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Mishra: The Loft Tapes

Mishra: The Loft Tapes (Mishra MSR004)

The Loft Tapes
Mishra

Mishra Music MSR004 (CD, UK, 6 December 2019)

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Produced by Kate Griffin and Ford Collier;
Recorded live-in-the-room in the loft of a farmhouse in Gloucestershire to analogue tape;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Martin Nichols;
Original artwork and design by Kate Griffin

Musicians

Kate Griffin: banjo, vocals, guitar [8];
Ford Collier: guitar, whistle, vocals, calabash, shakers, tabla [10];
Joss Mann-Hazell: double bass, electric bass, bouzouki;
John Ball: tabla

Tracks

  1. Intro (0.50)
  2. Road Dust and Honey (4.07)
  3. Chase the Sparrowhawk (3.26)
  4. Deep Seas (3.40)
  5. Beautifully Blind (4.02)
  6. Angeline the Baker (Roud 18341) (4.08)
  7. Jog for Joy (3.21)
  8. Taru Taru (3.48)
  9. Keep Your Kindness (3.51)
  10. Scarlet Town (3.30)
  11. Ring in the Changes (4.23)
  12. Morphology (6.02)

Track 1 improvisation on Raag Jog;
Tracks 2, 8-9, 11-12 Kate Griffin, Ford Collier;
Tracks 3-5, 7 Kate Griffin;
Track 6 Stephen Collins Foster arr. Kate Griffin, Ford Collier;
Track 10 Gillian Welch

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Mishra: Reclaim

Mishra: Reclaim (Mishra MSR005)

Reclaim
Mishra

Mishra Music MSR005 (CD, UK, 29 October 2021)

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Produced by Kate Griffin and Ford Collier;
Recorded at Wayside Studios, Gloucestershire;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Martin Nichols;
Original artwork and design by Kate Griffin

Folk Radio UK review by Johnny Whalley

Musicians

Kate Griffin: vocals [1-2, 4-9, 11], banjo [1, 3, 5-7, 9-11], guitar [2], dobro [4, 8];
Ford Collier: guitar [5-6], low whistle [1, 3, 5, 7, 11], whistles [2], percussion [1-7, 9-11], calabash [8], spoken word [8];
John Ball: tabla [1, 3, 5-7, 11], santoor [2, 4, 8-10];
Joss Mann-Hazell: double bass;
Alex Lyon: bass clarinet [5], clarinet [6, 8, 10], harmony vocals [2, 5-8]

Tracks

  1. The Truth (3.26)
  2. This, the Sound (3.32)
  3. Reel to Reel (4.15)
  4. Rolling English Road (4.10)
  5. Second Line (4.24)
  6. New Air (3.40)
  7. Rise (4.19)
  8. Swell (4.09)
  9. I Never Will Marry (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (3.43)
  10. Reclaim (3.47)
  11. Burn (3.56)

Tracks 1, 5-7, 11 Kate Griffin, Ford Collier;
Track 2 Kate Griffin, Ford Collier, Joss-Mann Hazell;
Track 3 Ford Collier arr. Mishra;
Track 4 poem by G.K. Chesterton, music Kate Griffin;
Track 8 Kate Griffin, spoken word by Ben Allen;
Track 9 trad. arr. Kate Griffin, Ford Collier;
Track 10 Kate Griffin

Video

Mishra perform This, the Sound:

> Folk Music > Records > Mishra and Deepa Shakthi: The Devil’s Nine Questions

Mishra and Deepa Shakthi: The Devil’s Nine Questions

Mishra and Deepa Shakthi: The Devil’s Nine Questions (Mishra)

The Devil’s Nine Questions
Mishra and Deepa Shakthi

Mishra Music (DL single, UK, 3 March 2023)

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Mixed by Matt Richens;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Artwork by Kate Griffin, inspired from the Kathakali dance tradition of South India

Musicians

Kate Griffin: vocals, cello banjo;
Deepa Shakthi: vocals;
Alex Lyon: clarinet, vocals;
Ford Collier: calabash, percussion, low whistle;
Joss Mann-Hazell: bass;
John Ball: tabla

Tracks

  1. The Devil’s Nine Questions (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.19)

Track 1 trad. arr. Mishra and Deepa Shakthi

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Mishra ft. Deepa Shakthi: Abhayam (Without Fear)

Mishra ft. Deepa Shakthi: Abhayam (Without Fear) (Mishra)

Abhayam (Without Fear)
Mishra ft. Deepa Shakthi

Mishra Music (DL single, UK, 21 October 2023)

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Recorded by Mishna at Wayside Studios;
Mixed by Andy Bell at Hudson Records;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Artwork by Kate Griffin

Musicians

Alex Lyon: vocals;
Deepa Shakthi: vocals;
Kate Griffin: electric guitar, vocals;
John Ball: santoor;
Ford Collier: percussion;
Joss Mann Hazell: synth bass

Tracks

  1. Abhayam (Without Fear) (3.24)

Track 1 Mishra, Deepa Shakthi

> Folk Music > Records > Mishra: Turn O Spinning Wheel

Mishra: Turn O Spinning Wheel

Mishra: Turn O Spinning Wheel (Mishra)

Turn O Spinning Wheel
Mishra

Mishra Music (CD, UK, 17 October 2025)

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Produced by Stuart McCallum, Kate Griffin and Ford Collier;
Mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Photo by Benji Wilson;
Artwork by Kate Griffin

Musicians

Deepa Shakthi: vocals;
Kate Griffin: vocals, banjo, cello banjo, piano;
Alex Lyon: vocals, clarinet, bass clarinet;
John Ball: tabla, santoor;
Joss Mann Hazell: double bass;
Ford Collier: low whistles, guitar, frame drum, kanjira, calabash, dhholak, percussion, bobmarde

with
Evan Carson: bodhrán [1];
Mickey Ragoonannan: pandeiro [1];
Jack McCarthy: darbuka, riq [7]

Tracks

  1. Akhiyaan Udeek Diyaan (4.52)
  2. Kala Doria (4.33)
  3. Wiser Hand (6.35)
  4. Kite (4.05)
  5. Banjaran (4.42)
  6. Turn (3.15)
  7. Ghoom Charakhra (5.20)
  8. Sunn Leh (4.08)
  9. Holi Ki Raat (4.49)
  10. Bari Bari (5.53)

Tracks 1, 10 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan;
Track 2 trad. arr. Mushry, Deepa Shakti;
Tracks 3-6, 8-9 Kate Griffin, Ford Collier, Deepa Shakti;
Track 7 Abáda Parveen