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Gavin Davenport: Brief Lives
Brief Lives Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD03 (CD, UK, 2010) |
Recorded and produced by Tom Wright;
Mastered by Nim;
Photography by Bryan Ledgard
Musicians
Gavin Davenport: vocals, guitar, Anglo concertina, cittern;
Ian Stephenson: double bass [1-2, 7, 9];
Matt Quinn: one-row melodeon [1];
Richard Arrowsmith: melodeon [4, 11];
Helena Reynolds: fiddle [7, 9-10];
Tyler Carson: fiddle [3];
Nathalie Fisher: backing vocals [1, 3];
Tom Wright: backing vocals [3, 7],
banjo [3, 7],
guitar [6];
Tracks
- Two Pretty Boys (Roud 38; Child 49) (3.23)
- Jolly Bold Robber (Roud 1464) (3.05)
- A Snow White Bird (5.38)
- British Man-of-War (Roud 372) (3.55)
- False Knight (Roud 20; Child 3) (2.52)
- George Collins (Roud 147; Child 42/85) (3.04)
- Seven Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.39)
- Silent Alarm (4.47)
- Ratcliffe Highway (Roud 598) (3.25)
- Young Hastings (Roud 33; Child 41; G/D 2:331) (5.37)
- On Board a Ninety-Eight (Roud 1461) (4.01)
- House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.49)
Tracks 1, 7, 10 trad. / Gavin Davenport;
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 12 trad. arr. Gavin Davenport;
Track 3 trad. / Jenny Reid arr. Gavin Davenport;
Tracks 5, 8 Gavin Davenport;
Track 11 trad. arr. Gavin Davenport / Richard Arrowsmith
> Folk Music > Records > Gavin Davenport: The Bone Orchard
Gavin Davenport: The Bone Orchard
The Bone Orchard Haystack Records HAYCD004 (CD, UK, 11 March 2013) |
Folk Radio UK review (Album of the Month) by Simon Holland
Musical Traditions review by Rod Stradling
Musicians
Gavin Davenport: vocals, guitar, cittern, mandolin, Anglo concertina, Duet concertina, 5-string banjo
with
Tom Kitching: fiddle [1-6, 7-10, 12];
Nick Cooke: melodeon [1-2, 5, 7];
Jim Molyneux: drums, percussion [3, 7, 10];
Martin Keates: hurdy-gurdy [10];
Ben Trott: slide guitar [7];
Aaron Stanton: percussion [1, 7-8];
Jim Causley: vocals [11]
Richard Arrowsmith,
Simon Dumpleton,
Pete Ord,
Tom Wright: backing vocals [1, 3, 12];
Jess Arrowsmith: backing vocals [3, 9, 12];
Amy Davenport: backing vocals [2-3, 12]
Kath Ord: violin, viola [4];
Aimée Johnson: violin, viola [4];
Semay Wu: cello [4]
Tom Hurst: trumpet [9];
Kathryn Brown: tenor horn [9];
Jo Hurst: euphonium [9];
Becca Hurst: trombone [9];
Nic Hurst: tuba, euphonium [9]
Tracks
- The Whitby Lad (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (5.18)
- Castle by the Sea (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.19)
- Farewell to Yorkshire (Roud 15553) (4.35)
- Fair Rosamund (Roud 3729) (3.39)
- Long Legged Lurcher Dog (Roud 363) (4.04)
- From the Bone Orchard (4.57)
- Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (4.33)
- Jim Jones in Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (4.02)
- Wooden Swords and May Queens (5.04)
- Bold Dragoon (Roud 321; Laws M27) (4.43)
- Banks of Yarrow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (4.29)
- Hymn for the New Year (3.40)
Tracks 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10-11 trad. arr. Gavin Davenport, Tom Kitching, Yates, Pete Ord;
Track 4 trad. / Tom Kitching arr. Gavin Davenport, Tom Kitching, Pete Ord;
Track 5 Gavin Davenport arr. Gavin Davenport, Pete Ord;
Track 9 Gavin Davenport arr. Gavin Davenport, Pete Ord, Hurst;
Track 12 Benjamin Preston / Gavin Davenport arr. Gavin Davenport, Pete Ord
> Folk Music > Records > Gavin Davenport: Dead Weight
Gavin Davenport: Dead Weight
Dead Weight Haystack Records HAYCD005 (DL single, UK, 7 October 2013) |
A charity single to help Unseen in their work supporting the victims of modern slavery and people trafficking.
Musicians
see above
Tracks
- Dead Weight (3.23)
- Jim Jones in Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (radio edit) (3.40)
Track 1 Gavin Davenport;
Track 2 trad. arr. Gavin Davenport, Tom Kitching, Yates, Pete Ord
> Folk Music > Records > Amy & Gavin Davenport: A Boat of Promises
Amy & Gavin Davenport: A Boat of Promises
A Boat of Promises Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD14 (CD, UK, 21 August 2019) |
Recorded and mixed by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studios;
Additional recording by Jon Loomes at Talking Cat Studios;
Cover image and artwork Amy Davenport
Musicians
Amy Davenport: vocals;
Gavin Davenport: vocals, guitar, cittern
with
Tim Yates: double bass [1, 5];
Tom Kitching: fiddle [2];
Jon Loomes: hurdy-gurdy [6]
Tracks
- Droving Dreams (4.05)
- The Spade (Roud 24788) (4.03)
- The Widowmaker (5.25)
- When All the World Is Young (2.30)
- Drowsy Sleeper (Roud 22620; Laws M4; Henry H722) (3.40)
- I’m A-Fading Day By Day (Roud 000, S179181) (3.23)
- The Jeannie C (5.04)
- Anne Bonnie (4.32)
- One Magpie Sits All Alone (2.52)
- The Return (6.43)
- A Boat of Promises (5.06)
Track 1 Nancy Kerr;
Track 2 words anon., music Gavin Davenport;
Track 3 John Conolly;
Track 4 words Charles Kingsley, music Keith Marsden;
Tracks 5-6 trad. arr. Amy & Gavin Davenport;
Track 7 Stan Rogers;
Track 8 Luke O’Hanlon, Rachel Stalker;
Tracks 9, 11 Gavin Davenport;
Track 10 Archie Fisher
> Folk Music > Records > The Davenports: Strange Vagaries
The Davenports: Strange Vagaries
Strange Vagaries Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD018 (CD, UK, 16 August 2024) |
Recorded by Jon Loomes at Talking Cat Records in summer 2024;
Cover image by the Davenports
Musicians
Amy, Gavin, Liz & Paul Davenport: vocals
Tracks
- Hunton Sword Dance Calling-On (Roud 610; TYG 59) (3.01)
- All on a Falling Tide (2.49)
- Stormy Winds (Roud 284) (3.11)
- This Barren Shore (3.50)
- Padstow Drinking Song (Roud 1252, 5384) (2.33)
- Unmooring (Roud 8227) (3.21)
- Recessional (3.19)
- Joke and Push About the Pitcher (Roud 1253) (3.25)
- Evermore (2.51)
- Foster’s Mill (TYG 63) (2.26)
- Adieu My Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (2.44)
- Here’s a Health to the Company (Roud 1801; G/D 8:1516) (3.24)
All tracks trad. except
Tracks 2, 9 Paul Davenport;
Track 4 words Gavin Davenport, tune Paul Davenport;
Track 7 Rudyard Kiping, Peter Pellamy
> Folk Music > Records > Gavin Davenport
Other records with Gavin Davenport
Besides being with Hekety and Crucible, Gavin Davenport played on these albums:
James Raynard: Strange Histories, CD, Unearthed / One Little Indian TPLP 487CD, 2005
Various Artists: The Magic of Morris, CD, Talking Elephant TE076, 2005
Various Artists: Forged in Sheffield, CD, Seville House SEVCD01, 2006
Various Artists: The Magic of Morris 2, CD, Talking Elephant TE096, 2006
Paul and Liz Davenport: Songbooks, CD, Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD02, 2008
Jess & Richard Arrowsmith: Off We Go!, CD, Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD05, 2010
Glorystrokes: Industrial Revolution, EP, Glorystrokes GS001, 2007
Glorystrokes: Rude Mechanicals, EP, Glorystrokes STRKCD02, 2010
The Albion Band: Fighting Room, EP, own label, 2011
The Albion Band: The Vice of the People, CD, Powered Flight POWDCD02, 2012
The Armistice Pals: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, EP, Folkstock FSR008, 2014
The Teacups: Of Labour and Love, CD, Haystack HAYCD007, 2015