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Miranda Sykes Band

Miranda Sykes Band: Miranda Sykes Band (Irregular IRR058)

Miranda Sykes Band
Miranda Sykes Band

Irregular Records IRRO58 (CD, UK, 2005)

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Recorded by Mike Robinson live at Longrow Studios, West Pinchbeck, nr. Spalding, Lincolnshire, in May and December 2004;
Mixed by Mark Lee, Gareth Turner and Miranda Sykes at Blue Moon Studios, Bodicote, nr. Banbury, Oxfordshire;
Mastered at SRT, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire;
Design by Bryna Ledgard

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: lead vocals, backing vocals, electric bass [4-5, 10], double bass [1-2, 6, 12], acoustic guitar [3, 7-9, 11];
Maartin Allcock: guitars, fretless bass [3, 7-8, 11], backing vocals;
Martin Ftizgibbon: drums, backing vocals;
Imogen O’Rourke: flute, backing vocals;
Gareth Turner: melodeons

Tracks

  1. Deep in Love (Roud 18829; Henry H218ab) (2.55)
  2. The Trade (3.18)
  3. Only One Way (3.20)
  4. Come Live With Me (4.00)
  5. Mysterious Day (3.58)
  6. By the Time It Gets Dark (4.10)
  7. Barbara (3.34)
  8. Killing Time (2.46)
  9. Ten Thousand Miles (Roud 422) (3.26)
  10. The Reply (3.24)
  11. Bliss (3.32)
  12. Time of Inconvenience (3.08)

Track 1 trad. arr. Mirandy Sykes;
Track 2 Dana Robinson;
Track 3 Karine Polwart;
Track 4 poem by Christopher Marlowe, music Mirandy Sykes;
Track 5 Oliver Knight;
Track 6 Sandy Denny;
Track 7 Roger Wilson;
Track 7 Jenny Crook;
Track 9 Joseph Bryan Geoghegan arr. Miranda Sykes;
Track 10 poem by Sir Walter Raleigh, music Miranda Sykes;
Track 11 Kirsty McGee;
Track 12 Nanci Griffith

> Folk Music > Records > Miranda Sykes: Borrowed Places

Borrowed Places

Miranda Sykes: Borrowed Places (Hands On Music HMCD44)

Borrowed Places
Miranda Sykes

Hands On Music HMCD44 (CD, UK, 1 May 2017)

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Recorded by Jolyon Holroyd;
Mixed by Josh Clark;
Mastered by Get Real Audio, Bath;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Album layout and design by Rex Preston;

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass

Tracks

  1. Isabella Gunn (4.43)
  2. The Lincolnshire Song (3.49)
  3. The Lily & The Rose (3.58)
  4. The Big Wheel (4.26)
  5. The Brooch / Seven Years (5.30)
  6. Swords & Ploughshares (4.42)
  7. Panchpuran (3.34)
  8. Forgotten Harvest (3.23)
  9. Ready for the Storm (3.30)
  10. How Can I Get There (3.08)
  11. Sea Glass (2.58)

Track 1 Eileen McGann;
Track 2 John Sykes;
Track 3 Chris Hoban;
Track 4 Robb Johnson;
Tracks 5a, 10 Penny Sykes;
Track 5b L. Houlden;
Track 6 I. and M. Wright;
Track 7 Bill Jones;
Track 8 Dany Dalley, John Sykes;
Track 9 Dougle MacLean;
Track 10 Penny Sykes;
Track 11 Jennifer Crook

> Folk Music > Records > Miranda Sykes: Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods

Miranda Sykes: Out of the Woods (Miranda Sykes MSCD003)

Out of the Woods
Miranda Sykes

Miranda Sykes MSCD003 (CD, UK, 8 March 2024)

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Recorded by Miranda Sykes except
Tracks 10-11 recorded by Sam Cook at Bath Forum in November 2023;
Edited, mixed and mastered by John Clark at Get Real Audio, Bath;
Cover design by Miranda Sykes and Natalie Shaw

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass;
Phil Beer: mandolin [11]

Tracks

  1. Stay (3.12)
  2. Child on the Green (4.32)
  3. Kismet (3.46)
  4. Burden (2.45)
  5. I Need You (3.44)
  6. When I Don’t Feel Like Singing Anymore (4.02)
  7. Scars (3.13)
  8. Be at Peace (4.06)
  9. Stay Close to Me (3.59)
  10. What’s the Use of Wings If You Can’t Fly (4.16)
  11. The Moulton Oak (3.24)

Track 1 Matt Rollings;
Track 2 Ian Bruce;
Tracks 3, 8, 11 Miranda Sykes;
Track 4 Amos Lee;
Track 5 Beth Nielsen Chapman;
Track 6 Eilidh Patterson;
Track 7 Landesman / Wallace;
Track 9 Chris Hoban;
Track 10 Brian Bedford

> Folk Music > Records > SykesMartin: Unquenching Fire

SykesMartin: Unquenching Fire

SykesMartin: Unquenching Fire (Dragonfly Roots DRCD009)

Unquenching Fire
SykesMartin

Dragonfly Roots DRCD009 (CD, UK, 11 December 2022)

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Produced, recorded and mixed by Phillip Henry;
Recorded at The Farmhouse, Totnes, and The Brazil Room, Exmouth, in January and February 2022;
Mastered by Josh Clark;
Photography by Beth Key;
Graphic design by Benjamin Conibear

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries;
KLOF Magazine review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: vocals, double bass, piano;
Hannah Martin: vocals, tenor guitar, banjo, fiddle, viola;
Phillip Henry: guitars, lap steel, banjo, percussion

Tracks

  1. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (3.24)
  2. Blow the Candle Out (Roud 368; Laws P17; G/D 4:788) (3.23)
  3. Lovely on the Water (Roud 1539) (4.57)
  4. Sweet Lemany (Roud 193) (5.34)
  5. Go Your Way (3.40)
  6. Dark Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (4.52)
  7. Unquenching Fire (3.18)
  8. Standing Stones (Roud 2151) (3.28)
  9. Flanders (Roud 8544) (4.03)
  10. The Forsaken Maiden (Roud 170) (4.12)
  11. Little Margaret (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (2.18)

All songs trad. arr. Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin, except Track 5 Anne Briggs;
Track 2 tune Damien Clarke;
Track 7 additional lyrics by Hannah Martin

> Folk Music > Records > Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes: Baring-Gould Centenary 2024

Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes: Baring-Gould Centenary 2024

Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes: Baring-Gould Centenary 2024 (Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes)

Baring-Gould Centenary 2024
Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes

Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes (CD, UK, 4 October 2024)

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Music from the Sabine Baring-Gould centenary celebration show “Ghosts, Werewolves & Countryfolk” created and devised by John Palmer

The songs on this album are beautiful, but unfortunately neither the CD sleeve nor the album’s Bandcamp page has any recording details and information on the songs except for their titles.

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano;
Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass

Tracks

  1. Last of the Singers (SBG/1/1/149) (5.16)
  2. Cottage Well Thatched (Roud 1270) (3.06)
  3. Bold General Wolfe (Roud 624) (3.32)
  4. The Jovial Heckler Boy (Roud 1111; TYG 91) (2.12)
  5. Onward Christian Soldiers (Roud 41301) (2.55)
  6. Souls on the Wind (SBG/3/3/21) (3.20)
  7. Childe the Hunter (Roud 23155) (2.55)
  8. Blackingstone Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.46)
  9. Squire Cabell (2.16)
  10. My Lady’s Coach (Roud 23078) (3.36)
  11. Widecombe Fair (Roud 137) (4.16)
  12. The Blue Flame (SBG/1/6/70) (2.34)
  13. Bellringing (Roud 1515) (3.18)
  14. Now the Day Is Over (1.55)

Probably all songs trad. arr. Miranda Sykes, Jim Causley except
Tracks 5-6, 14 Sabine Baring-Gould

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Other records with Mirands Sykes

Besides being a third of the duo Show of Hands since 2004 and a member of Daphne’s Flight since 2022, Miranda Sykes played on these albums:

Bill Jones: Live at The Live (Brick Wall BRICK 004CD) Bill Jones, Live at The Live, CD, Brick Wall BRICK 004CD, 2002

Bill Jones: Two Year Winter (Brick Wall BRICK 005CD) Bill Jones, Two Year Winter, CD, Brick Wall BRICK 005CD, 2003

Leon Rosselson: Turning Silence Into Song (Fuse CFCD009) Leon Rosselson: Turning Silence Into Song, CD, Fuse CFCD009, 2004

Reg Meuross: Still (Offspring OFFCD00111) Reg Meuross: Still, CD, Offspring OFFCD00111, 2006

Tom Palmer: Tom Palmer (Chudleigh Roots CR001) Tom Palmer: Tom Palmer, CD, Chudleigh Roots CR001, 2007

Leon Rosselson: A Proper State (Fuse CFCD024) Leon Rosselson: A Proper State, CD, Fuse CFCD024, 2008

Steve Turner: The Whirligig of Time (Tradition Bearers LTCD1103) Steve Turner: The Whirligig of Time, CD, Tradition Bearers LTCD1103, 2008

Joseph Topping: Ghosts in the Shadow (Fellside FECD231) Joseph Topping, Ghosts in the Shadow, CD, Fellside FECD231, 2010

Jackie Oates: Saturnine (ECC Records ECC004) Jackie Oates: Saturnine, CD, ECC ECC004, 2011

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

Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: The Days That Shaped Me (One Little Indian TPLP1087CD) Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, The Days That Shaped Me, CD, One Little Indian TPLP1087CD, 2011

Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: Hidden (One Little Indian TPLP1157CD) Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, Hidden, CD, One Little Indian TPLP1157CD, 2012

Jennifer Crook: Carnforth Station (Transatlantic Roots TRIC009) Jennifer Crook: Carnforth Station, CD, Transatlantic Roots TRIC009, 2014

Jim Causley: Forgotten Kingdom (Hands On Music HMCD41) Jim Causley: Forgotten Kingdom, CD, Hands On Music HMCD41, 2016

Resound: A Musical Tribute to Alan Surtees (Alan Surtees Trust) Various Artists: Resound: A Musical Tribute to Alan Surtees, CD, Alan Surtees Trust, 2017

Daphne's Flight: Love Is the Weapon of Choice (Fat Cat FATCD048) Daphne's Flight, Love Is the Weapon of Choice, CD, Fat Cat FATCD048, 2023