Recorded over two days at Glasgow Theatre Arts Collective;
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Jer Reid;
Band image by Maiken Kildegaard ;
Cover art and sleeve design by Kieran Milne

Musicians

Debbie Armour: vocals, harmonium;
Gayle Brogan: vocals, violin, zither, lyre, psaltery, aeolian chimes;
Lucy Duncan: vocals, piano

Tracks

1. Tha Thìde Agam `Eiridh (2.18)
2. Because My Love Loves Me (Roud 578) (3.39)
3. Co Leis an Crodh Druim-fhionn Ud Thall (0.52)
4. Sweet Lemany (Roud 193, 2445) (6.33)
5. Fair Annie of Lochroyan (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (8.57)
6. Bramble Briar (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.38)
7. Awake Awake (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (4.16)
8. Thug an Geamhradh Leis an Crodh (1.20)

All songs trad, arr Burd Ellen except
Track 2 words trad., music Katy Lavinia Cooper arr. Burd Ellen

Green Ribbons is a project dedicated to the celebration of unaccompanied song.

Recorded and mixed by Tom Pryor at Studio 95, St James Street, Brighton, in July 2018;
Mastered and cut by Fréderic Alstadt at Ånström Studio, Brussels;
Drawings by Jinnwoo;
Polaroids by Debbie Armour;
Graphics and Layout by Cedric D’hondt

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Debbie Armour, Frankie Armstrong, Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb, Alasdair Roberts: vocals

Tracks

1. The Well Below the Valley (Roud 2335; Child 21) (4.18)
2. Green Ribbons (Roud V2178) (3.38)
3. My Geordie, Oh (Roud 5622, 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.09)
4. The Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (2.14)
5. Jennie Jenkins (Roud 731) (1.05)
6. Garden Song (4.22)
7. The Heathery Hills (Roud 5295) (3.53)
8. Ima Nema (0.53)
9. Sea Snake Island (4.53)
10. Here’s a Health Unto All True Lovers (Roud 1235) (4.32)
11. A Question (3.09)
12. Softly Spoken Man (2.34)
13. Lady Margaret (Roud 50; Child 77) (4.49)

Tracks 1, 13 trad. arr. Debbie Armour / Green Ribbons;
Track 2 words trad., music Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 3 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts / Green Ribbons;
Track 4 trad. arr. Frankie Armstrong;
Tracks 5, 8 trad. arr. Debbie Armour;
Tracks 6, 9 Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 7 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts;
Track 10 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts, Debbie Armour;
Track 11 Frankie Armstrong arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 12 Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb

Video

Green Ribbons sing Garden Song:

Produced by Jim Mcewan and Debbie Armour;
Debbie Armour’s vocals recorded by Jim McEwan at Solas Sound;
Other recordings made remotely by Gayle Brogan, Jer Reid, Rachel Newton and Luke Sutherland;
Mixed and mastered by Jim McEwan at Barkbarkdog Studios;
Photography by Audrey Bizouerne;
Sleeve design by Debbie Armour

Musicians

Debbie Armour: vocals;
Gayle Brogan: vocals, violin, Lyra 8, Korg Volca FM, dark energy, zither, field recording

with
Jer Reid: guitar [1-2, 4-6], bowed cymbal [1], piano [6];
Rachel Newton: harp [4];
Rev Magnetic: programming and additional recording [8]

Tracks

1. Please to See the King (Roud 19109) (3.26)
2. Coventry Carol (Roud 19028) (3.54)
3. Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) (4.44)
4. Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (4.40)
5. Hela’r Dryw Bach (5.36)
6. Corpus Christi Carol (Roud 1523) (6.07)
7. Sans Day Carol (Roud 514) (3.29)
8. Taladh Chriosda (4.14)

Tracks 1,7 trad., arr. Burd Ellen;
Tracks 2-3, 5 trad., arr. Burd Ellen & Jer Reid;
Tracks 4 trad., arr. Burd Ellen, Rachel Newton & Jer Reid;
Tracks 8 trad., arr. Burd Ellen & Rev Magnetic;
Tracks 6 Benjamin Britten, arr. Burd Ellen & Jer Reid