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Meet You There - Oysterband
- 13.99 The 2007 studio album by the Brit folk-rock legends. The Unbroken Surface of Snow - Andrew Cronshaw - 17.99 British musician and composer Andrew Cronshaw is joined by a global enseble of Tigran Aleksanyan, Ian Blake, Sanna Kurki-Suonio. Liverpool - Gernika - Jaber Muguruza and L.I.P.A - 13.99 As I went down to Horsham - Mabs and Gordon Hall - 17.99 Traditional folk singing from England by two generations of the Hall family. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc - The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc - special order-18.99 Three musicians explore the rich traditions of Norway, Sweden and Shetland - Olav Luksengård Mjelva, Hardanger Fiddle and Octave Fiddle; Anders Hall, Fiddle and Viola; Kevin Henderson, Fiddle 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. 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. 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. Foogy - Catriona McKay and Olov Johansson - temp out of stock-18.99 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. 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! 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. Astrakan Cafe (ECM) - Anouar Brahem - 13.99 Astrakan Café, Azarbeidjan, Turkmenistan, Turkhestan, Tanzania Gypsy fronds avant 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. 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. 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 Kalejira Al-Buk (1994) - Kepa Junkera - 14.99 Vol. I- Traditional songs from the Ukraine - Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar - temp out of stock-18.99 Traditional songs from the Ukraine Traditional songs from the Ukraine Vol. 2 - Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar - temp out of stock-18.99 Armenia folk music ensemble. '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) 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.' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Between the Dark and Light - Fagan and Kerr - 16.99 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! Garden of Love - Frankie Armstrong - special order With vocal and instrumental accompaniment by John Kirkpatrick, Joan Mills, Brian Pearson and Leon Rosselson 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. The Compleat Dancing Master - 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 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. Fotheringay - Fotheringay - 17.99 This is one of the gem's of the Sandy Denny discography, and often hailed as one of the best of the 70's folk-pop recordings from England. Joined by Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue, Pat Donaldson and Gerry Conway, Denny created a magical ensemble sound. For this carefully remastered edition Fledg'ing has restored all of the original artwork and added four bonus tracks: performances recorded at the 1970 Rotterdam Festival. Folk, Blues and Beyond... - Davy Graham - 17.99 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. 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 Roots, New Routes - Shirley Collins and Davy Graham - 12.99 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. 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. 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. 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.' 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 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. Make No Bones (2 CD set) - John Kirkpatrick - 17.99 Originally released on Fledg'ling in 2007, Make No Bones are two CDs of recordings by John Kirkpatrick -- each one representing one half of a typical evening's performance. No frills, no additives, just how it comes. Kirkpatrick is widely acknowledged as a master of the squeezebox; a world-class musician who has been at the forefront of the British folk scene for nearly 40 years. This is two CDs of John Kirkpatrick performing traditionals and originals at his very best. 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. 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 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. The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band - 16.99 Founded in Edinburgh in 1965 when Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron began a journey which would connect traditional folk music, ragtime and the emerging counterculture/psychedelic scene. High-profile fans include Paul McCartney, Billy Connolly, Robert Plant and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Signed by Joe Boyd to the prestigious Elektra label, their early recordings are among the most imaginative of the period. Their 1966 debut LP is a powerful mix of their many influences. Highlights include "October Song," "When The Music Starts To Play," "Empty Pocket Blues," "Smoke Shovelling Song" and the closing "Everything's Fine Right Now." The band quickly became favorites on John Peel's pirate radio-show "The Perfumed Garden." "Through the incense and the exotic blend of instruments and influences came an original and memorable combination of shining talents destined to outlast their era. Carefully re-mastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood. Housed in a digipack with all elements of the original artwork. New sleevenotes from Clive Palmer and Robyn Hitchcock. Mike Heron (lead vocal), Clive Palmer (vocal, guitar, kazoo and banjo), Robin Williamson (lead vocal, violin, guitar, mandolin and whistle). Listen The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion - The Incredible String Band - 16.99 Their second album was first released in July 1967. With Clive Palmer having left for India, Mike Heron and Robin Williamson were accompanied by Danny Thompson on double bass and Licorice on vocals and percussion. The album demonstrated the beginnings of what Williamson describes as using the studio as a giant paint box. Standout songs include Heron's "The Hedgehog's Song," Williamson's beautiful "First Girl I Loved" (later recorded by Judy Collins, Jackson Browne and many others) and his "The Mad Hatter's Song." Their exposure on John Peel's "Perfumed Garden" radio show on the pirate ship Radio London, and later on BBC's "Top Gear," made them favorites with the emerging UK underground audience. The album went to #1 on the UK folk chart, and was named by Paul McCartney as one of his favorite records of that year. Carefully re-mastered by original producer Joe Boyd and engineer John Wood. Housed in a stunning digipack with all the elements of the original artwork. New sleevenotes from Mike Heron. Mike Heron (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar), Robin Williamson (lead vocals, bowed and bass gimbri, guitar, flute, Soma sitar, tamboura, drums, rattles, oud and mandolin), Danny Thompson (double bass), Licorice (vocals and finger cymbals), John Hopkins (piano), Nazir Jarazbhoy (sitar, tamboura). Listen | Listen Wee Tam and The Big Huge - The Incredible String Band - 16.99 Their fourth album was their most ambitious album to date, conceived as a double LP. First released in Europe as both a double LP and separate single LPs in November 1968. In the U.S., Elektra released the two albums separately as Wee Tam and The Big Huge, on the same day. By the second half of 1968, The Incredible String Band saw their popularity and reputation growing on both sides of the Atlantic, and they began to sell out large concert venues like the Fillmore (East and West) and London's Royal Albert Hall. The album reflected an even wider variety of influences than the previous two releases and was packed to overflowing with classic songs from Mike Heron and Robin Williamson. Deluxe 2CD set for the price of a single album. The Fledg'ling deluxe 2CD digipack edition comes in a choice of two front covers. Carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd, with engineer John Wood and mastering technician Simon Heyworth. The sets incorporate all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Mr. Boyd. Mike Heron (lead vocals, guitar, sitar, bass, organ, harpsichord, washboard, percussion, harmonica), Robin Williamson (lead vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, whistle, organ, violin, Irish harp, gimbri, sarangi, harpsichord, flute, kazoo, bass drum), Rose (violin, percussion), Licorice (Irish harp, percussion). Listen 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 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) 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. 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! Rubai - Flook - 13.99 The 2002 recording from one of Celtic music's great acoustic bands 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.' 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. 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. UnConventionAl - Fairport Convention - 74.99 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. Swarb! - Dave Swarbrick - 64.99 4 CD box set by the renowned folk and rock fiddler. 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. Mad World Blues - Pete Morton - 10.99 Donegal Rain - Andy M. Stewart - 8.99 scotland UK england britain Rosa Mundi - June Tabor - 10.99 The 2001 release investigates songs of the garden in Tabor's usual diverse outlook and musicial styles. Over Sundet - Over Sundet - 15.99 The Danish folk quartet performs lyrical interpretations of Scandinavian traditional and original tunes. Over Sundet means "Across the Sound", the body of water separating Denmark from Sweden, and the name refers to the fact that much of the band's inspiration is drawn from Swedish folk sounds. The band's sound is focused on the raw power of traditional music, but weaves in classical and jazz elements. The members of the band have backgrounds in classical, folk and jazz. IT has been said: "Over Sundet represents a completely new approach to music in Denmark, and they have succeeded in transcending habitual musical thinking and traditional generic boundaries" The musicians are Siri Iversen: clarinet, bass clarine; Cecilie Strange: tenor and soprano sax; Lea Havelund: cello and Simon Busk: percussion. 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. 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. 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. 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. Swarthmoor - Pete Morton - 14.99 All original material, just Pete's vocal and guitar as you hear him in concert. La femme qui marche - Elisa Vellia - 17.99 Greek-born harpist Elisa Vellia and her trio (bass and clainet) offer a fresh approach to Greek traditional music. From Asia Minor to the islands in the Aegean Sea, in the wake of oral tradition, all these songs seem tailor-made for her instrument. The ageless oral tradition has been handed down from mother to daughter from Asia Minor right through to modern-day Greece. Concert Program - Penguin Café Orchestra - 23.99 2 CD concert recorded in Wool Hall, Somerset, UK, in July of 1994. This 1995 release is the definitive recording of the final line up of the band, and includes most of the Penguins' best known pieces. It was conceived as a 'live album' that would be recorded in a studio - a concert without an audience. This is a re-mastered version of the original 1995 release. A Matter of Life - Penguin Café - 18.99 Thirteen years after Simon Jeffes' death, his son, Arthur, started playing his music again. Performing under the name Penguin Cafe, the younger Jeffes - along with a new group of musicians - is re-visiting his father's music and starting a new chapter in the story. Their sound is at once familiar and new, combining acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm. Since 2009 Arthur has been writing new material to compliment and respond to the old. A love-letter to the original music, A Matter Of Life... is the 2011 realization of this endeavor. Festival in the Desert (CD) - Various Artists - special order-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. 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. 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! The Bells of Paradise - Alva - 17.99 Vivien Ellis (vice) and Giles Lewin (violin) offer their unique interpretations of traditional English folk music 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. 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. Ca Nos - Fernhill - 17.99 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. 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. Hey for Christmas - The Oxford Waits with The Mellstock Band - 19.99 Seasonal songs and carols from the Bodleian Library's Broadside Ballad 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Rising For The Moon - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue 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, Liege and Lief - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Hokey Pokey - Thompson, Richard And Linda - 12.99 New Island reissue Angel Delight - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue Babbacome Lee - Fairport Convention - 12.99 New Island reissue 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. 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. 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. Songs Across Walls of Separation - various - 19.99 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. 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. 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. 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. Prairie Nights and Peacock Feathers - Paris to Kyiv - 16.99 ukraine europe russia 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. 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 Pentecost - Sacha Silva - 16.99 The globe trotting ensemble returns with a vibrant but subtle new recoding that fuses the various members roots in the music of India, Andalusia, contemporary classical and much more. In keeping with their artistic sensibilities, this CD is currently packaged in gorgeous a limited-edition package wrapped in raw canvas cloth printed with lyrics and artwork. Click to listen to more. Fully Rigged - Aly Bain and Ale Moller - 11.99 Shetland Islands meet Malmo, Sweden in a fully satisfying merger of genius. 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. 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. 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. 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. Espace - Tama - 13.99 Musicans from Guinea Bissau, Mali and UK join forces in a rich Afro-pop mix 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." 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 Hedonism - Bellowhead - 17.99 Formed in 2004 by duo John Spiers (melodeon, concertina) and Jon Boden (vocals, fiddle), this 11-piece big band fuses a wide range of individual musical talent into something unique and truly uplifting. With fellow band-members Pete Flood (percussion); Justin Thurgur (trombone); Brendan Kelly (saxophone, bass clarinet); Andy Mellon (trumpet); Paul Sartin (oboe, fiddle); Rachael McShane (cello, fiddle); Ed Neuhauser (helicon, tuba); Benji Kirkpatrick (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki) and Sam Sweeney (fiddle, pipes) Bellowhead honor centuries of English musical tradition while at the same time constantly pressing forward into the future. On this 2010 studio album the music is a delirious amalgam of schooled musicianship and anarchic abandon. 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. Matachin - Bellowhead - 12.99 The second studio recording by the English squeezebox-fiddle-brassband-chamber group is as vital as its predecessor, Burlesque, following the same idea even further down the road. 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. 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. 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. Afrobeast - Yaaba Funk - 16.99 This predominantly Ghanaian highlife and Afrobeat band is based in London, and have been making waves this year. A product of Brixton and influenced by 1970'S Ghanaian hi-life, funky sounds of James Brown and UK sounds like Roots Manuva and The Specials. This is their debut CD. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People (US customers only) - various - Topic records - 79.99 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 - 89.99 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. Landfall - Martin Carthy - 14.99 1971 recording by the great English singer and guitarist, reissued on Topic in 1996 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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." 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. 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. 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 Ashore - JuneTabor - 18.99 English singer Tabor's range and depth are unparalleled, and with Ashore she fully justifies her reputation as England's foremost song interpreter. CD features a set of contemporary songs alongside classic traditional ballads like 'The Bleacher Lassie Of Kelvinhaugh' and 'The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry'. The contemporary material includes a spine-tingling version of Elvis Costello's 'Shipbuilding'; a new recording of Oysterband's Ian Telfer's 'Finisterre' and two remarkable songs from the pen of Cyril Tawney – 'The Grey Funnel Line' and 'The Oggie Man'. With Andy Cutting, diatonic accordion; Mark Emerson, viola and violin, Tim Harries, double bass and Huw Warren, piano. In a career of "bests" this is truly one of her best! Highly recommended. Gift - Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson - 17.99 First ever duo album from this mother/daughter team features both traditional and contemporary selections, from folk gems such as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" to old-timey classics like "Ukelele Lady" and more. Guest artists include Ann, Mike, and Marry Waterson on vocals, Danny Thompson on double bass, Martin Simpson on banjo, Martin Carthy on guitar, others. Hidden English - various - 18.99 a celebration of genuine traditional music from England compiled by John Howson, Ian A Anderson and Tony Engle. Includes Billy Benningtone, Bob and Ron Copper, Lousie Fukller, Bob Hart, Wlliam Kimber, Billy Pig and a dozen more. 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. Fire in the Soul - Davy Graham - 17.99 The influential British guitarist changed a generation of musicians. This is a 25 track compilation that covers his work in folk, jazz and beyond his Decca LPs from 1966 to 1970 plus an early Topic recording of "Angi." Bold Sportsmen All: Gamblers and Sporting Blades - Ewan MacColl, A.L.Lloyd, Roy Harris - 18.99 A combination CD of two old Topic EPs from 1958 and 1962 by these three balladeers, plus three more tracks that never made it to vinyl. With musicians Peggy Seeger, Steve Benbow, Alf Edwards, Martin Carthy and Bobby Campbell. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. An Echo of Hooves (used) - June Tabor - 9.99 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. (Please read this notice about purchasing used CDs at cdRoots) Time and Tide (used) - Steve Ashley - 9.99 (Please read this notice about purchasing used CDs at cdRoots) Bones - Maggie Holland - 15.99 Beyond the bands from which she emerged, singer, guitarist, banjo and bass player Maggie Holland's solo career has spanned from the National Theatre's Mysteries in the '80s to BBC4TV/The Barbican's Folk Britannia in 2006. Some of her supremely crafted original songs like A Place Called England, Perfumes Of Arabia and A Proper Sort Of Gardener have been recorded by folk luminaries like June Tabor and Martin Carthy but she's equally adept at hand-picking and re-interpreting works by others, from the well-known to the obscure. Bones – attractively Digi-packed with extensive notes by journalist/author Colin Irwin and Maggie herself – includes eight of her best-known original songs and two traditionals plus others by Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, Tymon Dogg, Bob Dylan, Dave Evans, Robb Johnson, Peter Rowan, Chris Smither, John Tams, Richard Thompson and many more. It's a maxi-length 'best of' selection from her albums made between 1983 and 1991, plus a few previously unreleased tracks and a new recording of her BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning song "A Place Called England." The majority are on CD for the first time. Ghosts from the Basement - Various Artists - 15.99 lost songs, dreams and folkedelica from the vaults of Village Thing, 1970-74 - Subtitled 'the alternative folk label', Village Thing Records released two dozen albums and a few singles between 1970 and 1974. With strong national press and radio support, the label prospered with a unique and hard-to-pin-down mix of established names and newcomers, original singer/ songwriter/ guitarists, a few visiting Americans, and folk entertainers. Over the years, many of Village Thing's releases have gained cult status amongst collectors of '70s 'psych folk', often changing hands for high prices and now enjoying a big revival of interest. This 20-track compilation to mark the label's 40th anniversary is superbly remastered and comes in an environmentally friendly pack full of lots of old photos and detailed notes. It concentrates on the 'contemporary folk' core of Village Thing's output and includes many items on CD in the UK for the first time or never previously released. Featured are Wizz Jones, Derroll Adams, A 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. The Time is Ripe - Ian A. Anderson - 15.99 rare psych folk from the Village Thing years 1970-73 - Following the release of his debut LP in 1969, country blues singer/guitarist Ian A. Anderson took a sudden left swerve into what now gets called psych folk or acid folk. Between 1970 and 1972 he released three albums on the now cult 'alternative folk' label Village Thing – the acoustic Royal York Crescent which showcased his interplay with guitarist Ian Hunt with whom he appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival; the folk/rock oriented A Vulture Is Not A Bird You Can Trust, recorded with a band including drummer Pick Withers, soon to be in at the start of Dire Straits; and Singer Sleeps On As Blaze Rages with steel guitarist Mike Cooper's Machine Gun Company and some meaty forays onto 12-string guitar. With 2010 marking the 40th anniversary of Village Thing, a new generation seeking out the alt.folk music of the '60s and '70s, a spate of books on the music and the era, and old vinyl copies of Village Thing albums being highly valued by collector 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. 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. 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. 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 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. Tales of Love, War and Death by Hanging - Ray Cooper - 17.99 Known to most people as Chopper, Ray Cooper has been a longstanding member of the award winning group Oysterband. Cooper's solo album debut shows his voice off to full effect as well as his song writing and multi-instrumental skills. Although most of the songs are self penned, there is a generous sprinkling of traditional material from Scotland and Sweden. The heart of the album lies somewhere between the old world and the new, at times giving a pithy relevance to events that happened in the distant past. Rising Road - John Jones - 13.99 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 The Oxford Girl and other stories - Oysterband - 17.99 A set of all-new acoustic recordings to mark Oysterband's 30th anniversary' - 14 classic cuts from across the band's history, reimagined and rearranged for now. 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 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 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.
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