Recorded over two days at Glasgow Theatre Arts Collective;
Recorded, 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 Èiridh (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) (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 22568; Child 4:783) (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:

Mastered by Kieran Milne;
Track 1 recorded and mixed by Gayle Brogan;
Track 2 additional recording and mix by Pefkin (Gayle Brogan);
Track 3 additional recording and mix by Me Lost Me (Jayne Dent);
Track 4 additional recording and mix by PAEXANAX (Kieran Milne);
Cover image by Burd Ellen and Kieran Milne

Musicians

Debbie Armour, Gayle Brogan

Tracks

Side 1

1. Morning Come, Maria’s Gone (Roud 3625) (6.32)
2. Morning Come, Maria’s Gone: Pefkin Remix (Extended) (4.59)

Side 2

3. Morning Come, Maria’s Gone: Me Lost Me Remix (5.06)
4. Morning Come, Maria’s Gone: PAEXANAX Codeine Fever Remix (Extended) (11.44)

Tracks 1-4 trad. arr. Burd Ellen

Track 1 recorded and mixed by Jer Reid;
Track 2 additional recording and mix by Rev Magnetic (Luke Sutherlan);
Mastered by Jer Raid

Musicians

Debbie Armour, Gayle Brogan

Tracks

1. Chi Mi Bhuam (4.50)
2. Chi Mi Bhuam West Mains Mix - remixed by Rev Magnetic (4.46)

Air a dhèanamh le Iain MacPhaidein à Muile (Ode to the Isle of Mull by John MacFadyen;
Track 1 arr. Burd Ellen;
Track 2 arr. Burd Ellen, Rev Magnetic

Musicians

Debbie Armour, Gayle Brogan

Tracks

1. Griogal Cridhe (8.05)
2. Sealing & Pivoting (5.12)

Track 1 trad.;
Track 2 Burd Ellen

Recorded by Alan ‘Kitchen Cynics’ Davidson, from the album launch of Silver Came at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, in February 2019;
Live engineer: Jer Reid;
Cover image by Maiken Kildegaard

Musicians

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

Tracks

1. Tha Thìde Agam Èiridh (2.18)
2. Co Leis an Crodh Druim-fhionn Ud Thall (3.52)
3. Because My Love Loves Me (Roud 578) (5.36)
4. Sweet Lemany (Roud 193) / Fair Annie of Lochroyan (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (15.48)
5. Thug an Geamhradh Leis an Crodh (5.18)
6. Awake Awake (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (6.21)
7. Hela’r Dryw Bach (8.40)
8. The Laverock in the Blackthorn (4.08)

All songs trad, arr Burd Ellen except
Track 3 words trad., music Katy Lavinia Cooper arr. Burd Ellen;
Track 8 Alasdair Roberts

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

Side 1

1. Please to See the King (Roud 32955) (3.26)
2. Coventry Carol (Roud 19028) (3.54)
3. Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) (4.44)
4. Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (4.40)

Side 2

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

Track 1 recorded and mixed by Burd Ellen and Gayle Brogan;
Track 2 recorded and mixed by Burd Ellen;
Mastered by Nick Jonah Davis;
Cover photo by Debbie Armour;
Graphic design by Realmente Bravo

Musicians

Debbie Armour: vocals, harmonium;
Gayle Brogan: synthesiser, Mellotron, chimes, harp, violin, zither [1]

Tracks

1. The High Priestess and the Hierophant (Fair Annie; Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (4.52)
2. Mother, Go and Make My Bed (Roud 32444) (5.20)

All tracks trad. arr. Burd Ellen

Recorded and mixed by Burd Ellen

Musicians

Debbie Armour: vocals, hurdy-gurdy

Tracks

1. A Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85) (4.10)

All tracks trad. arr. Burd Ellen

Produced by Jim McEwan with Debbie Armour ;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jim McEwan at Solas Sound, Glasgow;
Artwork by Kieran Milne

Tradfolk review by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Debbie Armour: vocals, guitar;
Jim McEwan: ensoniq mirage, piano;
Ian Lynch: pipes [4];
Mark Wardlaw: vocals [6];
Gayle Brogan: vocals [6], all other sounds

Tracks

1. The Fool (O’er the Hills and Far Away; Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (3.42)
2. The High Priestess and the Hierophant (Fair Annie; Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (album version) (5.28)
3. The Lovers (The Maiden Hind; DgF 58) (6.47)
4. The Chariot (When I Was on Horseback; Roud 2; Laws Q26) (9.23)
5. The Hermit (King Orfeo; Roud 136; Child 19) (7.03)
6. Death (1.09)
7. Under No Enchantment (The Star & the Moon) (13.58)

All tracks trad. arr. Burd Ellen except
Track 6 Alexander Pope: Ode on Solitude;
Track 7 Alasdair Roberts arr. Alastair Roberts, Burd Ellen

Video

Debbie Armour discusses A Tarot of the Green Wood on the Scots Whay Hae! podcast: