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Anna Tam: Anchoress
Anchoress Tam Records TAM002 (CD, UK, 23 April 2021) |
Produced by Anna Tam;
Edited by Anna Tam and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi;
Mixed and mastered by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi;
Photography by Janice Issitt and Chris Brody;
Design by Chris Brody and Anna Tam
Folk Radio UK review by Billy Rough
Musicians
Anna Tam: vocals [1-8, 10-14],
nyckelharpa [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14-15],
viola da gamba [3, 5, 7],
cello [9],
hurdy-gurdy [1],
percussion [6, 8];
Roy Chilton: banjo [6];
Geoffrey Irwin: fiddle [15]
Tracks
- Jenny Nettles (Roud 2581; G/D 8:1725) (2.38)
- Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (1.42)
- Whittingham Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (4.05)
- The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.12)
- Braes of Balquhidder (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (6.59)
- Elsie Marley (Roud 3065) (3.01)
- Arrane Saveenagh (3.35)
- If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (3.38)
- Fairy Boat Hornpipe (2.33)
- Fear a’ Bhata (The Boatman) (Roud 4356; Henry H834) (4.59)
- I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (2.57)
- Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (2.19)
- She Moved Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (3.23)
- Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk (Roud 6333) (2.44)
- The Goblet (3.04)
All tracks trad. arr. Anna Tam except
Track 5 Robert Tannahill arr. Anna Tam;
Tracks 9, 15 Anna Tam
> Folk Music > Records > Anna Tam: Hatching Hares
Anna Tam: Hatching Hares
Hatching Hares Tam Records TAM003 (CD, UK, 10 June 2022) |
Produced by Anna Tam;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ed Bersey at Sylvafield Studios except
Track 1 recorded by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde and Ed Bersey;
Photography by Chris Brody;
Design by Anna Tam and Chris Brody
Tradfolk album review by Jon Wilks
Musicians
Anna Tam: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 14],
nyckelharpa [2, 4, 6-7, 12-13],
cello [3],
viola da gamba [5, 7, 14-15],
hurdy-gurdy [8, 10-11],
piano [1];
Geoffrey Irwin: fiddle [10-11];
srah: percussion and sound production [5]
Tracks
- Brigg Fair (Roud 1083) (3.19)
- Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.29)
- Sleep Soond Ida Mornin (1.57)
- The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (3.21)
- Holland Handkerchief (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217) (5.38)
- Polska från Östra Rd / Polska ur Andreas Dahlgrens notbok (3.23)
- Fakenham Fair (2.27)
- ‘S iomadh rud a chunna’ mi (reel) (2.29)
- A Stitch in Time (2.43)
- Helen of Kirkconnell Lea (Roud 8191) (4.51)
- Planxty Irwin (3.59)
- When I Was a Little Girl (Roud 1706; G/D 8:1701) (2.10)
- St Martin’s Waltz (3.36)
- Bess and Her Spinning Wheel (2.50)
- Thanksgiving Waltz (1.57)
All tracks trad. arr. Anna Tam except
Track 9 Mike Waterson;
Track 11 Turlough O’Carolan;
Tracks 13, 15 Anna Tam
> Folk Music > Records > Coracle: Murmuration
Coracle: Murmuration
Murmuration Tam Records TAM004 (CD, UK, 2 October 2022) |
Produced by Anna Tam;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ed Bersey at Sylvafield Studios;
Photography by Sarah Dow;
Design by Anna Tam
Tradfolk album review by Jon Wilks
Musicians
Paul Hutchinson: accordion;
Anna Tam: vocals [2, 4, 7, 9],
nyckelharpa [1, 3-4, 7-8],
viola da gamba [9],
cello [3, 5],
hurdy-gurdy [2, 6, 10],
percussion [2];
Karen Wimhurst: clarinet [1-3, 6, 9-10],
bass clarinet [4, 8],
vocals [7]
Tracks
- Swash (4.08)
- The Undaunted Female (Roud 289; Laws L3; G/D 2:268) (5.20)
- Stoke in an Uproar (5.05)
- Down Ampney (4.06)
- Tender As a Green Leaf in Spring (4.46)
- Sine Nomine / Mr Isaac’s Maggot (3.13)
- John Blunt (Roud 115; Child 275; G/D 2:321) / The Rout (1.58)
- True Lies Matter (5.01)
- Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (5.12)
- The Beast (3.31)
Tracks 1, 5 Karen Wimhurst;
Track 2 trad.;
Track 3 variations Paul Hutchinson;
Track 4 words Bianca da Siena translated by Richard Littledale, tune Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Track 6a Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Tracks 8, 10 Paul Hutchinson