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Janet Russell & Christine Kydd

Janet Russell & Christine Kydd (Greentrax CDTRAX011)

Janet Russell & Christine Kydd
Janet Russell & Christine Kydd

Greentrax Recordings TRAX011 (LP, UK, 1987)
Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX011 (CD, UK, 1994)

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Produced by Peter Haigh with Janet Russell and Christine Kydd;
Recorded and mixed at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh, by Peter Haigh;
Photography by Norman Chalmers;
Artwork by John Haxby, Art Surgery

Musicians

Janet Russell: vocals, guitar;
Christine Kydd: vocals, guitar;
with
Jim Sutherland: percussion [6];
Ron Shaw: cello [7b];
Norman Chalmers: concertina [12a]

Tracks

  1. Buy Broom Besoms (Roud 910) (2.13)
  2. Dainty Davie (Roud 2387) (4.07)
  3. Up wi’ the Carls o’ Dysart / The Deil’s Awa wi’ the Exciseman (Roud 16787) (1.52)
  4. Deja Mal Mariée (3.40)
  5. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (3.28)
  6. Children of Africa (2.22)
  7. My Donal / Ode to Big Blue (5.50)
  8. Tae the Weavers (3.14)
  9. Old & Strong / The Mountain Song (2.21)
  10. Do You Love an Apple? (Roud 654; TYG 33) (2.44)
  11. Last Carol (2.42)
  12. Stand Up, Fight for Your Rights / Everyone ’Neath a Vine & Fig Tree (1.46)

Tracks 1-2, 10 trad. arr. Janet Russell, Christine Kydd;
Track 3, 8 Robert Burns;
Tracks 4-5, 12 origin unknown arr. Janet Russell, Christine Kydd;
Track 7a Owen Hand;
Track 7b Gordon Lightfoot;
Track 9a Littlebear Morena;
Track 9b Holly Near;
Track 11 Nancy Nicolson

> Folk Music > Records > Janet Russell: Gathering the Fragments

Janet Russell: Gathering the Fragments

Janet Russell: Gathering the Fragments (Harbourtown HARC 003)

Gathering the Fragments
Janet Russell

Harbourtown Records HAR/HARC 003 (LP/cassette, UK, 1988)
Harbourtown Records HARCD 003 (CD, UK, 2005)

Janet Russell: Gathering the Fragments (Harbourtown HARCD 003)
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Recorded and mixed at Pier House Studios, Granton Square, Edinburgh;
Produced by Peter Haigh, Janet Russell and Jim Woodland;
Photography and design Jini Rawlings

Musicians

Janet Russell: vocals [1-12], guitar [1-10, 12];
with
Mary Macmaster: electro harp [1];
Nick Keir: whistle [2];
Paul Stevens: fiddle [3-4];
Jack Evans: bass guitar [4, 9];
Tom McConville: fiddle [5-6, 9];
Sally Barker: backing vocals [6], keyboards [9]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Old Woman Is Watching (2.30)
  2. The Children Are Running (4.13)
  3. The Blude Red Rose (3.50)
  4. The Band of Shearers / The Musical Priest / The Wind That Shakes the Barley (3.50)
  5. The Hills of Artmorn (3.10)
  6. All the Tunes in the World (3.20)

Side 2

  1. The Secretary’s Song (3.53)
  2. Sanctuary (4.38)
  3. Fast Bright Nights (4.02)
  4. Choices (3.22)
  5. Land o’ the Leal (Roud 8999) (3.36)
  6. Curtain Call (3.36)

Track 1 Anne Cameron, Mary Troup;
Track 2 Nick Keir;
Track 3 Robert Burns;
Track 4 trad.;
Track 5 Roy Williamson;
Track 6 Ewan McVicar;
Tracks 7, 9-10, 12 Janet Russell;
Track 8 Jim Woodland;
Track 10 Lady Nairne

> Folk Music > Records > Janet Russell: Bright Shining Morning?

Janet Russell: Bright Shining Morning?

Janet Russell: Bright Shining Morning? (Harbourtown HARCD 026)

Bright Shining Morning?
Janet Russell

Harbourtown Records HARC/HARCD 026 (cassette/CD, UK, 1993)

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Recorded and mixed at Pier House Studios, Granton Square, Edinburgh;
Produced by Peter Haigh, Janet Russell and Jim Woodland;
Photography and design Jini Rawlings

Musicians

Janet Russell: vocals, guitar;
Mary Macmaster: clarsach, electro harp;
Tom McConville: fiddle;
Sara Grey: vocals;
Lynda Hardcastle, Maggie Boyle, Helen Hockenhull, Alan Rose, Tim Moon, Jim Ellison: vocals [1, 14]

Tracks

  1. Bright Shining Morning? (3.17)
  2. Ettrick (3.32)
  3. Childminder’s Song (2.24)
  4. Can’t Hug You (3.44)
  5. Fly Away (4.20)
  6. Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960; Child 16) (5.25)
  7. Gartan Mother’s Lullaby (4.47)
  8. Mouth Music (2.22)
  9. Jeannie Jenkins (2.21)
  10. Song for a Seafarer (4.15)
  11. Soweto (4.20)
  12. Accidents (2.10)
  13. Bury My Heart (3.22)
  14. St. Peter’s Fields (3.22)
  15. I Know Love (5.22)
  16. The Bluebell Polka (1.23)

Tracks 1, 4 Janet Russell, Jim Woodland;
Track 2 poem by Lady John Scott, tune Archie Fisher;
Track 3 Janet Russell;
Tracks 5, 10 Jan Harmon;
Tracks 6, 8-9 trad. arr. Janet Russell;
Track 7 words Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell), music trad. arr. Janet Russell, Ianto Thornber;
Track 11 Eileen Penman;
Tracks 12-15 Jim Woodland;
Track 16 Jimmy Shand

> Folk Music > Records > Janet Russell & Christine Kydd: Dancin’ Chantin’

Janet Russell & Christine Kydd: Dancin’ Chantin’

Janet Russell & Christine Kydd: Dancin’ Chantin’ (Greentrax CDTRAX077)

Dancin’ Chantin’
Janet Russell & Christine Kydd

Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX077 (CD, UK, 1994)

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Produced by Jack Evans;
Recorded at CaVa East Studios, Edinburgh, by Nik Kinloch;
Cover illustration by John Gibb;
Design by John Haxby, Art Surgery

Musicians

Janet Russell: vocals, guitar;
Christine Kydd: vocals, guitar;
with
James Mackintosh: bongos and kashishi [6];
Michel Byrne: additional vocals [4];
Jim Sutherland: bodhrán [1, 14];
Mairi Campbell: stepping [2], viola [3, 9];
Jack Evans: Ashbory bass [3, 9, 11, 13], Overton whistle [13]

Tracks

  1. Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie (Roud 6192; G/D 4:776) (2.12)
  2. The Fisherman’s Wife (2.20)
  3. Logan Water (Roud 6842; G/D 6:1123) (3.36)
  4. Les Filles des Forges / Faca sibh Mairi nighean Alastair / Up & Awa’ wi’ the Laverock (3.53)
  5. Duncan Gray (Roud 8688) (2.22)
  6. Lady Mary Anne (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) / Reel o’ Stumpie, O (Roud 7252; G/D 7:1398) / Tail Toddle (Roud 11275; G/D 8:1716) (2.47)
  7. The Terror Time (4.29)
  8. Strathmartine Braes (Roud 6258) (1.23)
  9. Clerk Saunders (Roud 3855; Child 69) (4.57)
  10. La Caille (2.36)
  11. Pride’s Awa’ (4.04)
  12. The Bluebell Polka (1.19)
  13. The Parting Glass (Roud 1801; G/D 8:1516) (3.35)
  14. Jock Since Ever / Macaphee (Roud 20741) / Ho Ho Bonny Lass (2.28)

All tracks trad. arr. Janet Russell, Christine Kydd except
Tracks 3, 5 Robert Burns;
Track 4c Andy Hunter;
Track 7 Ewan MacColl;
Track 8 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 11 Davie Robertson;
Track 12 F. Stanley, Paddy Roberts;

> Folk Music > Records > Janet Russell: Love Songs and Fighting Talk

Janet Russell: Love Songs and Fighting Talk

Janet Russell: Love Songs and Fighting Talk (Harbourtown HARCD 052)

Love Songs and Fighting Talk
Janet Russell

Harbourtown Records HARC/HARCD 052 (CD, UK, 2008)

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Recorded at Shireshead Studio, Lancaster, by Tony Bonner;
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Photographs by Lizzie Coombes;
Design by Joe Pieczenko

Musicians

Janet Russell: vocals, guitar;
Najam Jawed: tabla [2, 10, 14];
Steve Tilston: guitar [6];
Tom McConville: fiddle [7];
Gill Redmond: cello [14]

Tracks

  1. Pretty Polly (Roud 268; Laws N7; G/D 1:171, 1:172) (3.39)
  2. Eppie Morrie (Roud 2583; Child 223) (4.00)
  3. The Creole Girl’s Lament (3.20)
  4. Steely Water / Donal Óg (Roud 3379) (6.33)
  5. Waxie’s Dargle (2.14)
  6. Mary Ambree (Roud V41815) (3.05)
  7. Sodger’s Cairn (5.41)
  8. Matt Hyland (Roud 2880) (6.54)
  9. Collier Laddie (Roud 3787; G/D 5:991) (2.50)
  10. Banks of Sweet Dundee (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224) (4.33)
  11. My Laddie Sits (Roud 3181) / Maire Nighean Alastair / Gie My Love Brose (Roud 8552, 12585) (1.53)
  12. The Pigeon and the Sparra (2.21)
  13. Waly Waly up the Bank (Roud 87; Child 204) (3.30)
  14. Wexford Lullaby (5.03)
  15. Willie Brewed a Peck o’ Maut (Roud V5060) / Barren Rocks of Aden / Swing Yer Maw (3.03)

Tracks 1-2, 13 trad. Scots;
Tracks 3, 12 words Janet Russell, tune trad.;
Track 4a Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 4b, 8 trad. Irish;
Track 5 trad.;
Tracks 6, 10 trad. English;
Track 7 poem by Mary Symon, tune Janet Russell;
Track 9 trad. Scots / Robert Burns;
Track 11a trad. N.E. England;
Track 11b trad. Scots Gaelic;
Track 11c, 15a Robert Burns;
Track 14 trad. / John Renbourn;
Track 15c Glasgow Music Hall song

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The Stones of Callanish (Mrs Ackroyd DOG 005/6) Various Artists: The Stones of Callanish, 2 LP/CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 005/6, 1989

Music & Song of Scotland (Greentrax CDGMP8017) Various Artists: Music & Song of Scotland, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX030, 1989; CD, Greentrax CDGMP8017, 2021

Sisters Unlimited: No Limits (Harboourtown HARCD 013) Sisters Unlimited: No Limits, CD, Harbourtown HARCD 013, 1991

Various Artists: Undefeated (Fuse M100) Various Artists: Undefeated, 2 cassettes, Fuse M100, 1993

Sisters Unlimited: No Bed of Roses (Fellside FECD104) Sisters Unlimited: No Bed of Roses, CD, Fellside FECD104, 1995

The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 1 (Linn CKD 047) Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 1, CD, Linn CKD 047, 1996

The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 2 (Linn CKD 052) Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 2, CD, Linn CKD 052, 1996

Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers (Fellside FECD131) Various Artists: Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers, CD, Fellside FECD131, 1998

The Wings of Butterflies: Songs by Les Barker (Mrs Ackroyd DOG 013) Various Artists: The Wings of Butterflies: Songs by Les Barker, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 013, 1999

Chumbawamba: Readymades (Mutt CD001) Chumbawamba: Readymades, CD, Mutt CD001, 2002

Leon Rosselson: The Last Chance (Fuse CFCD 008, 2010) Leon Rosselson: The Last Chance, CD, Fuse CFCD008, 2002

The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 10 (Linn CKD 199) Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 10, CD, Linn CKD 199, 2002

The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 11 (Linn CKD 200) Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 11, 2 CD, Linn CKD 200, 2002

The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 12 (Linn CKD 201) Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 12, CD, Linn CKD 201, 2002

Leon Rosselson: And They All Sang RosselSonGs (Fuse CFCD012) Various Artists: And They All Sang RosselSonGs, CD, Fuse CFCD012, 2005

Women Folk (Fellside FECS2) Various Artists: Women Folk, CD, Fellside FECS2, 2005

Landmarks (Fellside FECD203) Various Artists: Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006

People and Songs of the Sea (Greentrax CDTRAX338) Various Artists: People and Songs of the Sea, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX338, 2009

Leon Rosselson: The World Turned Upside Down (Fuse CFCD077) Leon Rosselson: The World Turned Upside Down, 4 CD, PM Press PMA 014-2 / Fuse CFCD077, 2011

Sisters Unlimited: No Change of Heart (SISU003) Sisters Unlimited: No Change of Heart, CD, SISU 003, 2013

The Journey Continues (Fellside FECD272) Various Artists: The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40, 3 CD, Fellside FECD272, 2016