> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan: The Long Grey Line
The Long Grey Line
The Long Grey Line Falling Mountain Music FM-1036 (CD, USA, 23 January 2001) |
Produced by Debra Cowan;
Executive Producer Steve Friedman;
Recorded and mixed by Steve Friedman at Melville Park Studio, Boston, MA;
Mastered by Henk Kooistra at 9West Mastering, Framingham, MA;
Cover artwork by Ron Lister;
Graphic design and layout by Kristine Cheng
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals [all],
guitar [3, 6, 9],
English concertina drone [11b];
Gaston Bernad: guitar [1-2, 7];
Lorraine Hammond: Celtic harp [1];
Hanneke Cassel: fiddle [2, 7, 10];
Jim Williams: Anglo concertina [2],
English concertina [4, 9, 11a];
Ron Lister: English concertina [3, 11b];
Geoff Bartley: guitar [4, 10, 11a],
resonator guitar [12];
Steve Sadler: mandolin [7];
Ken Batts: guitar [9]
Tracks
- Edward Boyle (Roud 2906) (5.40)
- McGinnis Gets a Job (Last Winter Was a Hard One) (Roud 4607) (3.06)
- The Rose You Wore for Me (4.45)
- Bold Archer (Roud 83; Child 188; G/D 2:244) (4.00)
- The Dreadful Ghost (Roud 568; Laws P34A; G/D 2:341) (5.29)
- Blackwaterside (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (2.16)
- The Long Grey Line (3.08)
- Bay of Biscay-O (Roud 22567) (3.03)
- Across the Water (4.17)
- Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593) (4.40)
- The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47) / The Olde Favourite (5.08)
- Darlin’ Corey (Roud 5723) (4.00)
- Johnny Be Fair (1.08)
All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Danny Carnahan;
Track 7 Alan Hunter;
Track 9 Ken Batts;
Track 4a Buffy Sainte-Marie
> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan: Dad’s Dinner Pail
Dad’s Dinner Pail and Other Songs From the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection
Dad’s Dinner Pail Falling Mountain Music FM-1044 (CD, USA, 26 July 2005) |
Produced by Michael DeLalla and Debra Cowan;
Recorded by Michael DeLalla at Falling Mountain Studios, Winchester, VA, except
Tracks 5, 10 recorded by Stephen Friedman at Melville Park Studios, Boston, MA;
Mixed by Michael DeLalla at Falling Mountain Studios;
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA;
Graphic design and layout by Richard Brooker
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals;
Michael DeLalla: vocals [2],
guitar [1-3, 6, 8-9, 11],
baroque guitar [4],
bodhrán [8],
chorus [11];
Ralph Gordon: bass [2, 11],
cello [4];
Joe DeZarn: fiddle [3, 11];
John Roberts: vocals [5, 10];
Chas Fowler: whistles [6];
Tabby Finch: hammered dulcimer [11];
Michael Hudson, Mike Buechner, Chuck Salmon: chorus [11]
Tracks
- Bold Richard (Roud 382) (5.09)
- Walloping Window Blind (Roud 19559) (3.02)
- Young Charlotte (Roud 260; Laws G17) (4.57)
- Cruel Brother (Roud 26; Child 11) (5.28)
- Star in the East (Brightest and Best) (Roud 5743) (1.50)
- The Poor Soldier (Roud 321; Laws M27) (6.06)
- Burly Burly Banks of Barbry-O (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (6.45)
- Schooner E.A. Horton (Roud 1840; Laws D28) (3.43)
- In the Town of Oxford (Roud 399; Laws O39) (3.28)
- Fearless in the Fire (Roud S267521) (2.44)
- Dad’s Dinner Pail (Roud 5257) (5.05)
All tracks trad.;
Track 5 words Reginald Heber (1811)
> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan: Fond Desire Farewell
Fond Desire Farewell
Fond Desire Farewell Falling Mountain Music FM-1054 (CD, USA, 28 April 2009) |
Arranged and produced by Dave Mattacks except
[3] arranged and produced by Mike Barry and Dave Mattacks;
Engineered and recorded by Mike Barry at Babyland Studios, Medford, MA;
Foundation tracks (except [2-3, 7-9]
engineered and recorded by David J. Minehan at Woolly Mammoth Studios, Waltham, MA;
Mixed by Huck Bennert;
Mastered by Marc Donahue at Sound Mirror, Jamaica Plain, MA;
Graphic design and layout by George Striker
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals,
acoustic guitar [2, 6, 8],
English concertina [4-6];
Dave Mattacks: drums, cymbals, percussion, piano, pump organ, hammered dulcimer,
Wurlitzer piano, toy piano;
Duke Levine: acoustic guitar, mandola, national guitar, octave mandolin;
Marty Ballou: upright bass;
Joyce Andersen: fiddle;
Billy Novick: clarinet [11];
Wolf Ginanes: tuba [11];
Mike Barry: additional vocals [1, 5, 9, 12];
Julie Barry: additional vocals [9, 12];
Liam Barry: additional vocals [9]
Tracks
- Yon Green Valley (Roud 2125; G/D 6:1183) (4.30)
- Wall of Stone (3.52)
- Jealous Words (4.17)
- Ruins by the Shore (3.44)
- The Rainbow (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (3.59)
- The Night Owl Homeward Turns (3.24)
- Cruel Was My Father (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (4.19)
- Salisbury Plain (Roud 1487) (4.09)
- Lili Marlene Walks Away (4.00)
- The Snow Is on the Ground (Roud 1121) (4.23)
- Alcohol (3.39)
- The Darkest Hour Is Just Before the Dawn (3.35)
Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8 trad.;
Track 2 Chris Moore;
Track 3 Richard Thompson;
Track 4 Nic Jones;
Track 6 Steve Tilston;
Track 9 Bill Caddick;
Track 11 Ray Davies;
Track 12 Ralph Stanley
> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan: Among Friends
Among Friends
Among Friends Falling Mountain Music (CD, USA, 15 August 2012) |
Produced by Mike Barry and Debra Cowan;
Executive producer: David Strassman, Puppetronics, INC;
Recorded live at the Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, West Yorkshire, in November 2006;
Recorded by Mike Hockenhull, Brook Row Studio, West Yorkshire, UK;
Mixed by Mike Barry, Babyland Studios, Medford, MA;
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering, Tacoma Park, MD;
Production assistance and genius contributions by Dave Mattacks and Huck Bennert;
Graphic design by Jan Hammond
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals, guitar
Tracks
- Darlin’ Corey (Roud 5723) (3.12)
- Star in the East (Brightest and Best) (Roud 5743) (2.41)
- Cold Day in November (3.22)
- The Great Fast Food Strike (5.20)
- Good Fish Chowder (4.21)
- The Rose You Wore for Me (4.57)
- Carpal Tunnel (2.57)
- Dreadnought Mutiny (6.36)
- My Boy Jack / Widowmaker (5.34)
- One More Before We Go (4.01)
- Dad’s Dinner Pail (Roud 5257) (4.19)
Tracks 1-2, 5, 11 trad.;
Track 2 words Reginald Heber (1811);
Track 3, 7 John O’Connor;
Track 4 Deborah Van Kleef;
Track 6 Danny Carnahan;
Track 8 Jerry Bryant;
Track 9a words Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy;
Track 9b John Conolly;
Track 10 Bill Meek, John Conolly
> Folk Music > Records > John Roberts & Debra Cowan: Ballads Long & Short
Ballads Long & Short
Ballads Long & Short Golden Hind Music GHM-111 (CD, USA, August 2015) |
Arranged and produced by Debra Cowan and John Roberts;
Recorded by Michael Barry at Babyland Studio, Medford, MA;
Mixed by Tom Dubé, Somerville, MA;
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering, Takoma Park, MD;
Cover art by Murray Callahan;
Graphic design and layout by Roger Mock;
Photo by J.F. Ellison, at Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, UK
See also John Roberts and Debra Cowan’s Ballads Long & Short webpage with notes and song lyrics.
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals;
John Roberts: vocals, banjo, Anglo concertina;
Bill Cooley: guitar [4]
Tracks
- Drive Dull Care Away (Roud 13988) (3.42)
- The Broadside Man (3.01)
- The Tailor’s Breeches (Roud 1610; TYG 49) (3.21)
- Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (8.31)
- Garners Gay (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.23)
- Combing the Mane (2.45)
- The ’Cornstalk’ (Roud 3204; TYG 40) (4.59)
- The Bonny Hind (Roud 205; Child 50) (5.53)
- Twa Corbies (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.45)
- When Fortune Turns the Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (3.09)
- Gypsum Davy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.21)
- Jim Jones (Roud 5478) (3.17)
- Anderson’s Coast (5.35)
- Bold Riley (4.12)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Bill Meek, John Conolly (1970);
Track 6 Chris Sugden (1993);
Track 13 John Warner (Sydney, 1992)
> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan: Greening the Dark
Greening the Dark
Greening the Dark Muzzy House Music MHM819 (CD, USA, 19 August 2019) |
Arranged and produced by Dave Mattacksw;
Recorded by Mike Barry ar Babyland Studios, Medford, MA
and by Sean Cahalin at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA;
Mixed by Huck Bennert;
Mastered by Mark Donahue at Sound Mirror, Jamaica Plain, Ma;
Artwork, design and cover photo by Lisa Deupree;
Debra Cowan photo by Louie Tom#as Velez;
All other photos by Debra Cowan
Musicians
Debra Cowan: vocals;
Duke Levine: guitars, banjo;
Richard Gates: bass guitar;
Joyce Andersen: fiddle;
Bob Nieske: bowed bass [1];
Mike Barry: acoustic guitar [1];
Billy Novick: penny whistle [2],
low D whistle [3];
John Roberts: hurdy-gurdy [2],
Anglo concertina [6];
Tom Palance: flugelhorn [6];
Dave Mattacks: drums, cymbals, percussion, keyboards
Tracks
- Bones and Feathers (4.25)
- Hills of Greenmore (Roud 2883) (3.35)
- The Old Changing Way (4.07)
- Anna Dixie (3.49)
- Polly on the Shore (3.14)
- Scarecrow (3.56)
Track 1 Emily Portman;
Tracks 2, 5 trad.;
Track 3 Richard Thompson;
Track 4 Lal Waterson;
Track 5 Lester Simpson;
Track 6 John Tams
> Folk Music > Records > Debra Cowan
Other records with Debra Cowan
Various Artists, 23rd Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport, CD, Mystic Seaport, 2002
Various Artists, Beware of the Press-Gang!!, 2 CD, Lancashire Maritime Festival LMFCD-04-1, 2004
Various Artists, Midwinter, 4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006