Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ben Walker;
Artwork by Dom Cooper

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, recorders;
Jo Silverston: cello [2-4, 6];
Ben Walker: guitars, everything else

Tracks

1. Silver Dagger (Roud 22620; Laws M4) (3.19)
2. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (3.31)
3. Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578) (4.13)
4. My Donal (4.00)
5. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (3.08)
6. John Riley (Roud 270; Laws M8; G/D 1:22; Henry H468) (4.22)
7. The Seas Are Deep (4.14)
8. Rain and Snow (Roud 3634) (3.04)
9. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (3.33)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Owen Hand

Recorded and mixed in Ben’s Room;
Mastered by Ian Shepherd;
Design and illustration by Dom Cooper

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, guitar [2, 4];
Ben Walker: guitars, bass, mandolin;
Basia (Barbara) Bartz: violins, accordion

Tracks

1. Just Travelling (3.35)
2. Forever and More (2.50)
3. Homemade Heartache (4.21)
4. Every Tear Means Change (3.32)

All tracks trad.

Recorded and mixed by Ben Walker in Ben’s Room
except track 4 recorded at Urchin Studios;
Mastered by Ian Shepherd at Mastering Media;
Photography by Ondine Goldswain, Dizzyfinch Studios

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, recorder,saxophone, kitchen floor;
Ben Walker: guitars, fretless bass, keyboards

with
Basia Bartz: violin;
Jo Silverston: cello;
Jim Moray: piano;
John Parker: double bass;
Ivan Mendiola: drums;
Ruari Glasheen: bodhrán

Tracks

Side 1

1. After Me (3.36)
2. The Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (3.55)
3. The Seasons (Roud 169) (3.42)
4. Another Perfect Love (2.37)
5. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (Roud 12946) (3.20)
6. Sycamore Tree (3.04)

Side 2

7. Fire and Fortune (3.01)
8. Green Grow the Laurels (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab) (4.05)
9. Anyone But Me (3.31)
10. A Pauper and a Poet (3.05)
11. No Such Certainty (2.34)
12. When a Knight Won His Spurs (2.05)

Tracks 1, 11 written by Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker, arr. by Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 2 trad. arr. Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker;
Track 3 trad. arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke, additional text adaption by Josienne Clarke;
Track 4, 6, 9-10 written by Josienne Clarke, arr. by Ben Walker;
Track 5, 12 trad. arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 7 written by Josienne Clarke, arr. by Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 8 trad. arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke, additional text Josienne Clarke;

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ben Walker;
Artwork by Dom and Sadie

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, recorder, flute, saxophone;
Ben Walker: acoustic guitar, classical guitar, mandolin, bass

Tracks

Original CD

1. In the Bleak Midwinter (3.46)
2. Adam Lay Ybounden (Deo Gracias) (2.59)
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Roud 24752) (3.54)
4. Away in a Manger (Roud 25304) (2.36)
5. Once in Royal David’s City (2.48)
6. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Roud 21931) (2.18)
7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (2.59)
8. We Three Kings (Roud 24751) (2.58)
9. Shepherds, Arise! (Roud 1207) (3.15)
10. Balulalow (Roud 23036) (2.37)
11. Silent Night (Roud 27088) (4.02)
12. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Roud 68; G/D 3:637) (3.49)

2015 CD

13. River (4.02)
14. See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Roud 27069) (3.36)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst;
Track 2 based on the setting by Boris Ord;
Track 3 Phillips Brook;
Track 6 based on the setting by John Gardner;
Track 10 based on the setting by Benjamin Britten;
Track 11 Franz-Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr;
Track 13 Joni Mitchell;
Track 14 based on the setting by John Goss

Produced by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker;
Recorded in Ben’s Room and at Crypt Studios;
Engineered and mixed by Ben Walker;
Mastered by Ian Shepherd;
Photography by Ondine Goldswain;
Designe and layout by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, saxophone, flute, tenor and descant recorders;
Ben Walker: guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards and programming;
Jim Moray: piano;
Ruairi Glasheen: percussion;
John Parker: double bass;
Sam Brookes: vocals [2];
Samantha Whates: backing vocals [3, 5, 11];
Pete Truin, Jamie Doe: backing vocals [12];
Anna Jenkins: violin, viola;
Basia Bartz, Jessie Moncreiff, Maya Lucia Amin-Smith: violins;
Charlie Stock: viola;
Jo Silverston, Hannah Marshall: cellos;
Nick Malcolm: trumpet;
Jim Rattigan: French horn;
Amy Turner: oboe;
Ivan Mendiola: drums [8]

Tracks

1. Silverline (3.49)
2. A Simple Refrain (2.02)
3. It Would Not Be a Rose (3.22)
4. I Wonder What’s Keeping My True Love Tonight (Roud 858; G/D 1:52, 6:1139) (4.20)
5. The Tangled Tree (4.37)
6. I Never Learned French (2.30)
7. Moving Speeches (2.56)
8. Mainland (4.13)
9. The Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (2.53)
10. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.14)
11. Now You Know (3.45)
12. Earth and Ash and Dust (2.46)
13. Water to Wine (2.26)

Songs by Josienne Clarke, orchestration and arrangement by Ben Walker except
Tracks 4, 9-10 trad.

Video

Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker perform The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards on 22 April 2015:

This EP has re-recordings of four previously released songs to memorize the label change to Rough Trade Records.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Ben Walker;
Track 3 originally mastered by Ian Shepheard;
All other and additional mastering by Mike Hillier;
Mastered for vinyl by Fluid

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, saxophone, flute, tenor and descant recorders;
Ben Walker: guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards and programming

Tracks

Side 1

1. Silverline (3.31)
2. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (3.35)

Side 2

3. The Tangled Tree (4.37)
4. Done (3.33)

Songs by Josienne Clarke, orchestration and arrangement by Ben Walker except
Track 2 trad. arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke

Produced by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker;
String arrangements and additional orchestration by Ben Walker;
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales, 7-13 March 2016;
Engineered by Ben Walker and Tim Lewis;
Additional recording by Ben Walker at Ben’s Room;
Mixed by Ben Walker;
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering;
Inside sleeve photo by Jenna Foxton;
Additional source photography by Louise Curtis;
Design by Philip Laslett

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, recorders, saxophone;
Ben Walker: acoustic and electric guitars, synthesisers, programming, glockenspiel;
John Parker: double bass;
Kit Downes: piano, Rhodes, Hammond organ;
James Maddren: drums, percussion;
Anna Jenkins: viola;
Samantha Whates: additional vocals [1, 7, 10];
Jim Rattigan: French horn;
Paul Mosley: euphonium;
Heather Ryall: bass clarinet

Tracks

Side 1

1. Nine Times Along (3.30)
2. Something Familiar (2.25)
3. Sweet the Sorrow (3.07)
4. Dawn of the Dark (3.27)
5. Dark Turn of Mind (4.22)
6. Weep You No More Sad Fountains (3.34)

Side 2

7. The Light of His Lamp (3.59)
8. Sleep (2.32)
9. Milk and Honey (4.21)
10. The Waning Crescent (3.36)
11. Overnight (2.54)
12. Light of Day (3.52)

All songs by Josienne Clarke, orchestration and arrangement by Ben Walker except
Tracks 4, 12 Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker;
Track 5 Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 6 John Dowland arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 8 Ivor Gurney arr. Ben Walker, Josienne Clarke;
Track 9 Jackson C. Frank arr. Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker

Produced by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker;
String arrangements, additional arrangements and programming by Ben Walker;
Recorded by Andy Hughes at Eastcote Studios;
Additional recording by Ben Walker at Ben’s Room;
Mixed by Ben Walker;
Track 7 mixed by Sonny Johns;
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering;
Design by Philip Lasletl

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, saxophone, clarinet, flute, tenor recorder;
Ben Walker: acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, ukulele, drum machine, Moog;
Kit Downes: piano, harmonium;
Ruth Goller: double bass, electric bass;
James Maddren: drums;
Samantha Whates: backing vocals;
Anna Jenkins, Emily Hall: violin, viola;
Basis Bartz: violin;
Jo Silverston, Maya McCourt, Amy Squirrel: cello;
Andy Cutting: melodeon

Tracks

1. Chicago (4.40)
2. Bells Ring (4.02)
3. Seedlings All (3.35)
4. Maybe I Won’t (2.27)
5. Tender Heart (4.14)
6. All Is Myth (3.12)
7. Ghost Light (3.57)
8. Sad Day (3.01)
9. Things of No Use (3.17)
10. Bathed in Light (4.01)
11. Only Me Only (2.53)

All tracks written by Josienne Clarke except
Tracks 8-9 Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker

Video

Official video of Chicago:

This EP of outtakes from the Overnight recording sessions was added as a bonus CD to early orders of the Seedlings All album.

Musicians

Josienne Clarke: vocals, recorders, saxophone;
Ben Walker: acoustic and electric guitars, synthesisers, programming, glockenspiel

Tracks

1. When to Then (2.13)
2. Milk and Honey (3.16)
3. For All We Know (3.04)

Track 1 Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker;
Track 2 Jackson C. Frank;
Track 3 J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis

Recorded by Ben Walker;
Mastered by Mike Hillier

Musicians

Ben Walker: guitars

Tracks

1. A Trip to Nettlebed (3.37)
2. Lachrimae Pavan (4.12)
3. A Day at the Races / The Fox on the Downs (3.01)
4. The Cross Kings / The Pepperpot (2.53)

Track 1 trad. arr. Ben Walker;
Track 2 John Dowland arr. Ben Walker;
Tracks 3-4 Ben Walker

Following last year’s critically acclaimed EP, Ben Walker has announced his debut solo album Echo, to be released on July 5 via Folkroom Records.

In divided times, Echo reflects centuries-old words back to us for today, reimagined in new music. Drawing on field recordings from the EFDSS library, the newly established Sussex Tradition archive and lyrics from the 18^th and 19^th centuries, with composition influenced by contemporary classical and electronic music and Ben’s trademark fingerstyle, Echo combines original instrumental pieces, traditional songs and poems set to music.

Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering;
Photography by Ben Webb

Musicians

Ben Walker: guitars;
Basia Bartz: violin;
Anna Jenkins: violin: viola;
Jo Silverston: cello;
John Parker: double bass;
Thom Ashworth: vocals [2];
Laura Hockenhull: vocals [3];
Hazel Askew: vocals [5];
Laura Ward: vocals [7], flute [11];
JinnWoo: vocals [8];
Bella Hardy: vocals, fiddle [9];
Kitty Macfarlane: vocals [10];
Katherine Price: oboe [11]

Tracks

1. Afon (3.02)
2. The Echoing Green (2.30)
3. Ha’nacker Mill (2.50)
4. Rings (5.52)
5. Let Me in at the Door (3.22)
6. Cross Fell (3.34)
7. On Humber Bank (Roud 1493; TYG 74; G/D 6:1160) (4.37)
8. How Stands the Glass Around (3.28)
9. The Island (4.02)
10. Nurses’ Songs (3.08)
11. Eostre (2.48)

Tracks 1, 6, 11 Ben Walker;
Tracks 2, 10 from Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake (1789);
Track 3 from the singing of Bob Copper courtesy of the Sussex Traditions archive, words and tune by Hilaire Belloc (1923);
Track 4 includes George Maynard singing A Sailor in the North Country, recorded by Ken Stubbs. Elements based on The Ring taken from Skillern, 24 Country Dances for the Year 1780;
Track 5 taken from The Witch by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1893);
Track 7 based on a broadside ballad The Effects of Love, said to be the last note of a young lady of Hull who drowned herself in the Humber on 17 December 1812;
Track 8 trad. (c. 1712) arr. Ben Walker;
Track 9 taken from Floating Island by Dorothy Wordsworth (c. 1830)

Produced by Ben Walker

Musicians

Ben Walker: guitars

Tracks

1. The Rakes of Adair (4.02)
2. Clanuff’s Delight (2.49)
3. Eiry na Greany (The Rising of the Sun) (4.02)
4. The Seas Are Deep (3.24)
5. Sí Beag, Sí Mór (The Little Fairy Hill and the Great Fairy Hill) (2.26)

Track 1 from Rutherford’s Country Dances (1756);
Tracks 2-3 from a book from the Irish Traditional Music Archive (1724);
Track 4 Turlough O’Carolan, from the Irish fingerstyle compilation album Music of Ireland (1988), played by Martin Simpson;
Track 5 Turlough O’Carolan (1691)

Recorded by Ben Walker and Kirsty Merryn;
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering;
Photography by Todd MacDonald

Musicians

Kirsty Merryn: vocals, piano;
Ben Walker: guitars, banjo

Tracks

1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (2.31)
2. Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 163; TYG 32) (3.40)
3. New-Mown Hay (Roud 2941) (2.56)
4. Westlin’ Winds (Roud 6936) (4.19)
5. The Scarecrow (4.11)
6. hidden bonus track: The Farmer’s Toast (Roud 1603) (2.19)

Tracks 1-3, 6 trad.;
Track 4 Robert Burns;
Track 5 Lal & Mike Waterson

Video

Ben Walker and Kirsty Merryn perform Westlin’ Winds:

Produced by Ben Walker;
Recorded and mixed by Ben Walker in Brighton except
Jo Silverston recorded by Ben Capp in Bristol,
Anna Jenkins recorded by Matt Nasir in Stroud,
Tom Wright and Nancy Kerr recorded at Powered Flight Music in Sheffield.;
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering;
Published by SGO Music;
Artwork: ‘Entropy’ by Justin van Genderen

Musicians

Ben Walker: guitars;
Sophie Jamieson: vocals [1];
Nancy Kerr: vocals [3], fiddle;
Emily Mae Winters: vocals [4];
Louis Brennan: vocals [5];
Lucy Alexander: vocals [7];
Sam Lee: vocals [9];
Kirsty Merryn: vocals [11];
Anna Jenkins: violin, viola;
Basia Bartz: violin;
Jo Silverston: cello;
John Parker: double bass;
Tom Wright: drums

Tracks

1. Banish Air From Air (2.59)
2. Starlings (3.48)
3. The Way Through the Woods (3.14)
4. The Yews of Borrowdale (3.44)
5. Eggshells (3.37)
6. Neptune (4.49)
7. King Storm (Roud V7001) (4.07)
8. Showers on Ascension Day (3.51)
9. There Will Come Soft Rains (2.28)
10. Northern Lights (3.43)
11. Kepler and Sol (4.15)

Music by Ben Walker;
Track 1: words Emily Dickinson;
Track 3: Rudyard Kipling;
Track 4: refrain from William Wordsworth’s The Yew-Trees;
Track 7: trad.;
Track 9: words Sara Teasdale