> Folk Music > Records > Bedlam: Four Play
Bedlam: Four Play
Four Play Selwyn Music SYNMCD0003 (CD, UK, 1997) |
Recorded at Tube Studios, Leeds;
Engineered by Jon Strong;
Produced by Bedlam and Jon Strong;
Cover design and illustrations by Bryan Brown
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: fiddle, recorder, crumhorn;
Will Hampson: melodeon, mandolin, bones;
Drew McKinlay: guitar, didgeridoo, spoons;
Ross McKinlay: percussion
with
Jon Strong: dulcimer, keyboards;
Duncan Waller: bass guitar
Tracks
- Villapourçon (4.30)
- Silver Spire (3.19)
- Les Mains de Bananas (3.40)
- Doctor Foster’s Tumblers / Morning Star (4.33)
- MacPherson’s Lament (4.11)
- Cowboy’s Dream (1.08)
- Michael’s Eye (4.42)
- Gyln Owen / Planxty Burke (4.17)
- Cuatro Tocan (2.55)
- The Mooncoin Jig / The Goose’s Sporan (4.24)
- Contortionist (3.25)
- Joanne Schofield (2.15)
Tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 9a trad.;
Tracks 3, 7, 8a, 10-11 Will Hampson;
Track 5 James MacPherson;
Track 8b O’Carolan;
Tracks 9b Will Hampson, Bryony Griffith;
Track 12 Adrian Schofield;
All tracks arranged by Bedlam
> Folk Music > Records > Bedlam: Evolution of the Lazy Tongue
Bedlam: Evolution of the Lazy Tongue
Evolution of the Lazy Tongue Selwyn Music SYNMCD0004 (CD, UK, 2000) |
Recorded at High Melton for Badge Productions;
Engineered by Keith Angel;
Assistant engineer Dylan Davies;
Produced by Simon Care and Bedlam;
Mastered and compiled by Andy Seward;
Design and layout by Emily Smith
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: fiddle, recorder, vocals;
Ross McKinlay: drum kit, djembe;
Drew McKinlay: guitar, vocals;
Will Hampson: melodeon, bass guitar
with
Chris Dalrymple: bodhrán;
Simon Care: cabasa
Tracks
- Whirly Pit / She’s Potty (3.39)
- Kendal Ghyll / Spotted Borders (4.56)
- Sunday Success / Cheviot Blast (3.17)
- Adrian’s Tune / The Stream at the Bottom of the Garden (5.21)
- Dtune (4.32)
- Godesses / Nonesuch / Trip to Hull (3.32)
- Bonjour, Petit Bonhomme (4.08)
- Romanian Tune / Breton Tunes (3.43)
- The Dogrose Processional / Whelan’s Jig (3.57)
- Breeches Full of Stitches / Mairi’s Wedding (4.40)
- Black Dick’s Jig / The Cruise Missile (4.03)
- The Iron Man / Gallaton (4.28)
Track 1a Will Hampson;
Track 1b Jonty Davies;
Tracks 2, 6ab, 7-8, 9b, 10 trad.;
Tracks 3a, 5 Bryony Griffith, Drew McKinlay;
Track 3b Ian Hardie;
Track 4 Nick Barber;
Tracks 6c Bryony Griffith, Kate Watson;
Track 9a Bryony Griffith;
Track 11 Will Hampson, Bryony Griffith;
Track 12 James Scott Skinner;
All tracks arranged by Bedlam
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson: Lady Diamond
Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson: Lady Diamond
Lady Diamond Selwyn Music SYNMCD0007 (CD, UK, 24 July 2011) |
Recorded at Quayside Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne in February 2011;
Recorded and mixed by Andy Stephenson;
Produced by Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson;
Assistant producer Andy Stephenson;
Cover illustration by Natalie Reid;
Photography by Nikki Hampson;
Artwork by Will Hampson
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: vocals, fiddle, viola, piano;
Will Hampson: D/G, B/C and C/F melodeons
Tracks
- Martinmas Time (Roud 2173; G/D 1:161) (5.18)
- Arise, Arise (The Drowsy Sleeper) (Roud 22620; Laws M4) / The Rowling Hornpipe (5.54)
- Lady Diamond (Roud 112; Child 269; G/D 6:1224) / Iron Legs (6.20)
- Laudnum Bunches / The Miller of Mansfield (4.00)
- The Lady of York (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) / (4.18)
- The Murdered Servantman (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.51)
- The Heysham Peace-Egging Song (Roud 614; TYG 53) (3.12)
- William Gower (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) / The Tankard of Ale (6.08)
- The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (5.36)
- Come Up the Stairs With Me / Miss Lambert’s Delight / Untitled Air (4.15)
- The Ringers of Egloshayle (Roud 1163) / The Rose Hill (5.03)
- Faithful Johnny (RoudBS B97438) (3.54)
All tracks trad. arr. Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith: Nightshade
Bryony Griffith: Nightshade
Nightshade Selwyn Music SYNMCD0008 (CD, UK, 20 July 2014) |
Recorded by Ben Griffith at Botany Lane, Lepton, Easter 2014;
Mixed and mastered by Ian Stephenson;
Photograph by Will Hampson;
Artwork by Natalie Reid;
Graphic design by Design by If
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: fiddle, vocals, viola, piano, cello;
Jack Rutter: guitar
Tracks
- Stybarrow Crag / The Sheffield Hornpipe / Miss Nicholson’s Favourite (5.22)
- Old Molly Oxford / Sherborne Jig (5.27)
- The Wild, Wild Berry (Roud 24845) (3.38)
- St John’s Day, or Parson Darral’s Fancy / Paganini’s 2nd (3.39)
- Flame / Edinburgh Zoo / Lawrenson’s Spurtle (4.26)
- The Cropper Lads (TYG 62) (3.13)
- Taboo for Two / The Whitby Waltz / Stilli’s Waltz (4.46)
- The Sham Doctor / Carey’s Maggot (3.46)
- Kemp Owen (Roud 3912; Child 34) (8.12)
- Ponker Lane (3.45)
- The Queen of the May (Roud 594) (5.03)
Tracks 1, 8-9, 11 trad. arr. Bryony Griffith, Jack Rutter;
Tracks 2-4, 6 trad. arr. Bryony Griffith;
Tracks 5, 7, 10 Bryony Griffith
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith: Hover
Bryony Griffith: Hover
Hover Selwyn Music SYNMCD0009 (CD, UK, 11 May 2018) |
Recorded by Ben Griffith at Botany Lane, Lepton, Easter 2014;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Stephenson at Simpson Street Studios, Northumberland, September 2017 and March 2018;
Cover photo by Kristen Goodall;
Inside photo by Ian Stephenson;
Layout and design by Will Hampson
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: fiddle;
Ian Stephenson: guitar, double bass
Tracks
- Ladies’ Pleasure / Constant Billy (3.24)
- The Recovery / The Red House (5.06)
- Oranges in Bloom / The Castle Minuet (4.15)
- The Gaubeo / The Ladds of Dance / Oaks Assembly (4.25)
- Slingby’s Allemand / The Spanish Spy (3.30)
- Radstock / Wednesday Night (3.16)
- Sadler’s Wells Hornpipe / The Cook Hornpipe (3.54)
- Queen’s Delight / Bonnets So Blue (4.47)
- New Hornpipe / Hodgson Square (4.51)
- The Butcher’s Hornpipes (3.53)
- Staines Morris / Lancers No. 2 (3.25)
- Burnett’s Jig (2.54)
All tracks trad. arr. Bryony Griffith
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon
A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon Splid Records SPLIDCD29 (CD, UK, 6 May 2022) |
Produced by Joe Rusby;
Recorded by Joe Rusby at Vibrations Studios, Lockwood, Huddersfield, in June 2021;
Mixed by Joe Rusby at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool;
Mastered by Nick Cooke at Nick Cooke Mastering;
Photography by Joanne Crawford, taken on Norland Moor, West Yorkshire;
Design by Tom Pitts at Hand Drawn Pixels
Folk Radio UK review by Dave McNally
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: lead vocals [3, 6, 8, 10-11],
vocals, fiddle;
Alice Jones: lead vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 9],
vocals, harmonium, tenor guitar, body percussion
Tracks
- Wanton Lasses Pity Her (Roud 37666) (2.45)
- The Grey Mare (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (3.45)
- What Is That Blood on Thy Shirt Sleeve? (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.39)
- The Girl Who Was Poorly Clad (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.57)
- Nellie o’ Bob’s o’ t’ Crowtrees (5.46)
- The Grey Goose and Gander (Roud 1094) (3.19)
- The Hunslet and Holbeck Moor Cockfight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (2.42)
- Strawberry Tower (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7) (4.21)
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) (2.51)
- Willy Went to Westerdale (Roud 2792; TYG 1) (3.19)
- A Collier Lad (Roud 16148) (0.47)
All tracks trad. arr. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones except
Track 5 words John Hartley, tune Dave Hillery
Video
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones sing Wanton Lasses Pity Her:
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: Early Pearly
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: Early Pearly
Early Pearly Selwyn (DL single, UK, 2 December 2022) |
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering in November 2022;
Illustration by Ali O’Neill
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: vocals, fiddle;
Alice Jones: vocals, harmonium, tenor guitar
Tracks
- Early Pearly (Roud 258; Laws Q28; TYG 126, 127) (3.23)
Track 1 trad. arr. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: Wesselbobs
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: Wesselbobs
Wesselbobs Selwyn Records SYNMC010 (CD, UK, 1 November 2023) |
Wessel-bobs, Wassail-bobs or Wesley-bobs were a kind of decorated, evergreen bough built around a spherical frame, carried by Wassailers or carol singers, mostly in West Yorkshire, which is where we are from. The term also refers to hand-made fabric baubles pinned round with ribbons, and delicate glass baubles that were sold in the mid-1900s.
Produced by Joe Rusby;
Recorded and mixed Joe Rusby at The Arch Recording Studio, Southport, in June/July 2023;
Mastered by Nick Cooke at Nick Cooke Mastering;
Photography by Joanne Crawford;
Hair and make-up by Rosie Butler-Hall;
Design by Tom Pitts at Hand Drawn Pixels
Folking.com review by Mike Davies
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: lead vocals [2, 5, 7, 11],
vocals, fiddle;
Alice Jones: lead vocals [3, 6, 8, 10, 12],
vocals, harmonium, tenor guitar, body percussion
Tracks
- Early Pearly (Roud 258; Laws Q28; TYG 126, 127) (3.28)
- The ’Ollins and the Ivin (Roud 514) (3.20)
- I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow (Roud 2660) (4.36)
- Hagman-Heigh (Roud 4584) (2.47)
- Ripon Sword Dance (Roud 610; TYG 99) (4.07)
- The Tailor’s Britches (Roud 1610; TYG 49) / New Year’s Day (3.41)
- The Yorkshire Wassailing Song (Roud 209; TYG 22) (3.51)
- Time to Remember the Poor (Roud 1121) (3.09)
- Hark, How All the Welkin Rings (Roud 8330) / The Spinning Wheel (4.00)
- Change for a Guinea (The Christmas Goose) (Roud 3204; TYG 40) / The Christmas Tale (4.59)
- Christmas (2.56)
- King Christmas (Roud 21881) (3.41)
All tracks trad. arr. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones except
Track 3 original lyrics and tune by Harry Wright, c.1880;
Track 6 lyrics rewritten by Arthur Wood;
Track 9 lyrics by John Wesley;
Track 11 lyrics by George William Moxon (1875-1962), tune by Bryony Griffith
Video
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones sing I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow:
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson
Other records with Bryony Griffith and/or Will Hampson
The Demon Barbers, Uncut, CD, DJC DJC019, 2002
The Witches of Elswick, Out of Bed, CD, Fellside FECD180, 2003
Various Artists, Roots & Wings: Holmfirth Festival 25 Years Anniversary, CD, Holmfirth Festival HFRCD25, 2 CD, 2003
Ashley Hutchings and Friends, Great Grandson of Morris On, CD, Talking Elephant TECD062, 2004
The Demon Barbers, Uncut, CD, DJC DJC026, 2005
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Cruel Sister, CD, RabbleRouser RR005, 2005
The Witches of Elswick, Hell’s Belles, CD, Selwyn SYNMCD0006, 2005
The Demon Barbers, +24db, CD, Demon Barber Sound DBS001, 2008
The Demon Barbers, The Adventures of Captain Ward, CD, Demon Barber Sound DBS003, 2010
The Demon Barbers,Disco at the Tavern, CD, Demon Barber Sound DBS005, 2015
Stick in the Wheel present: From Here: English Folk Field Recordings Volume 2, CD/LP, From Here SITW011CD/SITW011LP, 2019
Various Artists, Sing Yonder 1, CD, Sing Yonder, 2023
Maddie Morris, Skin, CD, No Masters NMCD59, 23 February 2024