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, 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:

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, 2445) / 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

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

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: