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A Trip to The Lakes (Harbourtown)

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.

Rod Stradling writes "Yes indeed. An extremely rewarding CD and very well worth adding to your collection." You can read his extensive review in Musical Traditions

"Greg Stephens has been rooting out and collecting tunes from his native Cumbria for many years. On this recording the Boat Band wear these tunes like a set of well-loved,comfortable old clothes, worn to the perfect fit:just as they should sound" - Folk Buzz Magazine

Tunes and songs on the CD (highlighted are MP3 samples):

A Trip to the Lakes - jig;
Carlisle Reel / Haul Away the Hawser / Trip to Cartmel - polkas;
Cumberland Waltz / Kendal Waltz;
Robinson's / Honeymoon / A Bonny Lass to Marry Me / The Cumberland - reels;
Keswick Bonny Lasses / Stables' Grand - hornpipes;
The Birds Upon the Tree - song;
Cumberland Reel / Carlisle Races - jigs;
Dear Tobacco / Bonny Cumberland / King's No 1 / King's No 2 - polkas;
Stybarrow Crag / Iron Legs / The Calgarth - hornpipes;
Corby Castle - song;
Kendal Ghyll / When I Parted / Ulverston Volunteers - jigs;
Westmorland Waltz;
My Love She's But a Lassie Yet / Whitehaven Volunteers / Through the Wood Spinning - Cumberland Square Eight tunes;
A Trip to Galloway - air.

What the band says for itself:
After playing for many years, trawling the venues of Britain and beyond, THE BOAT BAND have picked up a huge and varied catch of tunes: Creole, Caribbean, gospel, Cajun, Irish, zydeco and blues-not much slips through the net.If it can be played on accordion and fiddle (or trombone, washboard, trumpet, banjo etc), if it touches the heart and moves the feet, it`s in the repertoire.

The latest venture takes the band away from the cajun twosteps of South Louisiana to the dance music of northwest England, drawing on the rich tradition of some thousands of tunes collected by and from the musicians of Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. The favouritee current source of good tunes is the Langdale fiddler William Irwin. and The Boat Band have just released new CD "A TRIP TOTHE LAKES" featuring these tunes.

Come along to a gig and enjoy the English tunes and songs nestling in alongside the already eclectic offerings, whether it's at an all out ceilidh, a strictly cajun dance or a sit-down concert. The line-up is based on: Kate Barfield (fiddle, trombone, vocals), Mark Burke (percussion, accordions, vocals), Greg Stephens (guitar, banjo, vocals), Tony Weatherall (accordions, vocals), plus occasional special guests.

See you there. - The Boat Band

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