> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: Bridge over the River Brit
Bridge over the River Brit
Bridge over the River Brit English Fiddle Music (CD-R EP, UK, 2004) |
Recorded live at Relaxx Studios, Bridport, in June 2004
Musicians
Nick Wyke: fiddle;
Becki Driscoll: fiddle
Tracks
- Jacob / Mimosa Hornpipe (5.26)
- Flat Cap / Imperial Quickstep (3.41)
- In The Ginger Jar / The Scapegoat / Bridge Over The River Brit (3.30)
- Sailor’s Hornpipe / Erret Hornpipe (4.39)
- Trip To The Cottage / The Broken Bridge (8.10)
Tracks 1a, 2, 4ab, 5b trad.;
Track 1b Becki Driscoll, Nick Wyke;
Tracks 3abc, 5a Becki Driscoll
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: The Calling
The Calling
The Calling English Fiddle Music CD01 (CD, UK, 6 October 2006) |
Recorded by Keith Angel at Ferry Farm;
Mastered by Matt Bernard at Deep Blue Sound;
Photography by Chris Collingwood and Nick Wyke;
Design by Harry Bond
Musical Traditions Review by Rod Stradling.
Musicians
Nick Wyke: fiddle;
Becki Driscoll: fiddle
Tracks
- Miss Christina / Queen’s Hornpipe (5.15)
- Pancakes with Guns / The Last Macaroon (4.17)
- The Lily / Bob and Joan (7.08)
- Bonny Kate / The Twin Sisters / Saint Bride’s (6.16)
- Corsican Tune / O Cabalo Azul (The Blue Horse) (5.21)
- Major Malley’s Reel (3.49)
- The Friendly Jigs: Trip to Plymouth / The Shepherd’s Wife / Captain Wyke’s Dance (3.58)
- Emlyn’s Waltz (5.19)
- The Calling (3.29)
All tracks trad. arr. Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll except
Tracks 1a, 2ab, 8 Becki Driscoll;
Track 9 Nick Wyke, Becki Driscoll
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: Beneath the Black Tree
Beneath the Black Tree
Beneath the Black Tree English Fiddle Music CD02 (CD, UK, 29 April 2009) |
Recorded and produced by Keith Angel at Wavelength Studios, Doncaster;
Mastered by John Clark at Kensington House Mastering;
Photography by Andy Fish;
Design by Andy Fish, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll with assistance from Brad Waters
Musicians
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola, glockenspiel, djembe;
Becki Driscoll: fiddle, viola, harmonium, chair and floor;
Keith Angel: drums, percussion, chair and floor;
Andy Seward: double bass;
Ellen Driscoll: French horn
Tracks
- The Antimacassar (4.16)
- Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (4.05)
- George Watson’s Hornpipe (4.17)
- Barnstaple to Umberleigh (4.14)
- Benjamin Bowmaneer (Roud 1514) (4.48)
- A Trip to Marrowbone (5.27)
- Coronation Day (2.57)
- The Robber (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (3.52)
- The King of Poland (5.13)
- Flying Fishes (4.36)
Track 1 Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Track 2 words trad., music Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Tracks 3, 5-9 trad.;
Track 4 Becki Driscoll;
Track 10 Nick Wyke
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: A Handful of Sky
A Handful of Sky
A Handful of Sky WildGoose Studios WGS401CD (CD, UK, 14 July 2014) |
Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Photography by Dave Green;
Cover design and artwork by Hilary Bix
Musicians
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, fiddle, viola, bassoon;
James Budden: double bass;
Ellen Driscoll: French horn
Tracks
- Rambleaway (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (3.06)
- Regent’s Fete / Take a Dance / Darby Kelly / Cock of the North jigs (4.14)
- A Handful of Sky (5.56)
- The Cornwall Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (4.39)
- The Bridgwater Hornpipe / The Dorchester Hornpipe (3.45)
- The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (5.00)
- Terra da Lua / John of Paris, The New Way (3.06)
- Bridge House (4.50)
- The Torrington Ringers (Roud 13908) (5.06)
- Dance with Ease / The Dressed Ship (2.48)
- Mrs Lovetts Pies / The Prince of Arabia (5.07)
- The Exmoor Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (3.25)
Tracks 1-2, 4-6, 7b, 10, 12 trad.;
Track 3 Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Tracks 7a, 8 Becki Driscoll;
Track 9 words trad. adapted Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll, music Becki Driscoll;
Track 11a Nick Wyke;
Track 11b trad. adapted Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: The Songs of Edward Capern
The Songs of Edward Capern
The Songs of Edward Capern English Fiddle Music CD03 (CD, UK, 25 March 2017) |
This CD was released to accompany Liz Shakespeare’s book on Edward Capern (1819-1894), The Postman Poet.
Produced by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Recorded and mastered by Nick Wyke;
Design by Rachel March
Musicians
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola, guitar, mandolin, ukulele;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, fiddle, viola, piano, tin whistle, glockenspiel
with
Chrid Braund: spoken word [2, 11, 15-16];
James Budden: double bass [1, 7, 15, 17];
Ellen Driscoll: French horn [17]
Tracks
- The Old-Fashioned Plough (5.36)
- The Rural Postman (excerpt) (0.34)
- The Spring o’ the Dawn (1.50)
- Kitty Lile; or, Mazed Kate of Clovelly (6.20)
- The Robin Is Weeping (3.39)
- The New Rigged Ship / Off She Gues (2.52)
- Jemmo’s Curse (4.25)
- Song of the Keeper (2.36)
- The Dinner-Bell (2.34)
- My Love She’ But a Lassie Yet / Soldier’s Joy (2.27)
- Life (0.31)
- The Old Gray Thrush (4.24)
- More Happy Than a King (1.59)
- Come List, My Love (2.26)
- Epitaph / A Song in Sorrow (excerpt) (2.55)
- It’s O! To Be in Devon at the Merry Christmas Time (excerpt) (0.19)
- Christmas Bells (3.30)
All tracks words Edward Capern, music Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll except
Tracks 2, 11, 16 words Edward Capern;
Track 5 words Edward Capern, edited Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll, music Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Tracks 6ab, 10ab trad.;
Track 7 words Edward Capern, song melody Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll, tune trad. Three Around Three;
Tracks 14, 17 words Edward Capern, music Edward Capern, Thomas Murby, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: Cold Light
Cold Light
Cold Light English Fiddle Music CD04 (CD, UK, 12 October 2019) |
Produced by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll;
Recorded by Nick Wyke in various locations in North Devon and West Dorset;
Mastered by Josh Clark at Get Real Audio;
Artwork by Si Paull
Folk Radio UK review by Richard Hollingum
Musicians
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola, guitar, mandolin, electric bass, lyre, percussion, stamping;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, fiddle, viola, electric piano, lyre;
with
James Budden: double bass [1-3, 7, 9];
Jim McCormack: accordion [8, 12-13];
Jon Dyer: double bass [12-13];
Josh Westrip: trumpet [6, 12],
flugelhorn [12];
Ellen Driscoll: French horn [2, 12];
David Faulkner: English border pipes [2, 6];
Keith Angel: percussion [1-2]
Tracks
- The Knitting Reel (3.15)
- Who’s Crying Now? (5.01)
- Tie the Petticoat Tighter/The Triumph (3.38)
- Halo (4.45)
- La Folia (4.18)
- Riddles Wisely Expounded (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.38)
- Three Bridges (3.55)
- Cold Light (5.22)
- Winter (4.53)
- William Andrew’s Hornpipes (3.01)
- Systerpolska (5.06)
- The Last Waltz of the Evening (6.33)
- Boscastle Breakdown (3.02)
> Folk Music > Records > Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
Other records with Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll
Nick Wyke also plays with Gadarene.
Martin & Shan Graebe, Dusty Diamonds, CD, WildGoose WGS359CD, 2008
Jim Moray, Low Culture, CD, Niblick NIBL 007, 2008
Jackie Oates, The Violet Hour, CD, Chudleigh Roots CR002, 2008
Mick Groves: Still Spinning, CD, Mick Groves EXEG2, 2010
Jim Causley, Dumnonia, CD, WildGoose WGS377, 2011
Jim Moray, Skulk, CD, Niblick NIBL 013, 2012
Jim Causley, Forgotten Kingdom, CD, Hands On Music HMCD41, 2016
Martin & Shan Graebe, Calm and Collected, CD, WildGoose WGS414CD, 2016
Jim Causley, I Am the Song, CD, WildGoose WGS420CD, 2017
Jim Causley: A Causley Christmas, CD, Hrōc HROC02, 2018
Jim Causley: Devonia, CD, Hrōc HROC06, 2021