Produced, recorded and mixed by Finn Collinson;
Additional recording and mixing by Josh Clark;
Mastered by Josh Clark of Get Real Audio, Bath;
Produced at Old School, Essex, and Get Real Audio, Bath, between October 2018 and April 2019;
Katriona Gilmore recorded herself at home in Sheffield;
Photography and artwork by Rowan Collinson;
Produced with generous support from the Walter Bergmann Fund

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Finn Collinson: vocals [3, 6, 10], alto recorder [1, 3, 5, 8-9, 11], tenor recorder [2, 6-7], bass recorder [11], alto F whistle [4], guitar [1, 4-5], acoustic guitar [3, 10], tenor guitar [4, 6-7, 10], electric guitar [10], banjo [3], bouzouki [6-7], mandolin [3-4], cajon [5], percussion [5];
Emma Beach: oboe [3, 6, 10], cor anglais [1, 9], vocals [6], backing vocals [10];
Archie Churchill-Moss: diatonic button accordion [2, 4], guitar [4];
Josh Clark: bodhrán [1], percussion [1], electric bass [1];
Rowan Collinson: fiddle [1, 7];
Jonno Gaze: drum kit [3, 6, 10], cajon [8], percussion [8], gang vocals [3];
Katriona Gilmore: fiddle [10];
Tom Leader: double bass [3, 6, 10], electric guitar [3], guitar [8], gang vocals [3]

Tracks

1. The January Walk / The Mystery Inch / Becca’s Birthday (4.20)
2. Elk River Blues / Chain Cotillion (5.45)
3. Hanging Johnny (Roud 2625) (3.55)
4. Evie’s & Emma’s: Evie’s Waltz / Call to Mind (6.05)
5. Ordinary Streets / Orange in Bloom (3.47)
6. Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (4.22)
7. FolkEast Waltz (5.26)
8. Aardvark (3.49)
9. Black Mountains (4.23)
10. Orangedale Whistle (5.46)
11. Tune for the Bullfinch (2.49)

Tracks 1ac, 4ab, 5a, 7, 9 Finn Collinson;
Track 1b David Kosky;
Track 2a Ernie Carpenter (1907-1997);
Track 2b trad. arr. Finn Collinson, Archie Churchill-Moss;
Track 3 trad. / Finn Collinson;
Tracks 5b, 6, 11 trad.;
Track 8 Finn Collinson arr. Finn Collinson, Jonno Gaze, Tom Leader;
Track 10 Jimmy Rankin

Videos

Album teaser:

This is a compilation of clips from The Finn Collinson Band’s appearances at FolkEast and Sidmouth Folk Festival in August 2019:

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Finn for sending me a copy of his beautiful album.

Produced and recording by Finn Collinson;
Additional recording by Simon Chorley;
Mixed by Josh Clark;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Artwork, photography anf design by Rowan Collinson

Folking.com review by Graham Brown

Musicians

Finn Collinson: recorders, guitars, vocals, mandolin;
Emma Beach: oboe, cor anglais, vocals;
Evan Carson: bodhrán, percussion;
Archie Churchill-Moss: guitar, diatonic button accordion

with guests Rowan Collinson: strings;
Tom Leader: guitars

Tracks

1. Big Smoke I (3.18)
2. Big Smoke II (4.30)
3. The Ship That Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27) (4.59)
4. Pool’s Hole / Gavotta (3.34)
5. Jerry Bundler (3.40)
6. John William’s Schottische (3.12)
7. Banks of the Sweet Primeroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (4.10)
8. Time for Bed: 8pm (Time for Bed) / The Gravity Reel / Roddy McDonald’s Fancy (4.46)
9. Twelve Floors (4.39)
10. The Threshold: Double Dealer Hornpipe / Sir Charles Rant / The Threshold (8.03)

Tracks 1-2, 5-6, 8a, 9, 10c Finn Collinson;
Track 3 words Henry Clay Work (1865) arr. Finn Collinson, music Finn Collinson;
Track 4a trad. English, from Playford’s Dancing Master Vol II (1690) ;
Track 4b Martino Bitti, from Sonata VI (1711);
Tracks 7, 8c, 10b trad. arr. Finn Collinson;
Track 8b Chris Leslie;
Track 10a Henry Purcell (1694)

Produced and recorded by Finn Collinson;
Additional recording by Evan Carson and Jim Moray;
Mixed by Jim Moray;
Mastered by Myles Eastwood;
Photography and design by Rowan Collinson

Folking.com review by Seuras Og

Musicians

Finn Collinson: alto recorder [1-4, 7], renaissance alto recorder [9], tenor recorder [6, 8], sjøfløyte [5];
Archie Churchill-Moss: acoustic guitar [1-4, 6-9], electric guitar [2, 6, 8-9], diatonic accordion [2];
Evan Carson: bodhrán [1-4, 6-9], percussion [1-4, 6-9]

with
Jim Moray: bass synth [1-2, 6-7, 8], double bass [3]

Tracks

1. Tara (4.29)
2. Byway to Foxhole (4.47)
3. As Sweet as a Pink: Allonby Lasses / As Sweet as a Pink (5.20)
4. Hare of Twenty: Hare of Twenty / Witch of Eighty (3.52)
5. Tune for the Linnet (3.21)
6. Inverbeg (4.57)
7. Bicknoller Hill (3.18)
8. The Complaint: Colin’s Complaint (3.30)
9. Slängpolska: Winyadepla / Slängpolska efter Köllberg (5.07)

Tracks 1-2, 4ab, 6, 7 Finn Collinson;
Track 3a trad. England/Ireland;
Tracks 3b, 5 trad. England;
Tracks 8, 9a trad. Scotland;
Track 9b trad. Sweden;
All tracks arranged by Finn Collinson, Archie Churchill-Moss and Evan Carson, except
Track 5 arranged by Finn Collinson