatia, England, Hungary, Australia, Japan and Serbia). Each of them chose one track from the CS catalogue and gave it a fresh touch. 8 remixes of tracks by Arkestra One, SHQ, Jerome Richardson, Dusko Gojkovic and others by DJs from across Europe and Asia. On The Shoulders of the Great Bear - Cronshaw, Andrew - 16.99 British zither player with a wonderful cast of Nordic musicians produces sometimes ethereal, sometimes raw new acoustic music. Fastland - Sula - 13.99 The music is from the whole north Atlantic area… reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, hopsas and powerful songs. Rod Sinclair (Scotland) sings and plays guitar and 5-string banjo. Eskil Romme (Denmark) plays accordion, saxophone and pipes. Erling Olsen (Denmark) is a fiddler in the traditional Nordic style. The Transports - Silver Edition - Peter Bellamy - 59.99 The classic recording of Bellamy's 'folk opera' plus a whole new edition recorded in his memory by his friends and admirers in 2003. Packaged in the usual Free Reed elegance of a large presentation box, informative booklet and various extras. Broadway Goes Latin/Hollywood Cha Cha Cha - Edmundo Ros - 17.99 The Trouble With Happiness - John Greaves - 16.99 Greaves is a multi-talented artist, known to some as the virtuoso bass player in some of the more interesting progressive groups of the 1970s - Henry Cow, National Health - and to others as a singer/songwriter, and crafter of sophisticated, witty and beautiful songs. This distinction may mislead one into thinking that there have been two (or more) very distinct phases in his career, yet John Greaves has always stood at the crossroads of several musical traditions, which he has fused into a highly distinctive body of work. He has released a number of solo albums and has appeared on albums by Peter Blegvad, Slapp Happy, Soft Heap, Michael Mantler, Michael Nyman, Pip Pyle and Robert Wyatt. Greaves was a key contributor to a musical movement that attempted to break away from the limitations of the rock format, by integrating elements of classical conceptualization as well as totally free improvisation, a dimension that set Henry Cow apart and firmly established the band's place in rock history. Different Tongues - Brian Peters - 16.99 A recording filled with old songs and new, songs of sailors, poachers, highwaymen, sinister strangers, deserted lovers, and supernatural revelations, and a cover of Richard Thompson's 'Watlzing For Dreamers.' Some nice melodeon tunes, as always. Accompaniment from Jeff Davis, Gordon Tyrral, Dave Pope and Chris Peters. Concert Program - Penguin Cafe Orchestra - 17.99 2 CD concert recorded in Wool Hall, Somerset, UK, in July of 1994 Yggdrasil (Tree of Life) - Kristian Blak and Yggdrasil - 16.99 Faoroese composer and musician Kristian Blak with the Nordic ensemble Yggdrasil and Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir. Music of Eastern Europe - Harmonia - 16.99 Two generations of musicians celebrated for their performances of the music of their Eastern European homelands join forces to explore the shared musical roots of the culturally rich territories east of the Danube, from Hungary and Romania to Croatia, Slovakia and western Ukraine. An Echo of Hooves - June Tabor - 17.99 2003 release by this English singer, featuring Huw Warren on piano and cello, Mark Emerson on violin and viola, Tim Harries on double bass, Martin Simpson on guitar and Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian pipes Migrant - Shoormal - 16.99 Contemporary folk music from Shetland. Freda Leask, Joyce McDill and Donna Smith joined forces in 1997 to create a three-part harmony sound accompanied by Trevor Smith on guitar, Gregg Arthur on piano and accordion, May Gair on double bass and Christopher Anderson on percussion. Out of Bed - The Witches of Elswick - 16.99 Becky Stockwell, Gillian Tolfrey, Byony Griffith and Fay Hield, four women from the northeast of England, sing unaccompanied songs, including classics like Sovai; Lord Randal; Two Sisters; The Blue Cockade; I Once Lived In Service; The Scarecrow; Maids At 18; The Tree In The Wood; Soldier, Soldier; Honey For The Bee. Smiling Men with Bad Reputations - Mike Heron - 16.99 One of my guilty pleasures: the reissue of a bizarre, quirky and often quite funnny 1971 'solo' recording by Incredible String Bander Mike Heron includes The Who's Townsend and Moon, Richard Thompson, Jimmy Page, Dudu Pukwana, Elton John, various Fairporters and Dr Strangely Strange. Pop-powered flower-power folk-rock-jazz-silliness. Irresistible! Hynt - Fernhill - 17.99 The 2003 recording by this remarkable band that mixes Welsh, English, French and other music in an all acoustic mix. Julie Murphy on vocals, Ceri Rhys Matthews on guitar, Tomos Williams on trumpet, Cass Meurig on fiddle and crwth and Tim Harries on double bass. FolkESTRA North! - FolkESTRA North! - 17.99 A group of northern England’s extraordinary young performers (all age 13-18), inspired by Kathryn Tickell's artistic leadership create a powerful recording, full of energy and well... youthfulness! Wired Up - Alistair McCulloch - 17.99 The respected Scots fiddler's 2nd solo outing, supported by bouzouki, guitar, bodhan, recorder, accordion, piano, cello and bass. Swarb! - Dave Swarbrick - 64.99 4 CD box set by the renowned folk and rock fiddler. One - 422 - 16.99 A tight and expressive band of young musicians playing Celtic, Shetland, Swedish and North American tunes on fiddles, whistle, accordion, guitar, bass and foot percussion. Led by accordionist Sam Pirt, this band was one of the stars of the RootsWorld Free Reed Festival in 2001. Mr Bellamy, Mr Kipling and the tradition - Peter Bellamy - 18.99 2 CD set of two Bellamy classics: 'Keep on Kiplin'g' and 'Songs an rummy conjuring tricks' Between the Dark and Light - Fagan and Kerr - 16.99 Through and Through - John Spiers and Jon Boden - 16.99 John Spiers (melodeon) and Jon Boden (fiddle) present an excellent set of tunes and songs from the tradition. Wassail! - Celebration of an English Midwinter - Various - 18.99 Performances of seasonal songs with John Kirkpatrick, Rosie Cross, Georgina Le Faux, Michael Gregory, Jane Threlfall and Carl Hogsden. (Fellside Records) Mazurka Berserker - John Kirkpatrick - 16.99 A stunning series of duets with some of John's favourite musicians was the inspiration for this great new album. Recorded by Oliver Knight in Robin Hood's Bay and then added to at studios as far apart as London, Los Angeles and Sydney! Collaborating musicians include Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Bob Johnson, Ray Fisher, Alistair Anderson, Kevin Dempsey, Ben Mandelson, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr. 'Mazurka Berserker' contains some of the finest (and most complicated) music JK has ever recorded. Love, Death and the Lady - Shirley and Dolly Collins - 17.99 One of the most powerfully moving records to emerge from the English folk revival of the 1960s - Love, Death and the Lady captures Shirley and Dolly Collins at the peak of their form. Originally released on the Harvest label in 1970, this new edition is remastered with four bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes. Rubai - Flook - 17.99 The 2002 recording from one of Celtic music's great acoustic bands Ashburnham - Dave Shepherd and Becky Price - 16.99 A fiddle-and-accordion album of traditional and original tunes. Jigs and hornpipes, played full-tilt, are interwoven with gentler and more reflective airs, while familiar tunes intermingle with many exciting discoveries from 18th and 19th-century collections. Lilac Tree - Julie Murphy - 17.99 Nine new songs co-written by Murphy and guitarist Richard Llewellyn, recorded with with double bass player Tim Harries, drummer Rowan Griffiths and trumpet player Tomos Williams. Espace - Tama - 13.99 Musicans from Guinea Bissau, Mali and UK join forces in a rich Afro-pop mix Megin: Traditional accordion and concertina music from Wales and The Marches - various artists - 16.99 Welsh squeezeboxes are explored on this wonderful little compilation from the Fflach label. Meet John Morgan, Guto Dafis, Mick Tems, Pat Smith, Boz Boswell, Nick Passmore, Meg and Neil Browning and border-dweller John Kirkpatrick. Crwth - Cass Meurig - temp out of stock-16.99 The widely acclaimed fiddle and crwth player specialising in traditional Welsh folk music (member of Welsh bands Fernhill and Pigyn Clust) presents a CD focused on the Welsh crwth (a bowed lyre), featuring guest musicians Nigel Eaton on hurdy-gurdy and Bob Evans on crwth. Produced by Ceri Rhys Matthews. A Boxful of Treasures - Sandy Denny - contact by e-mail to order It's been done before, but this 5 CD set is pretty close to the definitive overview of this legendary English singer's work and includes a lot of material unavailable to the compilers of the Hannibal set from a few decades back. Long-form box with the 5 CDs, a 52 page full colour booklet - foreword by Richard Thompson, biographical essay by Jim Irvin, and coda by Dick Gaughan. The booklet is lavishly illustrated with reproductions from Sandy's original lyric notebooks, plus rare and previously unpublished photographs. The booklet concludes with a full discographical track listing. This Label Is NOT Removable - Various artists - no longer available, sorry The 3 CD history of one of Europe's pluckiest folk music labels, Free Reed Records of England. Includes tracks by Seamus Ennis, Micho Russell, Joe Holmes, Eddie Butcher; A L Lloyd, Eddie Upton; Nic Jones, June Tabor, Peter Bellamy, Martin Carthy, Mike Waterson, Vin Garbutt, John Kirkpatrick, Robin and Barry Dransfield, Noel Murphy, Les Barker, Bernie Parry;Tommy Williams, Gordon Cutty, Michael Hebbert, Liverpool's Concertina Bands, Tony Hall, Tufty Swift, Sue Harris, John Kirkpatrick, Dave Swarbrick; Old Swan, Flowers and Frolics, Plain Capers Band, Pump and Pluck, Roaring Jelly, 'Dransfield', The Spinners and Fairport Convention Wake The Vaulted Echoes: A Celebration Of Peter Bellamy - Peter Bellamy - no longer available, sorry 3 CDs with more than 3 1/2 hours of music. Enhanced CD has interviews and related web links. 60 page booklet. With Shirley and Dolly Collins, The Young Tradition, The Watersons, others. Love Burns in Me - Alva - temp out of stock-17.99 Vivien Ellis is one of the great female voices of the present day. Giles Lewin (violins) is known too for his work with The Carnival Band and the Irish group After Hours. Here they present Medieval and traditional songs and fiddle music from Britain and France. Whilia - Fernhill - temp out of stock-17.99 Back in stock! The third album from Fernhill is an exilariting journey through the rich Welsh-language dance/song tradition. WHILIA ('talking') brings a thrilling contemporary dynamic to a still-neglected heritage of words and music. Hey for Christmas - The Oxford Waits with The Mellstock Band - temp out of stock-17.99 Seasonal songs and carols from the Bodleian Library's Broadside Ballad collections Pandemonium - Eaton - Nigel Eaton - temp out of stock-17.99 A collection of self[penned tues that stretch the limits (again!) of the hurdy-gurdy, joined by an excllent ensemble that includes Julie Murphy, Andy Cutting and Paul James. Panic at the Cafe - Andy Cutting - Nigel Eaton - temp out of stock-17.99 Former members of Blowzabella: Nigel Eaton (hurdy-gurdy, cello, keyboards) and Andy Cutting (diatonic accordion, keyboards), with Tim Panting (guitar, keyboards) and Ian Luff (cittern). Switter Swatter - Oxford Waits - temp out of stock-17.99 Superb singing voices are matched by instrumentation that includes lute, fiddle, smallpipes, pipe and tabor, shawm, orpharion and hurdy-gurdy. Here is early music played with all the zest of a contemporary folk band, with 29 tracks and over 60 minutes of playing time. Wassail! A Country Christmas - Magpie Lane - temp out of stock-18.99 A collection of songs and tunes which were originally performed in the band's hugely popular Christmas concerts at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford. Variances - Paris to Kyiv - temp out of stock-16.99 Released in 1996, this is music from the deepest layers of an ancient culture with a strikingly contemporary edge. Kochan collaborates with premier bandura player Julian Kytasty; they are joined by jazz violist Richard Moody, West African percussionist Evans Coffie and his protegé Henry Zacharias and multi-instrumentalist Martin Colledge (including Northumbrian pipes and cittern). Mighty River of Song - The Watersons - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
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