Recorded in Elsdon, Northumberland by Micky Sweeney;
Photographs taken at The Greenhouse in Warkworth by Rik Walton;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, fiddle, viola;
Sandra Kerr: vocals, English concertina, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer

Tracks

1. Lads of Alnwick (3.30)
2. The Milkmaids (Roud 290) (2.56)
3. The Wee Weaver (Roud 3378) (3.47)
4. David Malone’s / James Fagan’s (4.44)
5. The Shoemakker (Roud 3152; G/D 3:479) (1.57)
6. The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (3.22)
7. The Welcome Home / Saucy Nancy (4.19)
8. Seven Yellow Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.56)
9. The Yellow-Haired Laddie / Lovely Nancy (4.34)
10. The Great Silkie (Roud 197; Child 113) (3.22)
11. George Collins (Roud 147; Child 85) (3.56)
12. Jackie Munroe (Roud 268; Laws N7; G/D 1:171, 1:172) (3.36)
13. Rusty Gully / Go to Berwick, Johnnie (3.21)
14. Sheepcrook and Black Dog (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (3.15)

Tracks 1-2, 5, 9, 11, 13-14 trad. English;
Tracks 3, 6, 8 trad. Irish;
Track 4 Nancy Kerr;
Track 7 Sandra Kerr;
Track 10 trad. Scots;
Track 12 trad.

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Photographs taken by Rik Walton on Warkworth Beach, Northumberland;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, fiddle, viola, guitar [14];
James Fagan: vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, clarinet;
Sandra Kerr: English concertina [4, 10, 13]

Tracks

1. Mrs Capron’s Reel / Murray’s Reel (2.21)
2. Jack Orion (Roud 145; Child 67) / Rusty Jack (4.43)
3. The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) / The Five Fortunes (4.11)
4. Lang Stayed Away / Little Fishie / All the Night I Lay Awake (4.33)
5. The Berkshire Tragedy (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.28)
6. Song of a Drinking Man’s Wife (5.10)
7. The Wrong Door / Choom / The Wet Physician (3.26)
8. Miles Weatherhill (Roud V7515) (3.25)
9. The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (2.31)
10. Dancing on the Gravel / Pam’s Polka (3.08)
11. Seven Yellow Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.56)
12. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.05)
13. Branle de Bourgogne / Beyond the Border (3.36)
14. Starry Gazy Pie (3.50)

Tracks 1, 7c, 14 Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 2a, 3a, 4-5, 9, 11-12, 13a trad.;
Tracks 2b, 3b, 13b Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 6 Alastair Hulett;
Tracks 7ab James Fagan;
Track 8 trad., Nic Jones;
Track 10 Sandra Kerr

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Photographs by Rik Walton at Warkworth;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Sandra Kerr: English concertina [1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14], guitar [13], vocals [2-3, 5-6, 8, 11-13];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle [1, 4, 7-11, 14], viola [2], cello [3], guitar [9, 13], mandolin [5], vocals [2, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13];
James Fagan: bouzouki [1-2, 4-5, 7-11, 13-14], whistle [3], vocals [2, 5-6, 8-13]

Tracks

1. The Scalene Set: Rosie Davis the Dancer / Michaely’s Bow / Hannah May’s (4.22)
2. Canny Hobbie Elliot / The Bonny Pit Laddie (Roud 3487) (5.08)
3. The Cheviot Hills (3.17)
4. Hornpipes: Bob and Joan / Sunderland Lasses / ZenAir (5.50)
5. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 221) (5.32)
6. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (1.41)
7. Jeanette’s Waltz (4.03)
8. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (4.10)
9. Port ’n’ Brandy (4.05)
10. Jigs: Random Notes / The First Ten Years / Meers Brook (4.44)
11. Buy Broom Besoms (Roud 1623; G/D 3:489) / Our Cat Has Kitted (3.26)
12. Sir Walter Raleigh (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (3.35)
13. Here’s the Tender Coming (Roud 3174) (2.52)
14. Kati in die Schnee / Molly’s Jig (6.43)

Tracks 1a, 3, 4c, 7, 10b, 14b Sandra Kerr;
Tracks 1b, 9, 14a Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 1c James Fagan;
Tracks 2, 4ab, 13 trad. North East English;
Tracks 5, 12 trad. English;
Tracks 6, 8, 10a, 11 trad.;
Track 10c Vincent Letreau

Produced by Paul Adams, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr;
Recorded by Pail Adams and Richard Adams;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Rik Walton

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 10], fiddle [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14], fiddlesinging [12], viola [1-3], guitar [1, 7, 10];
James Fagan: vocals [1, 3, 7, 9-10, 13], bouzouki [1-4, 6, 8, 10, 13], piano [2, 6], guitar [14];
Alan Burton: uilleann pipes [10];
Steve Hunt: bodhrán [10];
Linda Adams: additional vocals [3];
Paul Adams: noose [4], black mask [4]

Tracks

1. Canon (4.04)
2. Seven Long Nights (4.05)
3. Anderson’s Coast (6.22)
4. Reel du Pendu (2.39)
5. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.37)
6. The Emu Egg (2.59)
7. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (2.14)
8. Nancy Clough’s / Jonny Sunshine (3.57)
9. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750) (4.02)
10. Songbirds (4.47)
11. Proceed to Slough (3.11)
12. Gan to the Kye / Peacock Follow the Hen (2.34)
13. Sir Richard’s Song (5.40)
14. Lion Island / The Manxman (3.00)

Tracks 1-2, 6, 10-11, 14a Nancy Kerr;
Track 3 John Warner;
Tracks 4-5, 7, 9, 12 trad. arr. Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 8a Tom Clough;
Tracks 8b, 14b Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 13 Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy

Produced by Paul Adams, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr;
Recorded by Pail Adams in Autumn 2001;
Sleeve design by James Fagan and Mary Blood;
Photographs by James Fagan and Rik Walton

Musicians

James Fagan: vocals, bouzouki, piano [5];
Nancy Kerr: vocals, fiddle, viola guitar [14];
Sandra Kerr: vocals [3, 12], English concertina [11];
Tim van Eyken: melodeon [3, 6], vocals [3];
Alan Burton: uilleann pipes [8, 15]

Tracks

1. Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562) / The Flaming Drones (3.42)
2. The Outside Track (6.02)
3. Tiller Song (4.37)
4. Meggy’s Foot / Coates Hall (2.43)
5. The False Young Man (Roud 419) (4.16)
6. The Wire Bender (4.02)
7. The Drover’s Boy (6.21)
8. Something for Liam / Ten Million Gems (3.26)
9. Strawberry Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.49)
10. Ping (2.54)
11. Kelly’s Farewell (3.53)
12. Elsie Marley (Roud 3065) / My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up (Roud 3181) (2.34)
13. Cuckold Come Out the Amry / Xuan de Mieres / Whoomph (4.12)
14. Tiburon (3.47)
15. Cave of Many Colours (3.47)

Tracks 1a, 4a, 9, 11, 12, 13ab trad.;
Track 2 Henry Lawson, Gerry Hallom;
Tracks 1b, 3 10, 13b, 14-15 Nancy Kerr;
Track 4b Pigg;
Tracks 5, 8 trad., Nancy Kerr;
Track 6 James Fagan;
Track 7 Ted Egan

Produced by The Fagans;
Recorded by James Hewgill at Satellite Recording Studios, Perth, on 23-27 April 2002;
Mixed and mastered by James Hewgill at JHM, Perth;
Cover and band photos by Peter Minter;
CD design by Miranda Heckenberg with The Fagans

Musicians

Margarat Fagan: vocals [1-4, 6, 8-11, 13];
Bob Fagan: vocals [1-3, 6, 10-13], guitar [2, 4, 9, 10, 12];
Kate Fagan: vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8-11, 13], guitar [1, 5-6, 10], piano accordion [9];
James Fagan: vocals [1-3, 6, 10-13], bouzouki [1, 4, 6-7, 9-10, 12];
Nancy Kerr: vocals [1-2, 6, 10-11, 13], fiddle [1-2, 5-7, 10]

Tracks

1. Factory Lad (5.21)
2. Dark As a Dungeon (Roud 6392) (5.02)
3. The Tunnel Tigers (2.16)
4. The Sailor Home from the Sea (2.58)
5. Joan of Arc (4.39)
6. The Hills of Isle au Haut (4.27)
7. Margaret Fagan’s / Bonny Kate (2.44)
8. The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (3.23)
9. The Birchgrove Park (4.15)
10. Ye Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517) (3.18)
11. The World Turned Upside Down (Part 2) (2.42)
12. The Roar of the Crowd (4.26)
13. Stand by the Shore (Roud 5716) (2.31)

Track 1 Colin Dryden;
Track 2 Merle Travis;
Track 3 Ewan MacColl;
Track 4 words Dorothy Hewett, music Bill Berry;
Track 5 Kate Fagan;
Track 6 Gordon Bok;
Track 7a Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Tracks 7b, 8, 13 trad.;
Track 9 words Merv Lilley, music Bill Berry;
Track 10 Robert Burns;
Track 11 Leon Rosselson;
Track 12 Denis Kevans

Recorded by Robert Hallard and Robert Harbron at Fellside, August 2005;
Produced, mixed and mastered by Robert Harbron;
Photography by James Pyne;
Design by David Bailey / Kiosk

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals [1-2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12], fiddle [1, 3-9, 12], viola [10-12], guitar [2];
James Fagan: vocals [2, 4, 6, 9, 12], bouzouki [1-12];
with
Alan Burton: programming [2];
Colin Fletcher: double bass [2-3, 6, 10, 12];
Robert Harbron: English concertina [3, 7, 10-11], mandolin [11-12];
Martin Simpson: guitar [4, 6], Fylde resonator guitar [6], 5-string banjo [5];
Linda Adams: vocals [12]

Tracks

1. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3-49)
2. April Friend (3.04)
3. Peter the Cabby (3.23)
4. Locks and Bolts (Roud 406; Laws M13; G/D 5:1012) (3.04)
5. Lads of Alnwick (2.30)
6. Farewell to the Gold (5.09)
7. Three Magpies / Afloat in December (5.24)
8. Nancy Taylor’s (2.12)
9. Sons of Liberty (5.30)
10. Lovely Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755) (3.53)
11. Satellite (4.55)
12. Thirty-Foot Trailer (5.50)

Tracks 1, 4-5, 10 trad. arr. Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 2 Nancy Kerr;
Track 3 John Schumann;
Track 6 Paul Metsers;
Tracks 7a, 11 James Fagan;
Track 7b Robert Harbron;
Track 8 Will Taylor;
Track 9 Alistair Hulett;
Track 12 Ewan MacColl

Produced by Kate Fagan and Rod McCormack;
Recorded by Jeff and Rod McCormack at Music Cellar, Erina Valley, NSW;
Mixed by Jeff McCormack at Music Cellar;
Mastered by Steve Smart at 301 Studios, Sydney;
Artwork by Glen Hannah, Goonga Design;
Photographs by Brian Rapsey, Rhapsody Pictures

Musicians

Kate Fagan: vocals [1-12], acoustic guitar [1, 5, 7, 9-11], percussion [2, 4, 9], piano [8], piano accordion [10], keyboard [9];
Rod McCormack: slide guitar [1, 11], electric guitar [1, 4, 9], acoustic guitar [1-6, 9], mandolin [2, 10], mandocello [3], banjo [2, 4, 7], papoose [2, 9], Hammond organ [6], vocals [12], backing vocals [1-2, 9];
James Gillard: electric bass [1-4, 6, 9], fretless electric bass [5], upright bass [10, 11], vocals [12], backing vocals [1-2, 4];
John Watson: drums [1-4, 6, 9]

Tracks

1. Highway of Rainbows (5.24)
2. One More Drive (3.40)
3. Roll You Sweet Rain (4.19)
4. Dollar Bills & Diamond Towns (5.15)
5. Clear Water (4.13)
6. Closer I Get to Light (4.14)
7. O Janey Janey (5.31)
8. Angel & Mr Cash (3.58)
9. Good Morning Mellow (4.39)
10. Old Station Sisters (7.01)
11. Coming to You (5.17)
12. Child Upon the Road (4.58)

All songs written by Kate Fagan

Produced by Kerr Fagan Harbron;
Executive producer Paul Adams;
Recorded by Olvier Knight at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire;
Mixed by Robert Harbron at Fellside, Workington, Cumbria;
Mastered by Tim Turan, Turan Audio, Oxford;
Photography by James Fagan, group photo by Jane Griffiths;
Design by Robert Harbron

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola, autoharp, vocals;
James Fagan: guitar-bouzouki, vocals;
Robert Harbron: English concertina, guitar, harmony vocals;
with
Colin Fletcher: double bass [4, 9, 11]

Tracks

1. Thaxted / Leaving Old England (4.29)
2. Alan Tyne of Harrow (Roud 1553) / Alvin’s (6.54)
3. Favourite Duet (3.08)
4. Break Your Fall (4.00)
5. Farmhands and Masters (4.33)
6. The Tide Coming In / The Beehive (3.25)
7. The Smiling Bride / Drummond Castle / Holly’s Jig (3.08)
8. Kissing Tree Lane / I Wish (5.56)
9. Let the Mystery Be / Pie in the Sky (5.52)
10. Request Stop (Please Inform the Guard) (2.32)
11. The Diamantina Drover (4.36)
12. Spanish Fandangle / Sally Sloane’s Varsovienna / Ti Tree Waltz (4.05)

Track 1a Gustav Holst;
Tracks 1b, 2a, 3, 6a, 7b, 12 trad.
Tracks 2b, 8a, 10 Robert Harbron;
Track 4 Nancy Kerr;
Track 5 Rud Puddefoot;
Track 6b Nollaig Casey;
Track 7a Charlie Lennon;
Track 7c James Fagan;
Track 8b trad., new words and music Nancy Kerr;
Track 9a Iris Dement;
Track 9b Joe Hill;
Track 11 Hugh McDonald

Produced by The Fagans;
Recorded at Music Cellar, Erina Valley, NSW;
Engineered and mixed by Rod McCormack at Music Cellar;
Mastered by Jeff McCormack at Music Cellar;
Artwork by Kay Orchinson with The Fagans

Musicians

Margarat Fagan: lead vocals [3, 7], additional vocals [1-2, 4-5, 8, 10-12];
Bob Fagan: lead vocals [2, 9], additional vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 11-12], acoustic guitar [1-4, 7, 9-10];
Nancy Kerr: lead vocals [5, 10], additional vocals [1, 4, 8, 12], fiddle [1-4, 6-7, 10], viola [6];
James Fagan: lead vocals [4, 12], additional vocals [1-2, 5-8, 10-11], guitar bouzouki [1-5, 6-7, 9-10], acoustic guitar [6], low whistle [6];
Kate Fagan: lead vocals [1, 6], additional vocals [2, 4-5, 8, 10-12], acoustic guitars [1, 3-4], piano [6], piano accordion [2, 7, 9], Hammond organ [10], keyboard [10]

Tracks

1. Pastures of Plenty (3.39)
2. Battler’s Ballad (3.33)
3. The Rigs of Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (5.27)
4. Long Run (3.05)
5. Pilgrimage (4.03)
6. The Silver Shore (3.44)
7. The Shades of Gloria (4.33)
8. Winding Gear (1.45)
9. Our Milk and Honey Land (3.34)
10. Greenswell (5.40)
11. Pulling Down Song (2.20)
12. Prospect Providence (5.06)

Track 1 Woody Guthrie;
Track 2 Jack Wright;
Track 3 trad.;
Track 4 John Schumann;
Track 5 Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 6 Kate Fagan;
Track 7 Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 8 John Warner, Kim Poole;
Track 9 Trevor Day;
Track 10 Nancy Kerr;
Track 11 John Tams;
Track 12 Keith Marsden

Recorded by Robert Harbron at Home Farm, Somerset;
Mixed by Robert Harbron;
Mastered by Tim Turan, Turan Audio;
Produced by Nancy Kerr, James Fagan and Robert Harbron;
Artwork by Lizzy Doe;
Photography by Lizzy Doe, James Fagan, Margaret Fagan

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, fiddle, viola;
James Fagan: vocals, bouzouki, guitar [10], mandolin [9-10]
with
Rick Foot: double bass;
Robert Harbron: English concertina [5, 7-8], guitar [1, 6, 9], vocal harmony [6]

Tracks

1. Queen of Waters (4.13)
2. Jerilderie (2.52)
3. Dolerite Skies (3.40)
4. I Am the Fox (3.47)
5. The Floating Mountains (5.00)
6. Flower Picker’s Song (3.37)
7. Hauling On (4.13)
8. Lover’s Hymn (3.55)
9. Sweet Peace (3.32)
10. Night Night (3.05)
11. Rammed Earth (3.04)

Tracks 1-4, 6-9, 11 Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 5, 10 James Fagan

Produced by Kate Fagan;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeff McCormack at Music Cellar, Erina Valley, NSW;
Production assistance, art direction and photography by Peter Minter;
Design by The Neighbours

Musicians

Kate Fagan: vocals [1-10], acoustic guitar [1], electric guitar [8, 10], piano accordion [8], piano [3, 5-6, 9], keyboard [4], Hammond organ [7];
Rod McCormack: acoustic guitar [1-4, 7-9], electric guitar [2-4, 7, 9-10], lap steel guitar [3], papoose [7], harmony vocals [7, 10];
Heath Cullen: lap steel guitar [1, 8, 10], electric guitar [2, 7], harmony vocals [7];
Dave Symes: electric bass [1-3, 6-7, 9-10], fretless electric bass [4], upright bass [8];
Hamish Stuart: drums [1-4, 7, 9-10], shakers [3, 10], tambourine [7];
Jeff McCormack: harmony vocals [7]

Tracks

1. This Old Road (3.49)
2. Angel (3.50)
3. Inner Nature (4.14)
4. This Big Big Love (4.25)
5. Breathe for Me (2.37)
6. Carousel (3.07)
7. Mary Don’t You Go (4.06)
8. Rubies and Roses (4.48)
9. Lay Down Your Sword (3.45)
10. Time to Come Rambling Home (4.59)

All songs written by Kate Fagan

Produced and engineered by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Nim;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Artwork by Lizzy Doe

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals [1-11], fiddle [1-3, 5-11], viola [5-8, 11], cello [5], acoustic guitar [2, 5], piano [10], harmonium [5-6], autoharp [7];
James Fagan: vocals [1, 9-10], chorus vocals [6], bouzouki [1, 7-8], electric guitar [1-3, 6, 8], melodeon [9];
Tom Wright: drums [1-3, 5-6, 8, 11], percussion [3, 7], saucepans [3], electric guitar [5];
Tim van Eyken: vocals [1, 9-10], melodeon [1, 9];
Rob Harbron: vocals [5], English concertina [1-2, 8], banjo [5, 8], harmonium [9, 11];
Tim Yates: vocals [8], double bass [1, 3];
Martin Simpson: vocals [4], acoustic guitar [2, 4];
Jess Arrowsmith: vocals [1-2, 7, 10];
Emily Smith: vocals [5, 10]

Tracks

1. Never Ever Lay Them Down (4.49)
2. Hard Songs (4.24)
3. My Little Drummer (2.24)
4. Lie Low (4.18)
5. Sickle and Harvest (3.56)
6. The Priest’s Garden (3.55)
7. Where Jacarandas Grow (4.06)
8. The Bunting and the Crown (4.06)
9. Apollo on the Docks (3.53)
10. Now Is the Time (5.35)
11. Days a Little Darker (3.19)

All tracks written by Nancy Kerr

Video Trailer and Interview

Nancy Kerr and The Sweet Visitor Band (James Fagan, Rowan Rheingans, Tom Wright and Tim Yates) live at Colston Hall, Bristol on 21 November 2014:

Produced by Tom A. Wright and Nancy Kerr;
Recorded at Chairworks Castleford and Powered Flight Music Sheffield;
Engineered by David Watts and Tom A. Wright;
Mixed by Tom A. Wright at Powered Flight Music;
Photography by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, violin;
Rowan Rheingans: violin, viola, banjo, vocals;
James Fagan: guitar, vocals;
Tim Yates: double bass, melodeon, vocals;
Tom Wright: drums, guitar, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. It Was Red (4.36)

Side 2

2. Gingerbread (5.17)

All tracks written by Nancy Kerr

Videos

Nancy Kerr and The Sweet Visitor Band (James Fagan, Rowan Rheingans, Tom Wright and Tim Yates) live at Colston Hall, Bristol on 21 November 2014:

Produced by Andy Bell;
Recorded by Andy Bell at Redkite Studios on 20-22 January 2015;
Assistant engineer Hugh Sheehan;
Filming by James Lockey;
Mixed by Andy Bell at Underbank Studios;
Mastered by Silas Brown at Legacy;
Starlings photograph by Graham Catley;
Photography by Shaun Bloodworth;
Design by Bruce Brand at Arthole

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitars, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola, vocals

Tracks

CD

1. Dark Swift & Bright Swallow (3.51)
2. Richmond Cotillion (3.03)
3. Dark Honey (3.25)
4. Fair Rosamund (Roud 3729) (5.24)
5. Gather the Owls / Train on the Island (3.09)
6. Toy Soldiers (4.07)
7. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.49)
8. Seven Years (4.23)
9. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (7.54)
10. Lads of Alnwick (2.24)
11. Not Even the Ground / Two Ladies (4.49)
12. Some Old Salty (3.38)

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

13. Angel Hill (4.16)
14. Boston Smuggler (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (5.55)
15. I Like Him, He’s Common (1.36)
16. Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (4.13)
17. Stealin’ (3.29)

Deluxe Edition DVD

1. I’ll Play You Who I Am
   a documentary film about the making of Murmurs
2. Bonus interview videos

Single

1. Dark Honey (3.25)
2. Ruben (Roud 3423) (4.21)

Tracks 1, 6 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 4, 5b, 7, 9-10, 14, 16-17 trad.;
Track 3, 11a Nancy Kerr;
Track 5a Emily Askew, Rachel Newton, Hannah James;
Tracks 8, 11b, 15 Andy Cutting;
Track 12 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight
Track 13 words Charles Causley, music Jim Causley

Video

This video shows Simpson Cutting Kerr rehearsing Seven Years on 10 January 2015:

Photography by Graham Whitmore;
Drawing by David Suff

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitars, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Tom Wright: drums, guitar [1];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola, vocals [2]

Tracks

Side A

1. Green Onions (3.05)

Side B

2. Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757)

Track 1 Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Lewis Steinberg, Steve Cropper;
Track 2 trad.

Produced and mixed by Tom A. Wright;
Recorded by Tom A. Wright and Colin Elliot at Yellow Arch Studios and Powered Flight Music, Sheffield;
Mastered by Eric Conn and Don Cobb at Indeendent Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee;
Photography by James Fagan;
Artwork and design by Lizzy Doe

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, violin, viola, acoustic and electric guitars

The Sweet Visitor Band:
Tom Wright: drums, percusion, acoustic and electric guitars, organ, Wurlitzer piano, vocals;
James Fagan: bouzouki, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars, vocals;
Rowan Rheingans: banjo, bansitar, violin, viola, vocals;
Tim Yates: double bass, vocals;
Greg Russell: electric guitar, vocals;
with
C.J. Hillman: 12-string electric guitar [2, 4], pedal-steel guitar [12]

Tracks

1. Instar (4.41)
2. Farewell Stony Ground (3.45)
3. Oh England What Seeds (2.54)
4. Written on My Skin (4.36)
5. Fragile Water (4.47)
6. Kingdom (4.50)
7. Gingerbread (5.18)
8. Light Rolls Home (3.35)
9. Seven Notes (Adieu My Love) (3.32)
10. Crow’s Wing (2.59)
11. See Her Fly Home (3.15)
12. Sisterhood (4.31)
13. Silver Sage (3.25)

All tracks written by Nancy Kerr

Recorded by Tom Wright and Matt Gordon live in concert at Kimpton Parish Church, Hertfordshire, and at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, in November 2018;
Mixed by Tom Wright at Powered Flight music;
Photography and design by Elly Lucas

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: fiddle, vocals, fiddlesinging, viola, guitar [6];
James Fagan: vocals, guitar, bouzouki

Tracks

1. Broadside (2.15)
2. I Am the Fox (4.02)
3. Kitchen Dance: Snosti sakov da ti dojdam / Kitchen Dance / Jovana Jovanke (4.18)
4. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.32)
5. The Waters of the Clyde (4.46)
6. Sir John Fenwick’s / Nancy Taylor’s / The Pearl Wedding (5.05)
7. The Herald of Free Enterprise (4.47)
8. Lovers of Us All (3.30)
9. The Outside Track (5.41)
10. Fragile Water (4.44)
11. The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (2.48)
12. Australian Waltzes: The Spanish Fandangle / Sally Sloane’s / The Teatree Waltz (4.47)
13. Anderson’s Coast (6.04)
14. Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562) / The Flaming Drones (4.53)
15. Mr Weather (3.34)

Track 1 Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, John Smith;
Tracks 3ac, 4, 6a, 11, 12ab, 14a trad arr. Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 3b Kate Fagan;
Tracks 2, 8, 10, 14b, 15 Nancy Kerr;
Track 5 Jummy Gregory;
Tracks 6bc Will Taylor;
Track 7 Robb Johnson;
Track 9 Henry Lawson, Gerry Hallom;
Track 12c attr. to Jaffah Ahmatt;
Track 13 John Warner

Recorded, produced and mixed by Tom A Wright at Powered Flight Music, Sheffield;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Artwork by Lizzy Doe

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Fatima’s Lady Macbeth (4.45)
2. Wordless Lullaby (3.55)

All tracks written by Nancy Kerr

Tunnellers, is “a mythical-industrial song cycle commissioned by the British Tunnelling Society for their 50^th anniversary year and built from the extraordinary stories of this indomitable international workforce which has shaped our land and waterways.”

Recorded and produced by Tom A Wright at Powered Flight Music, Sheffield;
Photography by James Fagan

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, guitar, violin, viola;
Tom Wright: bass, drums, vocals;
James Fagan: bouzouki, mandolin, vocals, guitar;
Matt Quinn: concertina, vocals

Tracks

1. My Sweet Teredo (4.09)
2. Gettin’ a Rise (1.48)
3. The Shipworm (Donegal highland) / The Shield (reel) (2.02)
4. Tunneller’s Hymn (3.38)
5. Walk My Boots Clean (4.20)

All tracks written by Nancy Kerr

This album draws on Nancy Kerr’s video series from May 2020, A Leon Rosselson Song a Day.

Recorded and produced by Tom A. Wright at Powered Flight Music and Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield, UK;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Design and illustration by Lizzy Doe;
Photography by James Fagan and Ron Elliott

Musicians

Nancy Kerr: vocals, guitar [1-4, 8-9, 12], violin [2, 6-7], viola [10], piano [5];
Harry Fagan, vocals [11]

Tracks

1. The Ant and the Grasshopper (2.25)
   originally from That’s Not the Way It’s Got to Be (Acorn CF251, 1975)
2. Harry’s Gone Fishing (6.12)
   originally from Harry’s Gone Fishing (Fuse CFCD007, 1999)
3. Song of the Old Communist (6.01)
   originally from Wo sind die Elefanten? (Fuse CFCD002, 1992)
4. Susie (7.12)
5. The Years Grow Tall (3.06)
   both originally from I Didn’t Mean It (Fuse CF392, 1988)
6. Invisible Married Breakfast Blues (2.05)
7. Don’t Get Married Girls (3.37)
   both originally from Love, Loneliness, Laundry (Acorn CF271, 1977)
8. Palaces of Gold (3.34)
9. She Was Crazy, He Was Mad (4.30)
   both originally from A Laugh, a Song, and a Hand-Grenade (Transatlantic TRA 171, 1968)
10. Whatever Happened to Nannerl? (4.01)
    originally from Wo sind die Elefanten? (Fuse CFCD002, 1992)
11. Why Does It Have to Be Me? (2.32)
    originally from Oats & Beans & Kangaroos (Fontana SFL 13061, 1968)
12. Bringing the News from Nowhere (6.19)
    originally from Bringing the News from Nowhere (Fuse CF390, 1986)

All songs written by Leon Rosselson