Recorded and mixed by Oss at Kneller Road Studios, London, in autumn 2014

Musicians

Nick Hart, vocals, duet concertina;
John Dipper, viola d’amore;
Tom Moore, violin

Tracks

1. Two Butchers (Roud 17; Laws L4; G/D 2:186; Henry H185) (4.28)
2. Dance / When at War (6.15)
3. Rakish Young Fellow (Roud 829) (4.09)

Tracks 1, 3 trad.

Recorded and mixed by Tom Moore at Yellowhouse Studio, Norfolk;
Mastered by Nick Cooke at Pure Records;
Photography by Beatrix Blaise;
Design by Nick Hart and Tom Moore

Musicians

Nick Hart, vocals, guitar;
Tom Moore, Octave violin

Tracks

1. The Yellow Handkerchief (Roud 954) (5.23)
2. The Press Gang (Roud 662) (2.39)
3. Butter & Cheese (Roud 510; G/D 4:914) (3.19)
4. Sweet William (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465) (3.27)
5. Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor (Roud 2248; Laws E16) (5.19)
6. Turpin Bold (Roud 621; Laws L10) (3.04)
7. The River Don’t Run (3.56)
8. Down in the Meadow (Roud 18829; Henry H218ab) (2.57)

All songs trad. arr. Nick Hart except
Track 7 Richard Guard, Anna Crockatt, Nick Hart

Recorded and mixed by Tom Moore at Yellowhouse Studio, Norfolk;
Mastered by Martin Nichols at White House Studio, Somerset

Folk Radio UK review by Richard Hollingum

Musicians

Nick Hart, vocals, guitar;
Tom Moore, viola;
Dominie Hooper, vocals [7]

Tracks

1. The Rakish Young Fellow (Roud 829) (4.34)
2. Bold Keeper (Roud 321; Laws M27) (3.51)
3. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (4.12)
4. The Molecatcher (Roud 1052) (3.50)
5. The Lakes of Cold Finn (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (3.41)
6. A Ship to Old England Came (Roud 1424) (4.25)
7. John Riley (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (3.26)
8. Riding Down to Portsmouth (Roud 1534) (4.13)
9. The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (6.51)

All songs trad. arr. Nick Hart

Promo video

Recorded at home during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020 except
Track 5 recorded at Slow Worm Studios, Norfolk, in 2020;
Mixed by Tom Moore at Slow Worm Studios, Norfolk;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering, Sheffield

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Nick Hart: vocals, guitar, harmonium, lyre, viol, percussion, woodwinds;
Tom Moore: viola [1, 8];
Jonathan Darley, Dave Delarre, Sid Goldsmith, Richard Lock, Dave Malkin: backing vocals [1]

Tracks

1. May Song (Roud 305) (3.24)
2. Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5) (4.48)
3. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.02)
4. Lemany (Roud 193, 2445) (4.35)
5. The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood (Roud 333; Child 132) (4.01)
6. Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (5.19)
7. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (3.41)
8. Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250) (4.53)
9. Under the Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.43)
10. Our Captain Calls All Hands (Roud 602) (3.18)

All songs trad. arr. Nick Hart except
Track 10 includes the tune Thaxted by Gustav Holst

Video

Nick Hart sings Dives and Lazarus:

Produced by Tom Moore and Nick Hart;
Recorded and mixed by Tom Moore in Norfolk and London;
Performed and recorded live in the room in February 2023, in the village of Yaxham, Norfolk;
Additional harmonium drones were recorded afterwards in Bristol;
Mastered by Sam Proctor in Sheffield;
Cover illustrations by Alex Merry, with artwork concept by Tom Moore, based on a 16^th century fresco painting (original artist unknown)

Tradfolk review by Gavin McNamara
At the Barrier album review by John Barlass

Musicians

Nick Hart: vocals, viola da gamba, harmonium;
Tom Moore: viola, harmonium

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Colour of Amber (Roud 1716) (3.11)
2. The Jolly Bold Robber (Roud 1464) (3.57)
3. Flowers of Edinburgh (4.10)
4. Three Jolly Sneaksmen (Roud 1652) (4.09)
5. The Child Grove (2.58)

Side 2

6. Babylon (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (5.02)
7. Ladies’ Pleasure (2.22)
8. Raggle Taggle Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.09)
9. Swaggering Boney / Constant Billy (2.53)
10. Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (4.39)

The songs and tunes are all traditional; recalled, arranged and extemporised upon by Nick Hart and Tom Moore.

Video

Nick Hart and Tom Moore perform The Raggle Taggle Gypsy: