> Folk Music > Records > Megson: On the Side
Megson: On the Side
On the Side EDJ Records EDJ011 (CD, UK, 27 June 2005) |
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Photography by Jocelyn Bain-Hogg;
Artwork by Mandi Smith for Electric Advertising Ltd
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, bouzouki, es1, evb3
Tracks
- Rose on the Stem (3.09)
- Grace Darling (Roud 1441) (4.41)
- The Loom (Y Gwydd) (3.55)
- Freefall (3.35)
- Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (2.59)
- Butternut Hill (Roud 911) (3.06)
- Sandy Dawe (Roud 19103) (2.46)
- Oak and Ash (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058) (3.43)
- Just Stay (4.33)
- More Than Me (4.13)
- Last Rose of Summer (Roud 13861) (3.42)
Tracks 1, 4, 9-10 Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Tracks 2, 8 words trad., music Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Tracks 3, 5-7 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 11 words Thomas Moore, arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Megson
Megson: Megson
Megson EDJ Records EDJ012 (CD, UK, 30 October 2006) |
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Additional production on tracks 1-2 by Pete Woodroffe and Sean Lakeman;
Artwork by roughe
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, bouzouki, es1, evb3
with
Iain Goodall: cajon [2];
Ben Nicholls: bass [1]
Tracks
- Follow It On (3.44)
- Smoke of Home (3.16)
- Just As the Tide (Roud 1105) (4.30)
- Just Stay ((live) (5.04)
- Grace Darling (Roud 1441) (4.41)
Tracks 1-2, 4 Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 3 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 5 words trad., music Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
Tracks 1-3 are from the album
Smoke of Home;
Tracks 5 and 4 (original version) are from
On the Side
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Smoke of Home
Megson: Smoke of Home
Smoke of Home EDJ Records EDJ013 (CD, UK, 2 July 2007) |
Produced by Sean Lakeman;
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Additional production by Pete Woodroffe and Sean Lakeman;
Photography by Debbie Palmer and Graham Drury;
Design and artwork by Remi/Rough
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, mandolin, fiddle;
Iain Goodall: drums, cajon;
Ben Nicholls: bass
Tracks
- Smoke of Home (3.14)
- Lambkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (4.14)
- Follow It On (3.45)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.02)
- Sammy’s Ghost (4.07)
- Just As the Tide (Roud 1105) (4.28)
- I Lied (2.56)
- Humanlands (4.18)
- Durham Gaol (Roud 822) (3.58)
- Flood Water (4.24)
- Name of the Rose (3.08)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (4.39)
All tracks written by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer except
Tracks 6, 12 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 9 Tommy Armstrong arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Take Yourself a Wife
Megson: Take Yourself a Wife
Take Yourself a Wife EDJ Records EDJ015 (CD, UK, 29 September 2008) |
Produced, arranged and performed by Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna-Palmer
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, concertina;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, mandolin, guitar, bass, fiddles
Tracks
- O Mary Will You Go (5.02)
- Little Joe (5.32)
- Take Yourself a Wife (3.02)
- The Pitman’s Happy Times (Roud 3172) (4.28)
- Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (4.27)
- The Oakey Strike Evictions (Roud V35760) (3.32)
- Jane Jamieson’s Ghost (5.00)
- The New Fish Market (4.11)
- Sandgate Lassie’s Lament (Roud 3170) (4.49)
Track 1 Richard Watson (1833-1891);
Track 2 Joe Wilson (1841-1875);
Track 3 Mrs G.M. Tweddell (1824-1899);
Track 4 James Robson (unknown);
Track 5 Thomas Raine (unknown);
Track 6 Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919);
Track 7 Robert Emery (1794-1871);
Track 8 William Mitford (1788-1851);
Track 9 Henry Robson (c.1755-1850)
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: The Longshot
Megson: The Longshot
The Longshot EDJ Records EDJ016 (CD, UK, 7 June 2010) |
Produced by Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Recorded at Rock Road Studios, Royston, and Studio Mooh, Melbourn, in 2009 and 2010;
Photography by Graham Drury;
Art direction and design by Gerard Saint and Valerio Oliveri at Big Active;
Silkscreens by Kate Gibb at Big Active
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, accordion, baby accordion, shruti box;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, mandolin, guitar, bass, piano
Tracks
- Two Match Lads (4.14)
- The Cabman (4.03)
- Working Life Out (3.46)
- The Longshot (5.09)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (4.00)
- The Handloom Weaver and the Factory Maid (Roud 17771) (3.58)
- Time to Get Up (4.37)
- The Last Man in the Factory (4.31)
- Working Town (2.18)
- William Brown (5.05)
- California (4.30)
Track 1 lyrics Mrs G.M. Tweddell (1824-1899), music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 2 lyrics George Ridley (1835-1864), music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 3, 5-6, 10 lyrics trad., music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 4, 8-9, 11 Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 7 lyrics Joe Wilson (1841-1875), music Stu & Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: When I Was a Lad…
Megson: When I Was a Lad…
When I Was a Lad… EDJ Records EDJ017 (CD, UK, 3 September 2012) |
Produced by Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Recorded at Chalk Hill Music Studio, Cambridgeshire;
Photography and artwork by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, accordion, shruti box;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandola, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass, banjo
with
Ollie King: melodeon
Tracks
- Bee-O (2.46)
- All the Shops Have Fallen Down (3.36)
- Jenny Jenkins (Roud 731) (2.59)
- Oats and Beans and Barley Grow (Roud 1380) (2.32)
- The Riddle Song (Roud 330) (3.57)
- My Fathers Farm (3.24)
- Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562) (4.12)
- Baby and the Band (4.17)
- The Leatherwing Bat (Roud 747) (4.01)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (3.58)
- Five Little Ducks (2.05)
Track 1, 3-6, 9-11 trad.;
Tracks 2, 8 Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 7 based on the original by W. Watson
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Live
Megson: Live
Live EDJ Records EDJ018 (CD, UK, 16 September 2013) |
Recorded live at Hitchin Folk Club, Hertfordshire, in November 2012;
Artwork by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, tenor banjo
Tracks
- Working Town (2.43)
- Follow It On (4.26)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.10)
- The Longshot (5.47)
- Working Life Out (3.33)
- Smoke of Home (3.27)
- Little Joe (4.35)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (5.11)
- Baby and the Band (4.23)
- Jenny Jenkins (Roud 731) (3.14)
- Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (3.27)
- The Riddle Song (Roud 330) (4.04)
- All the Shops Have Fallen Down (3.44)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (3.49)
- Just Stay (4.55)
- Tally-I-O the Grinder (Roud 23140) (5.29)
Tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 13, 15 Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 5, 8, 10-12, 14, 16 trad. arr. Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 7 words Joe Wilson, music Stu & Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: In a Box
Megson: In a Box
In a Box EDJ Records EDJ019 (CD, UK, 12 May 2014) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at home;
Art direction and design by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, guitar, bass, piano, percussion, mandolin
with
Seth Lakeman: fiddle [2];
Jess Morgan: backing vocals [8];
Ben Savage: dobro [1, 5];
Jade Rhiannon: backing vocals [5: 8];
Cliff Ward: fiddle [5]
Tracks
- Clifton Hall Mine (4.19)
- Bet Beesley and Her Wooden Man (4.40)
- Charley the Newsmonger (3.59)
- The River Never Dies (4.38)
- Songs to Soothe a Tired Heart (5.07)
- Old Folks Tea (3.43)
- Dirty Clothes (3.32)
- Still I Love Him (Roud 654; TYG 33) (4.11)
- Moses Carpenter (4.00)
- In a Box (5.55)
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Tracks 1, 8 words trad., music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 2 words J.P. Robson (1808-1870), music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 3 words Thomas Wilson (1773-1858), music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 6 words Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919), music Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Live in the Lounge
Megson: Live in the Lounge
Live in the Lounge EDJ Records EDJ020 (digital download EP, UK, 4 September 2015) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola
Tracks
- The River Never Dies (4.31)
- Still I Love Him
(Roud 654; TYG 33)
(4.46)
both recorded live in Megson’s living room in summer 2015 - Working Town
(2.43)
live at The Hitchin Folk Club, from Live - Just Stay
(5.05)
live, from the 2006 EP Megson
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Track 2 words trad., music Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Good Times Will Come Again
Megson: Good Times Will Come Again
Good Times Will Come Again EDJ Records EDJ021 (CD, UK, 27 May 2016) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at the Megson Garage Studio;
Artwork and graphic design by Wethreeclub;
Original photos of Megson by Rob Bridge for Redwood Photography
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandolin, mandola, banjo, fiddle, guitars
with
John Parker: double bass;
Patrick Duffin: percussion
Tracks
- Generation Rent (3.47)
- A Prayer for Hope (4.40)
- Burn Away (3.39)
- The Bonny Lad (4.04)
- Pushing On (3.45)
- The Bookkeeper (5.32)
- Rap ’er te Bank (4.37)
- Zero (2.30)
- Patterns (4.25)
- Good Times Will Come Again (4.06)
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Track 8 incorporates the tune Sandhill Corner taken from Nrothumbrian Minstrelsy
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Generation Rent
Megson: Generation Rent
Generation Rent EDJ Records EDJ022 (EP, UK, 23 January 2017) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at the Megson Garage Studio
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandola, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitars
with
John Parker: double bass;
Patrick Duffin: percussion
Tracks
- Generation Rent (radio mix) (3.47)
- Morning Mist (4.47)
- The Longshot (live) (5.47)
- Generation Rent
(album version)
(3.47)
from Good Times Will Come Again
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > The Megson Songbook Collection
The Megson Songbook Collection
The Megson Songbook Collection EDJ Records (2 CD, UK, 31 October 2017) |
Tracks 1-19 are the songs featured in The Megson Songbook, tracks 20-24 comprise the deleted EP B&W from 2004.
Tracks
CD 1
- The Bonny Lad (4.07)
- Baby and the Band (4.19)
- The Bookkeeper (5.35)
- Burn Away (3.42)
- Dirty Clothes (3.37)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.04)
- Follow It On (3.48)
- Generation Rent (3.50)
- Little Joe (4.34)
- Just Stay (4.35)
- The Last Man in the Factory (4.34)
- The Longshot (5.08)
CD 2
- Old Folks Tea (3.47)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (4.02)
- Patterns (4.28)
- The River Never Dies (4.43)
- Smoke of Home (3.16)
- Working Town (2.20)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (4.42)
- So Much (3.45)
- Oak and Ash (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058) (3.40)
- Freefall (4.24)
- Butternut Hill (Roud 911) (3.02)
- Just Stay (3.50)
Tracks 1, 3-4, 8, 15 are from Good Times Will Come Again (2016);
Tracks 2 are from When I Was a Lad… (2012);
Tracks 5, 13, 16 are from In a Box (2014);
Tracks 6-7, 17, 19 are from Smoke of Home (2007);
Tracks 9 are from Take Yourself a Wife (2008);
Tracks 10 are from On the Side (2005);
Tracks 11-12, 14, 18 are from The Longshot (2010);
Tracks 20-24 comprise the deleted EP B&W (2004)
> Folk Music > Records > Con-tra-dic-shun
Con-tra-dic-shun
Con-tra-dic-shun EDJ Records EDJ023 (CD, UK, 10 January 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna at The Megson Garage & Caravan Studio
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals,
piano accordion [2, 4, 7-9];
Stu Hanna: vocals,
guitars [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10],
mandola [8],
mandolin [2, 4, 9],
banjo [4-5, 8, 10],
fiddle [3, 5-6];
with
John Parker: double bass [1-2, 4, 6, 9];
Patrick Duffin: percussion [7];
Paul Youdan: backing vocals [5]
Tracks
- Are You Sitting Comfortably (4.25)
- Contradicshun (3.21)
- The New Girl (3.56)
- Voice of the Nation (4.21)
- Toast : Jackey & Jenny (5.20)
- I Drew My Ship Into the Harbour (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (4.15)
- Two Sides to Every Conversation (4.38)
- The Keach in the Creel (Roud 120; Child 281; G/D 2:317; Henry H201) (4.31)
- Barrington Judo Club (4.09)
- A Week Away in the Caravan (5.10)
All tracks written by Debbie & Stu Hanna except
Track 2 lyrics Joe Wilson (1841-1875), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Track 4 lyrics J.C. (1810), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Track 5 lyrics trad. and James Rewcastle (1802-1867), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Tracks 6, 8 lyrics trad., music Debbie & Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird EDJ Records EDJ024 (CD, UK, 9 September / 11 October 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna at the Megson Garage Studio;
Illustrations and bird spotting guide by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola, fiddle, guitars, percussion
Tracks
- Red Bird (2.18)
- All Around the Kitchen (2.52)
- Bobby Shaftoe (2.40)
- The Jumping Song (2.44)
- Coming Round the Mountain (4.00)
- Ha Ha This a Way (3.25)
- Baby on Board (2.41)
- Little Bird (2.40)
- The Rattling Bog (3.49)
- Marjory Clogs (4.14)
- On the Mountain Medley (3.41)
- I Saw a Ship a Sailing (2.43)
All songs trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna except
Tracks 7, 10 by Stuart Hanna, Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > A Yuletide Carol
A Yuletide Carol
A Yuletide Carol EDJ Records EDJ026 (CD, UK, 24 November 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, fiddle, banjo;
Debbie Hanna: vocals
Tracks
- A Catastrophe Christmas (3.54)
- Deck the Halls (Roud 26301) (2.51)
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Roud 26895) (4.00)
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Roud 21931) (3.51)
- The Sound of Christmas (5.14)
- Mary Mary (4.21)
- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (3.30)
- All Hail to the Days (Roud V9375) (3.28)
- I Wonder As I Wander (Roud 15015) (3.35)
- Good Christian Men Rejoice (Roud 25616) (3.12)
All songs trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna except
Tracks 1, 5 by Stuart Hanna, Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Unknown Waters
Unknown Waters
Unknown Waters EDJ Records EDJ032 (CD, UK, 2 February 2022) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, mandolin, fiddle
with
John Parker: double bass
Tracks
- One Law (3.46)
- Judas Bus (4.04)
- Marshall Riley’s Army (3.59)
- Road to Hell (Part 2) (4.11)
- Land & Sea (5.16)
- The Silent Boatman (4.23)
- Rain (3.20)
- Not for the First Time (3.45)
- Ring of Iron (4.00)
- Bonus Track: Through the Winter (4.05)
Track 1 Matt Chipchase & Ypung Rebel Set;
Track 2 Jez Lowe;
Track 3 Alan Hull;
Track 4 Chris Rea;
Track 5 Richard Grainger;
Track 6 Ruth Copeland;
Track 7 Martin Stephenson;
Track 8 Vin Garbutt;
Track 9 GRaeme Miles;
Track 10 Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna
Video
Megson sing Road to Hell:
> Folk Music > Records > What Are We Trying to Say?
What Are We Trying to Say?
What Are We Trying to Say? EDJ Records EDJ033 (CD, UK, 24 March 2023) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Illustrations by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, tenor banjo, octave mandola, huitar, fiddle
with
John Parker: double bass
Tracks
- What Are We Trying to Say? (2.42)
- Keeping Him On (3.46)
- Before I Know It (3.39)
- Next Year (3.38)
- Anastasia & William (5.26)
- The Conspiracy Trap (3.56)
- We Are Better Than This (3.04)
- Canny Old Blind Willy (Roud B25861?) (3.55)
- The Barber’s News (Roud V17501) (4.06)
- And Finally (4.29)
All songs written by Stu and Debbie Hanna except
Track 8 anon. arr Stu and Debbie Hanna, from W&T Fordyce: The Newcastle Song Book, or, Tyne-Side Songster (1842);
Track 9 words John Shield (1768-1848), music Stu and Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson
Other records with Megson
Benji Kirkpatrick: People, CD EP, EDJ EDJ014, 2007 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists: Folk Rising, CD, Proper PROPERFOLK04, 2007
Faustus: People, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR5, 2008 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Benji Kirkpatrick: Boomerang, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR2, 2008
Mawkin:Causley: Cold Ruin, CD EP, Navigator NAVIGATOR14, 2008 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Darwin Song Project: Shrewsbury 2009, CD, Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD01, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Mawkin:Causley: The Awkward Recruit, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR19, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Show of Hands: Arrogance Ignorance and Greed, CD, Hands On Music HMCD29, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK08, 2009
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts: Up from the Deep, CD, GR! GRR004, 2010 (mastered by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK10, 2010
Various Artists: Horses & Hangings, Homicide & Hellfire (Leigh Folk Festival 2010), CD, Thames Delta MUD003CD, 2010
Steve Knightley et al: Cecil Sharp Project 2011, CD+DVD, Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD02, 2011 (mixed by Stu Hanna)
Lucy Ward: Adelphi Has to Fly, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR47, 2011 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK11, 2011
Lucy Ward: For the Dead Men, CD single, Navigator NAVIGATOR070, 2012 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Lucy Ward: Single Flame, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR083, 2013 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Jess Morgan: Langa Langa, CD, Amateur Boxer AM00014, 2014
Lucy Ward: I Dreamt I Was a Bird, CD, Betty Beetroot BETTY01, 2015 (produced by Stu Hanna)
The Teacups: Of Labour and Love, CD, Haystack HAYCD007, 2015
Said the Maiden: Of Maids and Mariners, EP, Maiden STM002, January 2016 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
Elliott Morris: The Way Is Clear, CD, Dominoes Club DCRCD002, 2019