> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: Catches & Glees
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: Catches & Glees
Catches & Glees RootBeat Records RBRCD07 (CD, UK, August 2009) |
Produced by Andy Bell, Sam Sweeney and Hannah James;
Engineered and mixed by Andy Bell at Leeders Farm Studios;
Recorded and mixed by Andy Bell at Cold As a Frog;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Artwork by Andy Tudor
Musicians
Sam Sweeney: fiddle, viola, octave violin, English bagpipes, nyckelharpa;
Hannah James: vocals, piano accordion, clogs
Tracks
- Gaol Song (Roud 1077) (4.11)
- Ploughboy’s Dream (Roud 1545) (5.05)
- You Are the One (3.54)
- Dick’s Maggot / Dog Leap Stairs hornpipes (3.44)
- Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170) (1.23)
- Flaxley Green Dance / The Old Wife of Coverdale English Country Dance tunes (3.23)
- Wee Weaver (Roud 3378) (3.08)
- Catches and Glees / Comical Thought jigs (3.33)
- Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (4.44)
- Polska (3.53)
- The Young and Single Sailor (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201) (4.20)
All tracks trad. arr. Hannah James and Sam Sweeney except
Track 3 Andy Letcher;
Track 4b Alistair Anderson;
Track 8 William Winter;
Track 10 Viktor Gabrielsson
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: State and Ancientry
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: State and Ancientry
State and Ancientry RootBeat Records RBRCD13 (CD, UK, 2 April 2012) |
Engineered and produced by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Andy Seward;
Artwork and photography by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Hannah James: vocals, piano accordion, clogs, foot percussion;
Sam Sweeney: fiddle, viola, nyckelharpa, Hardanger fiddle, English bagpipes
Tracks
- Hole in the Wall 3/2 hornpipe (3.30)
- Parson Upon Dorothy / Dolly (Roud 2611) (4.17)
- William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (3.15)
- How Do You Do? / Gallons of Cognac (5.27)
- On Yonder Hill There Sits a Hare (Roud 5173) (4.27)
- The Battered Hake Polka / Jack’s Maggot (4.08)
- There Was a Lady Lived in the West (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (4.29)
- The Farmer’s Cursed Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (4.00)
- Wallaby / Harry’s Flowers (4.54)
- The Bonny Miller / Strike a Bell (4.56)
- The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (6.24)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Henry Purcell;
Track 3 words trad., music Hannah James;
Track 4b Sam Sweeney;
Track 6a Colin Cotter;
Track 9 Hannah James
> Folk Music > Records > Tuulikki Bartosik & Hannah James: Chatterbox
Tuulikki Bartosik & Hannah James: Chatterbox
Chatterbox RootBeat Records RBRCD25 (CD, UK, 25 May 2015) |
Produced by Tuulikki Bartosik & Hannah James and Dylan Fowler;
Recorded and mixed by Dylan Fowler;
Mastered by Minerva Pappi;
Artwork by Krööt Kukkur (Coucou)
Musicians
Hannah James: accordion, vocals, Welsh drum;
Tuulikki Bartosik: free-bass accordion, vocals, metallophone
with
Dylan Fowler: guitar, Welsh drum
Tracks
- Mias Polska (3.35)
- Cave—Calm (1.07)
- Lonesome Woods (Roud 3461) (3.47)
- Josefins vaggvisa (5.08)
- Polska från Väster-Dalarna / Grue kirke brenner (4.29)
- Cave—Walk of the Naughty Accordions (2.32)
- Karelian (5.29)
- Cave—Pentatonic (3.43)
- Ellin polkka (3.10)
- Cave—Playful (2.17)
- Leksands brudmarsch (3.30)
- Johanna valss (5.14)
Track 1-2, 6, 8, 10 Hannah James, Tuulikki Bartosik;
track 3 trad.;
Tracks 4, 12 Tuulikki Bartosik;
track 5 trad. Sweden;
tracks 7, 9, 11 trad. Finland
All tracks arr. Hannah James, Tuulikki Bartosik except
Tracks 3, 9, 12 arr. Hannah James, Tuulikki Bartosik, Dylan Fowler
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James: JigDoll
Hannah James: JigDoll
JigDoll RootBeat Records RBRCD30 (CD, UK, 2 September 2016) |
Produced by Hannah James and Dylan Fowler;
Recorded by Dylan Fowler;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Minerva Pappi at Chartmakers;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Artwork by Alan James at Oakleaf Graphics
On the DVD, Hannah James performs her JigDoll solo show at Barnard Castle.
Musicians
Hannah James: vocals, accordion, clogs, percussion
Tracks
- First Lullaby (3.06)
- Woodsman (2.53)
- Coppicing Song (3.33)
- Barefoot Waltz (3.18)
- Clog Song (1.27)
- Clog Jig (2.31)
- Tuulikki’s Tune (5.53)
- Yodeling (4.31)
- Refugee Song (1.09)
- Treasures (5.16)
- The Carpenter (5.45)
- Maggie’s March (2.55)
- Karen’s (5.35)
- Last Lullaby (2.51)
All tracks composed, arranged and performed by Hannah James
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James and the JigDoll Ensemble: The Woman and Her Words
Hannah James and the JigDoll Ensemble: The Woman and Her Words
The Woman and Her Words JigDoll Records JDR002 (CD, UK, 4 October 2019) |
Produced by Hannah James and Marti Tärn;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Viktor Szabó at the Budapest Music Centre;
Creation and photography of ‘The Woman’ by Katanari;
Album design by Tim Morris;
Group photo by Lajos Somogyi
Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake
Musicians
Hannah James: accordion, vocals, step dance, foot percussion;
Kate Young (Scotland): fiddle, vocals;
Marti Tärn (Estonia): bass guitar;
András Des (Hungary): percussion
with special guest
Toby Kuhn (France): cello
Tracks
- Canal Song (4.42)
- Dayspring (5.15)
- Dancing Out of Sight (4.01)
- What the Hell Was That? (3.50)
- Will We Dance? (5.28)
- Hush Now (4.27)
- The Woman and Her Words (9.56)
- Meet with Me (2.09)
- Tuulikki’s Tune (5.37)
- Shield’s Time (3.18)
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James & Toby Kuhn: Sleeping Spirals
Hannah James & Toby Kuhn: Sleeping Spirals
Sleeping Spirals JigDoll Records JDR003 (CD, UK, 19 November 2021) |
Produced and edited by Leander Meuris and Toby Kuhn;
Recorded in January and February 2020 at Room13 Studio, Gent (Belgium) by Leander Meuris (YPIA);
Tracks 8-10 recorded in Ocotober 2020 at Matita Home Studio, Kozarišče (Slovenia) by Toby Kuhn;
Mixed by Adam Pietrykowski;
Mastered by Minerva Pappi (Waudio);
Artwork by Peter Gaber;
Design by Alan James;
Photo by Matija Solce, edited by Elly Lucas
Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake
Musicians
Hannah James: accordion, kalimba, vocals, step dance, foot percussion;
Toby Kuhn: cello
Tracks
- In the Gloaming (Roud 18343) (4.37)
- The Giant (4.37)
- The Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (4.37)
- January (4.04)
- Jealousy (3.42)
- The Ragged Woman (4.16)
- Too Far for You to See (3.12)
- Sheila’s Tune (5.13)
- Jezerka (4.35)
- Vine Dance (3.02)
- Under Sea (5.36)
- The Faint and Weary Traveller (3.15)
Tracks 1, 3 trad.;
Tracks 2, 5-7, 9 words Hannah James, music Hannah James, Toby Kuhn;
Tracks 4, 8 words and music Hannah James;
Tracks 10-11 words Hannah James, music Toby Kuhn
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James
Groups and Projects featuring Hannah James
Besides being with Kerfuffle, Lady Maisery, and her former duo with Sam Sweeney (see above), Hannah James played on these albums:
The Demon Barbers, The Adventures of Captain Ward, CD, Demon Barber Sound DBS003, 2010
Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin, 3 for Joy, CD, Park PRK CD123, 2012
Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin, The Collier Lad, DL single, Park, 2014
Various Artists: The Elizabethan Session, CD, Quercus QRCD001, 2014
Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin, Shortwinger, CD, Park PRK CD153, 2017
Claudia Schwab, Attic Mornings, CD, own label, 2017
> Folk Music > Records > Hannah James
Other records with Hannah James
Rosie Doonan: Pot of Gold, CD, Silvertop SRCD03, 2010
Fay Hield: Looking Glass, CD, Topic TSCD573, 2010
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK10, 2010
Des Horsfall's Kuschty Rye: The Good Gentleman's Tonic, CD, Valve VAR CD 001, 2011
Sarah Hayes, Mainspring, CD EP, Night Vad NV001, 2013
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK14, 2013
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK15, 2014
Various Artists: Resound: A Musical Tribute to Alan Surtees, CD, Alan Surtees Trust, 2017
O’Hooley & Tidow: Cloudheads, CD, No Masters NMCD57, 2023