Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire

Musicians

Emily Askew: fiddle;
Hazel Askew: melodeon, vocals

Tracks

1. Chasse Pain tune (2.42)
2. Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (5.01)
3. Little Polly Polka polka / Dick Iris’s Hornpipe hornpipe (4.09)
4. Hanter Dro French dance tune (3.43)
5. Sovay (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (3.10)
6. Glorishears Morris tune / Eleanor Rigby tune (4.27)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Giles Chabanet

Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Cover design by Hilary Bix

Musicians

Emily Askew: fiddle, backing vocals, cello;
Hazel Askew: vocals, melodeon

Tracks

1. Adieu to Old England (Roud 1703) (2.59)
2. All in a Garden Green / Horses Bransle dance tunes (5.36)
3. The Old Virginia Lowlands (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (5.16)
4. Fare Thee Well, My Dearest Dear (Roud 1035) (4.40)
5. High Germany (Roud 904; G/D 1:96) (3.25)
6. Dorrington Lads (5.49)
7. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (4.22)
8. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.15)
9. Blenheim House / Malt Has Come Down tunes (3.26)
10. Bedlam City (Roud 968) (2.03)
11. A Noble Riddle Wisely Expounded (Roud 161; Child 1) (7.31)
12. The Unfortunate Tailor Morris jig / Shaalds of Foula jig (5.58)
13. Three Drunken Maidens (Roud 252) (5.23)
14. Bonus track: Lullaby (Roud 8885) (3.00)

All tracks trad.

Traditional English songs collected by George Gardiner from five woman singers in Axford, Hampshire

Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, Wherwell, Hampshire

The Original Singers

Emma Jane Hopkins (aged 28 in 1907) [1, 7, 12];
Marty Munday (aged 55 in 1907) [2, 4-5, 10];
Sarah Goodyear (aged 72 in 1907) [3, 6, 8-9, 15];
Charlotte Hall (aged 71 in 1907) [11, 14];
Elizabeth Randall (aged 50 in 1907) [13]

CD Musicians

Emily Askew: vocals [1], fiddle [1-4, 6-7, 9-11, 14-15];
Hazel Askew: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10-11, 14], chorus vocals [15], melodeon [1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 15], harp [14];
Moira Craig: vocals [1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 15];
Sarah Morgan: vocals [5-6, 8, 11-13], chorus vocals [15];
Carolyn Robson: vocals [1-2, 5, 8-9, 12], chorus vocals [15]

Tracks

1. The Gypsy Laddie (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.45)
2. He Was Under My Window (Roud 2463) (2.44)
3. Long Lankie (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (3.08)
4. Down in Fleet Street (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.52)
5. Bold William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.41)
6. Lord Derwentwater (Roud 89; Child 208) (3.26)
7. An Old Man Came Courting Me (Roud 210) (2.39)
8. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.08)
9. Abroad As I Was Walking (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (4.48)
10. Beautiful Nancy (Roud 18525) (3.40)
11. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (2.31)
12. Down the Lane (Roud 607) (3.06)
13. A Famous Farmer (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.18)
14. Sweet Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.36)
15. The Trooper’s Horse (Roud 1613) (2.57)

All tracks trad.

Produced and mixed by Andy Bell in Chesterfield and Sheffield in 2009;
Produced by Andy Bell with Emily and Hazel Askew;
Landscape photos by Andy Graig;
Photos of Emily and Hazel by Ella Jones

Musicians

Emily Askew: violin, backing vocals;
Hazel Askew: vocals, melodeon

Tracks

1. Saturday Night Morris dance tune / Through Lonesome Woods (Roud 3461) (6.38)
2. The Blue-Eyed Stranger Morris dance tune / Goddesses dance tune / Mrs Casey Morris dance tune (5.11)
3. Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250) (4.26)
4. The Bonny Bows of London Town (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (7.46)
5. The Dusty Miller / The Presbyterian Hornpipe 3/2 hornpipes (3.57)
6. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (7.22)
7. Sweet Lemaney (Roud 193) (3.46)
8. Mundesse tune / Paddy Carey’s jig (6.10)
9. Jack the Jolly Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (2.42)
10. If I Was a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (5.03)
11. Valentine Morris dance tune / The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (5.50)

All tracks trad.

Recorded by Andy Bell:
Photography by Ella Jones;
Design by Dave Baker

Musicians

Emily Askew: vielle, bagpipes, recorders;
Hazel Askew: vocals, harp;
Matt Robinson: vocals, lute, oud;
Sarah Stuart: percussion

Tracks

1. Cuncti Simus Concenentes (2.10)
2. Stella Splendens (3.20)
3. Los Set Gotxs (5.26)
4. Offondo Do Mar: CSM 383 (3.19)
5. Volez Vous Que Je Vous Chant (3.23)
6. La Uitime Estampe Real (1.33)
7. La Septime Estampe Real (4.26)
8. There Is No Rose (3.11)
9. Ductia I (1.22)
10. Ductia II (1.25)
11. Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Quene (5.12)

Tracks 1-3 from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (1639);
Track 4 from the Cantigas de Santa Maria (2^nd half of 13^th century);
Track 5 anon. trouvère song from France;
Tracks 6-7 from the Manuscrit du Roi (13^th century);
Tracks 8, 11 anon. English;
Tracks 9-10 from a 13^th century English manuscript

Produced and engineered by Andy Bell;
Recorded at Old Pig Farm Studios, Sheffield;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Photography and design by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Emily Askew: fiddles, viola;
Hazel Askew: vocals, melodeons, concertina

Tracks

1. The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (5.06)
2. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.53)
3. Room for the Cuckold / Beaux of London City (3.20)
4. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.11)
5. The Whitehall Minuet / Hare’s Maggot (4.58)
6. Old Father William (2.57)
7. Our Cat Has Kitted / Crimson Velvet (3.46)
8. The Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (4.58)
9. Parson’s Farewell / Saint Martin’s (2.43)
10. I Wish the Wars Were All Over (Roud 2036) (3.32)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words trad., music Hazel Askew;
Track 6 words Lewis Carroll, music Hazel Askew

Recorded by John Dipper at Fawlty Too Studios;
Mixed by Ben Corrigan;
Mastered by Nick Sowden;
Photography by Phillip Speakman;
Design by Martin Rowsell, Simply Marvellous Music

Musicians

Emily Askew: vocals, recorders,fiddle, vielle, bagpipes, shawm, bells, frame drum, harp;
John Dipper: fiddle, viola d’amore, frame drum, riq;
Jamie Roberts: vocals, guitar;
Louise Duggan: frame drums, riq, bendir;
Simon Whittaker: vocals, frame drums, riq, bendir, cajon, udo;
James Patterson: vocals

Tracks

1. Branles (3.54)
2. Miri it is / Allez à la Fougère (3.37)
3. Cantiga de Santa Maria 42 / Bourrée (4.52)
4. Quant Voi la Flor Nouvele / C’est la Fin (3.43)
5. Play of Daniel / Guiseppe (3.57)
6. Amors M’art (4.04)
7. Douce Dame Jolie (2.42)
8. Alle Psallite Cum Luya / Salve Virgo Virginum / Propinan de Meylor (5.23)
9. Winter / Tourdion (4.20)
10. Pase el agoa ma Julieta (1.40)
11. O Virgo Spledens (4.37)
12. Begone Dull Care / Maiden Lane (3.16)

Tracks 1, 9b Claude Gervaise 16^th century;
Tracks 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6, 8ab anon. 13^th century;
Tracks 2b, 8c anon. 15^th century;
Track 3b trad.;
Track 4b Guillaume d’Amiens 13^th century;
Track 5b Emily Askew;
Track 7 Guillaume de Machaut 14^th century;
Tracks 9a, 11 anon. 14^th century;
Track 10 anon. 15^th/16^th century;
Track 12 anon. 17^th century

Produced by Hazel Askew, Emily Askew and John Dipper;
Recorded by John Dipper at No. 42 Studios and WildGoose Studios;
Found sound recordings made in Wherwell, Hampshire;
Mixed by Sam Proctor;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Artwork by Kathleen Neeley;
Design by Alan James at Rendition Graphics;
Photography by Elly Lucas

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Emily Askew: fiddles, cello, vocals;
Hazel Askew: vocals, melodeons, concertina, plucked fiddle, ankle bells, triangle, shruti box

Tracks

1. I Wandered by the Brookside (Roud 2418)
2. Goose & Common
3. The Wounded Hussar
4. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249)
5. The Zodiac / Joy After Sorrow / Minoway
6. My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163)
7. The Firr Tree
8. London’s Loyalty / Heady Days
9. Castle by the Sea (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
10. Moorfields (Roud 605; G/D 6:1079)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1-2 words trad., tune Hazel Askew;
Track 3 trad. tune from the notebooks of John Clare (1793-1864);
Track 5a trad., from the W.A. Cocks Collection of anonymous manuscripts from early 19^th century Northumberland;
Track 5b trad., learned from Ben Moss;
Track 5c trad., from the Henry Atkinson manuscript of 1694;
Track 7 trad., from David and John Rutherford’s Complete Collection of 200 Country Dances Volume 1 (1756);
Track 8a trad. 3/2 hornpipe from John Playford’s Dancing Master (1651);
Track 8b Emily Askew;
All tracks arranged and edited by Emily and Hazel Askew

Videos

The Askew Sisters perform Goose & Common: