Produced and mixed by Pete Ord;
Recorded at Half-Ton Studios, The Cold Rooms and StackStudios;
Mastered by Pete Maher, London;
Photography by Louise Bichan;
Artwork and design by Natalie Reid and Andy Stephenson

Musicians

Alex Cumming: vocals, accordion;
Nicola Beazley: fiddle, vocals

with
Evan Carson: bodhrán, percussion;
Matt Downer: double bass;
Naomi Rowland: cello;
Pete Ord: guitar, percussion, vocals

Tracks

1. Bonny Ship the Diamond (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (4.27)
2. Bethan’s (5.29)
3. Billy Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (5.00)
4. The Breakfast Set (8.21)
5. Streets of Forbes (Roud 20764) (3.48)
6. Lachlan Tigers (4.23)
7. Enrico (3.23)
8. Bold Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834) (6.05)
9. Across the Water (7.08)
10. Come Me Lads (Roud 1238) (5.31)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Nicola Beazley;
Track 9a Alex Cumming, Nicola Beazley;
Track 9b Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps

Nothing to do with John Short, this EP features songs and tunes from Alex Cumming’s current solo touring project, A Short Sharp Show, “a multi-media performance looking at the collections of Cecil Sharp and his hugely influential collaborators Olive Dame Campbell, Maud Karpeles and Mary Neal”.

Recorded and mixed by Tom Wright at Powered Flight Music, Sheffield, in September 2017

Musicians

Alex Cumming: vocals, piano accordion, piano

Tracks

1. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.58)
2. Draw Back / Blue Eyed Stranger (3.41)
3. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.32)
4. Dearest Dickie / Constant Billy (4.04)
5. Lady Isabel and the Elfen Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (4.24)
6. Three Huntsmen of Cape Ann (Roud 283; G/D 2:283) (3.36)

All tracks trad.

A very special album of a capella songs recorded in a quarantine home studio set up! A mix of ballads, chorus songs and even a hymn.

Musicians

Alex Cumming: vocals

Tracks

1. Bold Nelson (Roud 18837) (3.17)
2. Convict of Clonmel (Roud V15368) (3.24)
3. Brave Wolfe (Roud 624) (2.47)
4. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.10)
5. Brisk Young Widow (Roud 2438) (2.26)
6. How Can I Keep From Singing? (4.13)
7. Polly Vaughan (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.30)
8. Green and Pleasant Land (2.41)
9. Watchet Sailor (Roud 917; Laws P4) (3.06)
10. Bright String of Pearls (4.23)
11. Bonus: Twenty Seconds Is the Plan (Hilo Parody) (2.14)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6 words trad., music Robert Wadsworth Lowry;
Track 8 words William Blake;
Track 10 John Kirkpatrick

This live EP features 4 tracks from the forthcoming studio album and two previously unrecorded tracks.

Recorded by Dave Neale live at a house concert in Toronto, 2018;
Drawing by June Harman during the 2018 Canadian tour

Musicians

Alex Cumming: vocals, accordion;
Nicola Beazley: fiddle, vocals

Tracks

1. Bird Song (3.37)
2. Mister Isaac’s Maggot / Bostons (6.02)
3. Lady Isabel (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.19)
4. Child of the Library (4.23)
5. French Canadian Set (4.31)
6. A Miner’s Life (Roud 3510) (3.52)

Track 1 trad. USA;
Track 2a trad English dance tune (1695);
Track 2b Alex Cumming;
Tracks 3, 6 trad.;
Track 4 Piers Cawley;
Track 5a Nicola Beazley;
Track 5b trad. Quebecois reel

Recorded, mixed and mastered at home by Alex Cumming

Musicians

Alex Cumming: vocals, accordion, mandolin, percussion

Tracks

1. The Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (3.24)

Track 1 trad.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Pete Ord;
Recorded at Northfire Recording Studio, Amherst MA, The Studio at Sunbeams, Cumbria UK, and ODC Home Studio, Brattleboro VT;
Mastered by Stephen Kerrison for Weird Jungle;
Photography and album design by Louise Bichan

Musicians

Alex Cumming: lead vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-10], backing vocals [1-2, 8], piano accordion [1-3, 5-7, 9], piano [2, 5, 10]

with
Audrey Jaber: fiddle [1-3, 5-7, 9];
Max Newman: acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6-7, 9], mandolin [6], octave mandolin [6-7], mandola [3, 7], feet [3];
Pete Ord: electric guitar [1, 3, 7, 9], bass [1, 3, 9], drums [1, 3], percussion [5, 7, 9], auxiliary vocals [3];
Kathleen Ord: orchestral strings [5, 10];
Rosie Calvert, Will Finn: backing vocals [1-2, 8];
Cate Clifford, Laurel Swift: backing vocals [1-2];
Catherine Haines, Mira Claire Whiting: backing vocals [1]

Tracks

1. Boston Harbour (Roud 613) / Thomas Shrug March (5.55)
2. Singer’s Request (4.00)
3. Homecoming / Along the Redwood Road in a Red Chevy Convertible (6.09)
4. Polly Vaughan (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (4.36)
5. Green and Pleasant Land (3.10)
6. Harbour Steel / Francis Frenzy (4.04)
7. Young Beichan (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (4.39)
8. Bold Nelson (Roud 18837) (3.23)
9. Watchet Sailor (Roud 917; Laws P4) / On a Winter’s Morn (4.48)
10. How Can I Keep From Singing? (5.18)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1b Thomas Bartlett;
Track 2 Sir Walter Scott, Nic Jones;
Tracks 3ab, 6ab, 9b Alex Cumming;
Track 5 words William Blake, music Alex Cumming;
Track 10 words trad., music Robert Wadsworth Lowry