> Folk Music > Records > Jo Freya: Traditional Songs of England
Traditional Songs of England
Traditional Songs of England Saydisc CD-SDL 402 (CD, UK, 1992) |
Recorded at Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, November 1992;
Recorded and produced by Gef Lucena (Saydisc) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings);
Design and front cover photo: Gef Lucena
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals;
Fi Fraser: harmony vocals;
Paul Burgess: violin [some of 4-5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21],
recorders [1, 6, 8-9, 11, 19],
whistle [13];
Flos Headford: violin [some of 1, 4-5, 7, 9-11, 13, 15, 18, 21];
Dave Townsend: concertina [4, 8-9, 11, 15, 21],
accordion [7, 10, 17],
violin [some of 1, 5, 7, 10-11, 13, 18];
Nigel Eaton: hurdy-gurdy [2, 7, 13, 17];
Nick Hooper: guitar [1-2, 5-6, 19];
Kathryn Locke: cello [2, 5, 7, 10-11,13, 18];
The Rose Consort of Viols (Alison Crum, John Bryan, Elizabeth Liddle, Susanna Pell): treble, tenor, bass and great bass viols
[3, 12, 16, 20]
Tracks
- All Things Are Quite Silent (Roud 2532) (2.40)
- As I Set Off to Turkey (Roud 1706; G/D 8:1701) (2.59)
- As Sylvie Was Walking (Roud 170) (5.19)
- General Wolfe (Roud 624) (4.51)
- Though I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593) (3.43)
- A Sailor’s Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (3.23)
- Rounding the Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (3.30)
- Lord Franklin (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (2.56)
- The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.32)
- The Broomfield Wager (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (3.36)
- There Was a Lady All Skin and Bone (Roud 501) (2.27)
- Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (4.13)
- Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man (Roud 210) (2.59)
- Bold William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.51)
- Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.59)
- A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816) (5.27)
- The Carnal and the Crane (Roud 306; Child 55) (2.16)
- The Green Cockade (Roud 191; TYG 2) (3.08)
- Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (1.51)
- The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (3.16)
- Sweet England (Roud 272; G/D 4:831) (2.41)
All tracks trad. arr. Gef Lucena except
Track 14 trad. arr. Jo Freya, Fi Fraser
> Folk Music > Records > Jo Freya and Kathryn Locke: Lush
Jo Freya and Kathryn Locke: Lush
Lush No Masters Co-operative NMCD5 (CD, UK, 1993) |
Produced by Barry Coope, Jim Boyes, Jo Freya, Kathryn Locke;
Recorded by Ray Williams, Jim Boyes at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Tracks 2, 4 recorded by Ralph Jordan;
Photography by Nic Broomhead;
Design by No Masters;
Artwork and layout by Bryan Ledgard, Ledgard Jepson
Musicians
Jo Freya: clarinet, saxophones, whistles, vocals, darabuka;
Kathryn Locke: cello;
Ray Williams: eggs
Tracks
- Yeta (4.32)
- Autumn Leaves / Hoozberg (6.54)
- Fish Frenzy (4.31)
- Baby Can I Hold You (4.11)
- Never Mind the Pollocks (5.11)
- Maids of Coolmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (5.18)
- Nimbus (3.17)
- Drowned in Your Eyes (4.54)
- Special Tea (4.57)
- Sorry / Naylor’s (3.41)
- Rufus (3.28)
- The Weakness in Me (4.10)
- Road Rissole (4.15)
Tracks 1, 2b, 3, 9 Jo Freya, Kathryn Locke;
Track 2a Joseph Kozma, Jacques Prevert, J. Mercier;
Track 4 Tracy Chapman;
Tracks 5, 8, 10a Jo Freya;
Track 6 trad.;
Tracks 7, 10b, 11, 13 Kathryn Locke;
Track 12 Joan Armatrading
> Folk Music > Records > Fi Fraser and Jo Freya: The Fraser Sisters
The Fraser Sisters
The Fraser Sisters No Masters Co-operative NMCD12 (CD, UK, 1998) |
Recorded at Panda Sound Studios, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Produced by John Tams;
Engineered and co-produced by Oliver Knight;
Post production by John Tams, Oliver Knight, Ray Williams;
Photography by Dean Rogers;
Artwork and layout by Bryan Ledgard
Musicians
Fi Fraser: fiddles, hammered dulcimer, clarinet, vocals;
Jo Fraser: saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, whistle, vocals;
Barry Coope: keyboards;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordions;
Ralph Jordan: guitar, bass, bouzouki, concertinas;
Karen Tweed: piano accordion
Tracks
- Garden of Love (3.38)
- The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.50)
- The Rose of Raby / FIM (3.30)
- A Stitch in Time (3.06)
- Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (2.44)
- Man of Passion (3.56)
- Hold Back the Tide (3.19)
- Friday the 12th / Havero Polka / Friday the 13th (3.39)
- Hug You Like a Mountain (4.46)
- Tiennet / Tourdion (3.16)
- The Coldness of Winter (2.15)
- Bird in a Cage (3.44)
- All the Way With You (2.49)
- Jumper Song (2.39)
- Bramble and the Rose (2.42)
- Swedelska (3.40)
Track 1 William Blake / Dave Walters;
Tracks 2, 5, 10b, 12, 14 trad. arr. Freya / Fraser;
Track 3a Dave Shepherd;
Tracks 3b, 6, 8a, 11, 16 Jo Freya;
Track 4 Mike Waterson;
Track 7 John Tams;
Track 8b trad. arr. Fi Fraser;
Track 8c Fi Fraser;
Track 9 Rory McLeod;
Track 10a Patrick Bouffard;
Track 13 Gary Nicholson / John Prine;
Track 15 Barbara Keith
> Folk Music > Records > Freya Federation
Freya Federation
Freya Federation Well-g Records WELL-GCD001 (CD, UK, 2000) |
Produced by Jo Freya and Dave Sturt;
Recorded at Bandwagon Studios by Marp Allsop and Daniel Hardy;
Mastered at Serendipity Studio with Chris Thorpe;
Designed by Bayliss Printing Company;
Front cover and insert photos by Dean Rogers;
Freya Federation photo by Bob Meyrick
Musicians
Jo Freya: tenor and soprano saxophones, lead vocals;
Dave Sturt: fretless bass;
Kathryn Locke: cello;
Mohinder Singh: tabla;
Chris Conway: keyboard, guitar, whistles,
vocals [2, 4];
Mat Anderson: acoustic guitar,
vocals [1, 3, 5]
Tracks
- Lizianthus (3.38)
- Bath Time (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.50)
- Celebration Song – Ode to Lal Waterson (3.30)
- Swedish Limp (3.06)
- Lizzy Ambi-mix (2.44)
All tracks written by Jo Freya except
Track 2 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight
> Folk Music > Records > The Fraser Sisters: Going Around
The Fraser Sisters: Going Around
Going Around No Masters Co-operative NMCD19 (CD, UK, 2001) |
Recorded at Panda Sound Studios, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Produced by John Tams;
Engineer and co-produced by Oliver Knight;
Post production by John Tams, Oliver Knight;
Photography by Dean Rogers;
Artwork and layout by Bryan Ledgard;
Sleeve notes by Fi Fraser
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals, whistles, soprano / alto / tenor saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet;
Fi Fraser: vocals, fiddles, electric fiddles, clarinet, hammered dulcimer, percussion;
Ralph Jordan: guitar, bouzouki, concertina;
Dave Sturt: fretless bass, acoustic bass;
Al Day: percussion;
Oliver Knight: electric guitar
Tracks
- Going to Leave This Country (Roud 18442) (4.45)
- Sansonnette / Coridinio (4.32)
- Summer Fly (3.17)
- Half in Love With You (3.31)
- The Watercress Girl (Roud 1541) (3.44)
- A Sault the Groom (3.36)
- Yorkshire Romance (3.32)
- The Seamstress (4.03)
- Laughing in Her Sleep / Grinding Her Teeth (3.40)
- The Briar and the Rose (3.50)
- La Fontaine / Time Will End (4.39)
- Monday Morning (2.57)
Tracks 1, 2b, 5, 8 trad.;
Track 2a Dominic Forge;
Track 3 Cheryl Wheeler;
Track 4 Sam Gendersser;
Tracks 6, 9b, 11a Jo Freya;
Track 7 J.C. Rowe;
Track 9a Oliver Schroer;
Track 10 Tom Waits;
Track 11b Jeremiah McLaine;
Track 12 Cyril Tawney
> Folk Music > Records > Jo Freya: Female Smuggler
Female Smuggler
Female Smuggler No Masters Co-operative NMCD29 (CD, UK, September 2008) |
Recorded in Armely, Leeds, March-May 2008;
Engineered by Neil Ferguson;
Produced by Jo Freya and Neil Ferguson;
Photography by Casey Orr;
Design by Boff Whalley
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals [1-2, 4-13],
tenor saxophone [1],
soprano saxophone [3, 5-6, 8],
piano [8, 12],
bass clarinet [8, 12],
clarinet [12],
low ‘D’ whistle [9, 12];
Jude Abbott: vocals [2, 4-8, 13],
flugelhorn [1, 11],
trumpet [3, 8, 13];
Hélène Brunet: Portuguese guitar [1-3, 8];
Harry Hamer: tablas [1, 3],
shrooty box [1],
cajon [2, 5, 7-8, 13],
percussion [7],
cymbals [10];
Neil Ferguson: vocals [4, 6],
acoustic guitar [2],
guitar [5, 7, 11, 13],
bass guitar [2, 5, 7, 13],
keyboards [1-2, 7],
piano [4]
Tracks
- Female Smuggler (Roud 1200) (4.38)
- Different Shades of Meaning (3.35)
- Lynedoch Place / Pardon Kolloreg (3.00)
- Roses (4.20)
- A Thief Can Too (3.22)
- Chasing Water (4.28)
- Marvellous Companion (4.52)
- Bois Tortu / Gavotte Montagne (5.25)
- Little ‘o’ (2.50)
- Edwin in the Lowlands Low (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) (5.53)
- Josephine Butler (3.22)
- Claire Connor’s Lament / Dairy Diary (3.51)
- Oh America (3.54)
All tracks Jo Freya except
Track 1 words trad. / Jo Freya, tune Jo Freya;
Tracks 3b, 8, 10 trad. arr. Jo Freya;
Track 4 words Jo Freya, tune Barry Coope;
Track 7 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight;
Track 13 words Jo Freya, tune Claire Sadler
> Folk Music > Records > Maalstroom & Jo Freya: Meet
Maalstroom & Jo Freya: Meet
Meet No Masters Co-operative NMCD36 (CD, UK, 2010) |
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Philip Masure;
Photography by Ineke Oostveen;
Cover photo by Michel Duijves;
Design by Herman Rienstra
Musicians
Jo Freya: saxophones, clarinet, whistle, vocals;
Job Cornelissen: bodhrán, cajon, shakers, riqq, vocals;
Michel Duijves: clarinets, bass clarinet;
Paul Pallesen: guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals;
Gilles Rullmann: 5-string violin, vocals
Tracks
- Musicport: Madelief’s Reel / Musicport / North Sea Polka (4.27)
- Rattling Roof Tiles: Rattling Roof Tiles / Pardon Kolloreg / Lynedoch Place / Fire in the Haystack (6.20)
- Everybody Has a Tale (5.27)
- Thyroid Jig (4.28)
- Waltzing up the Stairs: Crazy Bub’s Waltz / Tralala Valsen / The Dream Waltz / Eastern Breeze through the Attic (5.11)
- Green Grow the Rushes Oh (5.12)
- Song for Leon: Song for Leon / Wildebras / 5 Pounds and 100 Decibels (6.21)
- No Better Friends: No Better Friends / I’ll Have a Nimpie (4.00)
- Braw Sailing (Roud 5537; G/D 6:1217) (3.49)
- Gorges du Dailley (8.13)
- Closing of the Day (4.31)
Tracks 1, 4, 10 Gilles Rullmann;
Tracks 2a, 5ad, 7 Michel Duijves;
Track 2b, 9 trad. arr. Maalstroom & Jo Freya;
Track 2c, 8b Jo Freya;
Track 2d Paul Pallesen;
Track 3 words Job Cornelissen, Jo Freya; music S. O’Riada, A. Macdonald;
Track 5b Ola Bäckström;
Track 5c C. Stapleton;
Track 6 Robert Burns arr. Maalstroom & Jo Freya;
Track 8a Karen Tweed;
Track 11 words Tim van Eyken, Jo Freya; music S. Pirt
> Folk Music > Records > Freya Abbott Ferguson: Get Well Soon
Freya Abbott Ferguson: Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon No Masters Co-operative NMCD37 (CD, UK, March 2011) |
Recorded and mixed in autumn/winter 2010 at Hilltop Studio, Leeds;
Produced by Freya Abbott Ferguson;
Engineered by Neil Ferguson;
Additional recording by Keith Angel at Wavelength Studios;
Photography by Phil Moody;
Design by Jude Abbott
Musicians
Jo Freya, Jude Abbott, Neil Ferguson, Harry Hamer, Andy Cutting, and Belen de Benito
Tracks
- Real Men Can Wear Pink (3.51)
- The Piper’s Path (3.16)
- Betsy Walton (3.00)
- Bold William Brigg (1.52)
- Old Community (4.16)
- Mirrors (3.20)
- Cornwall (3.35)
- Glass House Mazurka (3.28)
- Entre le Boeuf / Food & Donkeys (2.29)
- Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.31)
- Dear God (3.57)
- My Life With Margarita (3.10)
- San Fran (3.01)
Track 1 Boff Whalley;
Track 2 Lal Waterson, Christine Collins;
Tracks 3-4, 6-8, 9b, 13 Jo Freya;
Track 5 Ray Hearne;
Tracks 9a, 10 trad. arr. Jo Freya;
Track 11 Andy Partridge;
Track 12 Belen de Benito;
> Folk Music > Records > Moirai: Sideways
Moirai: Sideways
Sideways WildGoose Studios WGS410CD (CD, UK, 13 April 2015) |
Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Photography and artwork by Melanie Biggs
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals, saxophones, clarinets, whistles;
Melanie Biggs: vocals, melodeon, flute;
Sarah Matthews: vocals, violin, viola, guitar
Tracks
- Chassepain / Baudimic (3.57)
- Twiddles (5.06)
- Kusnacht / La Chapka (5.25)
- Sideways (2.53)
- Half Maid / Italian Mix (6.24)
- Peter’s Pub / Pull Me Another Pint (4.12)
- Magpie Sitting on a Broken Chair (3.24)
- Ufton Court Schottische / All Saints (5.41)
- Garden of Love (4.15)
- Muriel’s Waltz / Cellar Door Key (5.12)
- Bed and Breakfast (4.19)
- Poppy’s Reel / A Laxity of Morals (4.10)
- Candlelight (4.01)
Tracks 1ab Gilles Chabenat;
Track 2 Janie Meneely;
Track 3a Johnny McCarthy;
Track 3b Le Gop;
Tracks 4, 5ab Jo Freya;
Tracks 6ab, 8a Melanie Biggs;
Track 7 Simon Mayor;
Tracks 8b, 13 Sarah Matthews;
Track 9 poem by William Blake, music Dave Walters;
Track 10a Brian Pickell;
Track 10b Stewart Hardy;
Track 11 words Jo Freya, music Sarah Matthews;
Track 12a Nick Pound;
Track 12b Jan Lucas
> Folk Music > Records > Moirai: Here & Now
Moirai: Here & Now
Here & Now WildGoose Studios WGS421CD (CD, UK, 6 June 2017) |
Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Artwork by Melanie Biggs
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals, saxophones, clarinets, whistles;
Melanie Biggs: vocals, melodeon;
Sarah Matthews: vocals, violin, viola, tenor guitar
Tracks
- Dust If You Must (3.37)
- The Black and the Grey / The Green Ship (5.19)
- Rolanda’s Grandmother (4.28)
- Doffin Mistress (Roud 2133) (2.42)
- Muna and Mimi / Steve Fisher’s Lament (5.05)
- Here and Now (4.18)
- The Bedmaking (Roud 1631) (4.44)
- The Bellamont Sisters (5.31)
- Brexit Biscuits / Calarem, Calarem Pas (4.00)
- The Hare (5.23)
Track 1 lyrics anon. / Sarah Matthews / Jo Freya;
Tracks 2ab, 4, 7, 9b trad.;
Track 3 Jo Freya / trad.;
Tracks 5a, 10 Jo Freya;
Tracks 5b, 9a Melanie Biggs;
Track 8 Sarah Matthews;
Track 6 Daz Barker
> Folk Music > Records > Moirai: Framed: The Alice Wheeldon Story
Moirai: Framed: The Alice Wheeldon Story
Framed: The Alice Wheeldon Story WildGoose Studios WGS433CD (CD, UK, 8 November 2019) |
Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios in May-July 2019;
Artwork, design and photography by Melanie Biggs
Musicians
Jo Freya: vocals, saxophones, clarinets, whistles, bicycle bell;
Melanie Biggs: vocals, melodeon, cow toy;
Sarah Matthews: vocals, fiddle, octave fiddle,
bodhrán [1]
Tracks
- Prologue (2.05)
- I Didnt Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (3.19)
- Bottom Up! (3.14)
- My Door Is Always Open (4.17)
- Alice (3.27)
- Proper Gander (3.10)
- DORA Is Here for You (4.05)
- Perfect Puppet (Part 1) (3.33)
- Pulled Strings (1.01)
- Poison Plot (2.37)
- Court Room Scene (3.56)
- Twisted Round (2.13)
- Letter from Hettie to Aunt Lid (3.25)
- Perfect Puppet (Part 2) (3.12)
- Win to Hett (3.36)
- Alice the Soldier (0.56)
- What Am I Here For? (3.13)
- Round Up (2.48)
- Hetties Now With Mam (3.39)
- Ivy and Tulips (3.54)
Tracks 1, 4-5, 7, 13 Sarah Matthews;
Track 2 original verse and chorus lyrics Alfred Bryan, original melody Al Piantadosi, additional overlapping verses and melodies Jo Freya;
Tracks 3, 9, 11-12, 18-19 Jo Freya;
Track 6 words Moirai, verse tune based on chorus of Oh That Gorgonzola Cheese by Harry Champion, additional chorus Moirai;
Track 8 words Melanie Biggs, Sarah Matthews, music Sarah Matthews;
Track 10 words Jo Freya, music Sarah Matthews;
Track 14 words Melanie Biggs, Sarah Matthews, music Melanie Biggs;
Track 15 Melanie Biggs;
Track 16 Sarah Matthews, inspired by I Didnt Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier , Alfred Bryan, Al Piantadosi;
Track 17 Melanie Biggs, Sarah Matthews;
Track 20 words Sarah Matthews, music Melanie Biggs
> Folk Music > Records > Jo Freya
Other records with Jo Freya
See also the other bands that Jo Freya is part of: Blowzabella, Freyja, The Old Swan Band, Scarp, Tanteeka and Token Women.
Various Artists: No Masters Voice, CD, No Masters NMVCD4, 1994
Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight: Once in a Blue Moon, CD, Topic TSCD478, 1996
Keith Kendrick: Home Ground, CD, Fellside FECD118, 1997
Coope Boyes & Simpson: A Garland of Carols, CD, No Masters NMCD13, 1998
Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight: A Bed of Roses, CD, Topic TSCD505, 1999
Various Artists: The Folk Collection, 2 CD, Topic TSCD707/8, 1999
Ray Hearne: Broad Street Ballads, CD, No Masters NMCD17, 2001
Various Artists: The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Coope Boyes & Simpson: Twenty-Four Seven, CD, No Masters NMCD20, 2002
Oliver Knight: Mysterious Day, CD, Topic TSCD528, 2002
Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya, Georgina Boyes: Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, CD, No Masters NMCD21, 2003
Coope Boyes & Simpson: Triple Echo: Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth and Percy Grainger, CD, No Masters NMCD22, 2005
Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya, Georgina Boyes: Voices at the Door, CD, No Masters NMCD25, 2006
Jo Freya's Lal Waterson Project: Lal, CD, No Masters NMCD27, 2007
Michael Morpurgo, Coope Boyes & Simpson: On Angel Wings, CD, No Masters NMCD30, 2007
Pete Morton: Casa Abierta, CD, Further 002, 2008
Ray Hearne: The Wrong Sunshine, CD, No Masters NMCD31, 2009
Chumbawamba: AHCDEFG, CD, No Masters NMCD33, 2010
Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya, Georgina Boyes: Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, CD w/ bonus tracks, No Masters NMCD38, 2011
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: The Days That Shaped Me, CD, One Little Indian TPLP1087CD, 2011
Coope, Simpson, Fraser & Freya: Hark Hark, CD, No Masters NMCD43, 2014
Narthen: Narthen, CD, No Masters NMCD52, 2018
Kathryn Locke with Chodompa Music: La, CD, Kathryn Locke KLCD001/CHODOMPA1, 2021
Kathryn Locke: Sin, DL, Kathryn Locke KLCD002, 2021
Jim Causley: Devonia, CD, Hrōc HROC06, 2021
Narthen: Now, CD, No Masters NMCD58, 2023