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Belinda O’Hooley: Music Is My Silence
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Music Is My Silence RabbleRouser Music RR001 (CD, UK, 13 June 2005) |
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Produced by Adrian McNally;
Recorded by Jerry Barker at Woodman Studios, Elland, January-March 2003;
Mixed by Alex Tomlin and Adam Speakman at The Cutting Rooms, Manchester, June 2003;
Mastered by Frank Arkwright at Sanctuary Townhouse, November 2003;
Photography by Stephen Redfern
Musicians
Belinda O’Hooley: piano, vocals, backing vocals;
Paul Denny: drums;
Chris Price: bass guitar;
Rachel Unthank: cello;
Jayne Coyle: viola;
Sarah Allen: flute, accordion;
Steve Waterman: trumpet;
Kevin Holborough: trombone;
Adrian McNally: backing vocals
Tracks
- All That Remains (5.16)
- Blanket of Night (8.41)
- Moon Over Water (4.45)
- Izuku, No More (3.37)
- Lover (3.55)
- Music Is My Silence (6.23)
- Different Light (4.19)
- Afterglow (3.59)
- Monalea (6.41)
- With Her (4.04)
All tracks written by Belinda O’Hooley
> Folk Music > Records > O’Hooley & Tidow: Silent June
O’Hooley & Tidow: Silent June
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Silent June No Masters NMCD32 (CD, UK, 22 February 2010) |
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Recorded at West End Studio, Golcar by Belinda O’Hooley, August-November 2009
except string quartet recorded at Hill Top Studios, Leeds;
Produced by Belinda O’Hooley & Heidi Tidow;
Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson at Hill Top Studios, Leeds;
String quartet arranged and directed by Melanie Purves;
Sleeve note by Heidi Tidow;
Photography by Casey Orr;
Design by Boff Whalley
Musicians
Belinda O’Hooley: vocals [1-11],
dampened piano [1, 7],
piano [2-3, 5-6, 8-10],
piano chimes [3],
hand claps [3];
Heidi Tidow: vocals [1],
hand claps [3];
String quartet: Nia Bevan, Raymond Lester, Jayne Coyle, Damion Browne [1, 8, 10];
Anna Esslemont: violin [2, 7],
hand claps [3];
Cormac Byrne: bodhrán and percussion [2],
cajon [3],
hand claps [3];
James Dumbelton: guitar [5];
Jackie Oates: Octave fiddle [5];
James Budden: bass [5];
Irene Rourke: intro vocals [6]
Tracks
- Flight of the Petrel (6.38)
- All Stand in Line (4.59)
- Shelter Me (3.42)
- Banjololo (0.35)
- Spancil Hill (Roud 22062) (4.20)
- Too Old to Dream (7.44)
- Hidden from the Sun (7.33)
- Que Sera (6.12)
- Beautiful Danger (3.54)
- One More Xmas (5.19)
- Cold and Stiff (2.14)
Tracks 1, 3, 7-8 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Tracks 2, 9-11 Belinda O’Hooley;
Track 4 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 5 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, James Dumbelton, Jackie Oates;
Track 6 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Romberg, Hammerstein II
> Folk Music > Records > O’Hooley & Tidow: The Fragile
O’Hooley & Tidow: The Fragile
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The Fragile No Masters NMCD39 (CD, UK, 6 February 2012) Gentleman Jack No Masters (DL single, UK, 4 November 2012) |
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Recorded at West End Studio, Golcar by Belinda O’Hooley & Heidi Tidow,
September-October 2011
and Hill Top Studio, Leeds by Neil Ferguson;
Mixed and mastered at Hill Top Studio, Leeds by Neil Ferguson;
String parts arranged and directed by Melanie Purves;
Diversity Choir recorded live at St Anne’s Church, Soho, arranged and directed by Andrea Brown;
Artwork by Kate Aughey;
CD design by Boff Whalley
Musicians
Belinda O’Hooley: vocals [1-5, 7-12],
piano [1-3, 6-8, 11-12],
dampened piano [5],
accordion [7-9],
handclaps [8];
Heidi Tidow: vocals [1-12],
bells [9],
guitar [12];
Cormac Byrne: bodhrán [3],
drums [3],
percussion [1, 3, 11];
Solo Players (Adam Robinson, James Pattinson, violin;
Jayne Coyle, viola; Martin Couzin, cello) [1-2, 11];
Anna Esslemont: violin [3, 7];
Sam Pegg: bass [3];
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion [6];
Jude Abbott: euphonium [9],
flugelhorn [9],
cornet [9];
London Diversity Choir: vocals [11];
Jackie Oates: bass [12]
Tracks
- The Tallest Tree (4.34)
- The Last Polar Bear (3.25)
- Gentleman Jack (2.47)
- Teardrop (1.33)
- Little Boy Blue (Roud 19703) (4.27)
- Calling Me (5.52)
- Mein Deern (7.20)
- A Daytrip (4.15)
- Pass It On (3.14)
- She Lived Beside the Anner (4.17)
- Ronnie’s Song (6.28)
- Madgie in the Summerlands (2.32)
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O’Hooley & Tidow: The Hum
The Hum No Masters NMCD41 (CD, UK, 17 February 2014)
All vocals, pianos and accordion recorded at West End Studio, Golcar,
by Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow and Neil Ferguson; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano, electric piano, accordion;
Tracks 1, 5-7, 10 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow; Belinda O’Hooley & Heidi Tidow perform Two Mothers.
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O’Hooley & Tidow: Summat’s Brewin’
Summat’s Brewin’ Hum HUM01 (CD, UK, August 2015)
Recorded by Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow at West End Studio, Golcar; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano, keyboard, synthesisers, accordion, percussion, kazoo;
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O’Hooley & Tidow: Shadows
Shadows No Masters NMCD47 (CD, UK, 29 July 2016)
Steinway grand piano recorded by Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow at MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano, programming, accordion;
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Coven: Unholy Choir
Unholy Choir Coven COVENCD01 (DL EP, UK, 19 March 2017)
Recorded by Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow at Cooper Hall, Frome; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals [1-6],
piano [1-6];
Track 1 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Boff Whalley; Coven perform This Woman’s Work
at the International Women’s Day Concert 2016 at The Guildhall, Leicester,
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O’Hooley & Tidow: WinterFolk Vol. 1
WinterFolk Vol. 1 No Masters NMCD51 (CD, UK, 3 November 2017)
Steinway grand piano, accordion, bells and vocals recorded by Belinda O’Hooley
and Heidi Tidow with kind permission from Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust at
Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano, programming, accordion;
Track 1 Steve Asley; >
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Belinda O’Hooley: Inversions
Inversions No Masters NMCD53 (CD, UK, 28 June 2019) Recorded and produced by Heidi Tidow; Belinda O’Hooley: piano, vocals, accordion, percussion;
Tracks 1-2, 7-8, 11, 13 Belinda O’Hooley; >
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O’Hooley & Tidow: Live at St George’s
Live at St George’s No Masters NMCD55 (CD, UK, 11 September 2020)
Recorded by Phil Round live just before lockdown at St George’s, Bristol; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano, accordion, kazoo;
All tracks written by Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow except
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O’Hooley & Tidow: Chimneys, Moors & Me
Chimneys, Moors & Me No Masters (DL single, UK, 8 September 2021)
Commissioned by Pennine Prospects for the launch of the
newly formed South Pennines National Park; Belinda O’Hooley: vocals, piano;
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O’Hooley & Tidow: Cloudheads
Cloudheads No Masters NMCD57 (CD, UK, 21 April 2023)
Piano, feet and vocals recorded at Peel House, Luddenden Foot by Heidi and
Belinda with kind permission from Virginia and Clive Lloyd, except Belinda O’Hooley: vocals [1-4, 6-8, 10-11],
piano [1, 3, 5-12],
feet [4, 6, 10],
percussion [4];
Tracks 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-11 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow; >
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O’Hooley & Tidow
Track 4 Delnaja, Marshall, Vowels, Fraser;
Track 5 poem by Eugene Fiels (1888), music Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 10 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 12 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, James Dumbelton, Jackie Oates;
O’Hooley & Tidow: The Hum

O’Hooley & Tidow
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All additional instrumentation arranged, performed and recorded
at Tunehouse Studio, London, by Gerry Diver;
Mixed and produced by Gerry Diver at Tunehouse Studio, London;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Cover photo by Casey Orr;
Inside cover artwork Stork
by Becci Maryanne;
CD design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals;
Gerry Diver: fiddle & string section, tenor & bass guitars,
pedal steel, bouzouki, Fender Rhodes, autoharp, drums, percussion,
programmingTracks
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Track 3 verses Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
chorus
trad. (Roud 203; G/D 3:590) arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Gerry Diver;
Track 4 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Jackie Oates;
Track 8 words Boff Whalley, music Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 9 Nic JonesVideo
O’Hooley & Tidow: Summat’s Brewin’

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[12] recorded on 26 June 2015 at The Live Room, Caroline Social Club, Saltaire;
Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Photos by Bryan Ledgard;
CD design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals, guitar, percussion, bells, kazooTracks
Tracks 2, 5-6, 8, 10, 13 trad.;
Track 3 Elliot Smith;
Track 4 Belinda O’Hooley;
Track 7 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 9, 11 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 12 verses Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
chorus
trad. (Roud 203; G/D 3:590) arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Gerry Diver;
Video: Album Documentary
O’Hooley & Tidow: Shadows

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Vocals, accordions and synthesisers recorded by Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow at West End Studio, Golcar;
Pete Flood and Andy Seward recorded themselves;
Rowan Rheingans recorded at her house by Belinda O’Hooley;
Mixed by Neil Ferguson;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Cover photos by Maisy Carr Photography;
Sleeve notes by Heidi Tidow;
Design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals, percussion;
Michele Stodart: electric bass, electic guitar, e-bow;
Pete Flood: drums, percussion;
Andy Seward: double bass;
Jude Abbott: trumpet, flugelhorn;
Rowan Rheingans: fiddle, viola, backing vocals;
Hannah James, Hazel Askew: backing vocals;
Grace Petrie: vocals, backing vocals;
Ben Stone: tattoo needleTracks
Track 5 Kathryn Williams, Graham Hardy;
Track 6 Belinda O’Hooley;
Track 11 Joni MitchellCoven: Unholy Choir

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Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Cover photo by Elly Lucas;
Design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals [1-6];
Hannah James: vocals [1-6],
accordion [1, 3, 5],
feet [1, 5];
Rowan Rheingans: vocals [1-6],
fiddle [2-3, 5],
beans [4];
Hazel Askew: vocals [1-6],
harp [1, 4],
bells [5];
Grace Petrie: vocals [1-6],
guitar [2, 4-5]Tracks
Track 2 words James Oppenheim, music Rowan Rheingans;
Track 3 Kate Bush;
Track 4 Maggie Roche;
Track 5 Grace Petrie;
Track 6 Pat HumphriesVideo
O’Hooley & Tidow: WinterFolk Vol. 1

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Extra vocals, guitar and synthesisers recorded by Belinda and Heidi at
West End Studio, Golcar;
Strings arranged and recorded by Ben Walker at Ben’s Room, Brighton;
Brass and backing vocals recorded by Neil Ferguson;
Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Cover photo by David Firn at The Old Queen’s Head, Islington, 2012;
Other photos by Bryan Ledgard and Belinda O’Hooley;
Sleeve notes by Heidi Tidow;
Design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals, guitar, bells;
Jo Silverston: cello;
Anna Jenkins: violin, viola;
Jude Abbott: flugelhorn, euphonium, backing vocals;
Neil Ferguson: backing vocalsTracks
Tracks 2, 4, 6 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Tracks 3, 7 Belinda O’Hooley;
Track 5 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley;
Tracks 8, 12 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow;
Track 9 Richard Thompson;
Track 10 John Renbourn;
Track 11 Jem Finer, Shane McGowanBelinda O’Hooley: Inversions

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Steinway grand piano, accordion, percussion and vocals recorded by
Heidi with kind permission from Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust at
Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth;
Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Sleeve notes by Belinda O’Hooley;
Photos by Hannah Webster, Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow;
Cover artwork by Kate Aughey;
CD design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: backing vocals, spoken word;
Michael McGoldrick: uilleann pipes, whistleTracks
Tracks 3-5, 9-10, 12 trad. arr. Belinda O’Hooley;
Tracks 6 Heidi TidowO’Hooley & Tidow: Live at St George’s

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Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Cover photo by Belinda O’Hooley;
Other photos by Dorset Bays Photography, Lifeline Photography, Heidi Tidow
and members of St George’s Hall audience;
Sleeve notes by Heidi Tidow;
CD design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous MusicMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals, foot stomp, bells, kazooTracks
Track 3 Jathryn Williams, Graham Hardy;
Track 4 Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow, Jackie Oates;
Track 8 Elliott Smith;
Track 10 trad. add. Belinda O’Hooley, Heidi Tidow
Tracks 4, 7, 12 originally from The Hum (2014);
Tracks 8, 10 originally from Summat’s Brewin’ (2015);
Tracks 2-3, 5, 11 originally from Shadows (2016)O’Hooley & Tidow: Chimneys, Moors & Me

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Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Logo by Ben Stone;
Artwork by Martin RowsellMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals;
Miriam Skinner: cello;
Michele Stodart: bass guitar, acoustic guitars;
Laurence Hunt: drumsTracks
O’Hooley & Tidow: Cloudheads

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Tracks 7-9, 11- 12 recorded by Jonny Solway at Dean Street Studios, Soho;
Strings arranged, performed and recorded at home by Anna Esslemont;
Cello arranged and recorded by Belinda at our home, performed by Miriam Skinner;
Clarinets arranged, performed and recorded at home by Jack McNeill;
Bass, acoustic guitars and E-bow arranged, performed and recorded at home by Michele Stodart;
Additional acoustic and electric guitars arranged and performed by Katie Spencer, recorded at home by Belinda;
Flugelhorn arranged and performed by Jude Abbott, recorded at home by Neil Ferguson;
Hannah James’s accordion, feet and vocals arranged by Hannah, recorded at home by Belinda;
Mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson;
‘Cloudheads’ cover art by Lucy Hanson;
Photos by Hannah Webster and Stuart Bailey;
CD Design and layout by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous Music;
Sleeve notes by Heidi TidowMusicians
Heidi Tidow: vocals [1-4, 6-8, 10-11];
Flynn O’Hooley-Tidow: chatter [2];
Suranne Jones: vocals [11];
Anna Esslemont: violin [8, 10],
strings [1, 4, 11];
Jack McNeill: clarinets [1, 3-4, 9-10];
Michele Stodart: bass guitar [1, 4, 6, 8],
electric guitar [8],
acoustic guitar [6],
E-bow [8];
Jude Abbott: flugelhorn [7, 11];
Katie Spencer: acoustic guitar [3, 8],
electric guitar [6];
Hannah James: feet [1],
accordion [8],
vocals [8],
medieval drum [8];
Miriam Skinner: cello [1, 3-4, 7, 10-11]Tracks
Tracks 3, 5, 12 Belinda O’Hooley;
Track 9 Colm O’DonnellOther records with Belinda O’Hooley and/or Heidi Tidow
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset:
Cruel Sister,
CD, RabbleRouser RR005, 2005
Jackie Oates:
Jackie Oates,
CD, Hands On Music HMCD25, 2006
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset:
The Bairns,
CD, Real World Music USCDRW158, 2007
Jackie Oates:
The Violet Hour,
CD, Chudleigh Roots CR002, 2008
Jackie Oates:
Hyperboreans,
CD, Unearthed / One Little Indian TPLP1034CD, 2009
Chumbawamba:
ABCDEFG,
CD, No Masters NMCD33, 2010
Lucy Ward:
Adelphi Has to Fly,
CD, Navigator Navigator 47, 2011
Various Artists:
Fire Feathers Felony & Fate
(Leigh Folk Festival 2011),
CD, Thames Delta MUD004CD, 2011
Various Artists:
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013,
3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK14, 2013
Chumbawamba:
Going, Going,
DVD, No Masters NMDVD01, 2013
Patsy Matheson:
Domino Girls,
CD, Tomorrow TRCD3, 2014
Nic Jones:
The Enigma of Nic Jones,
DVD, Topic TSDVD590, 2014
Chris While and Julie Matthews:
Who We Are,
CD, Fat Cat FATCD029, 2014
Jim Boyes with Belinda O’Hooley:
Sensations of a Wound,
CD, No Masters NMCD43, 2015
Chris While & Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Boo Hewerdine, O'Hooley & Tidow,
John McCusker, John Doyle, Coope Boyes & Simpson:
The Ballads of Child Migration,
CD, Delphonic DELPH119, 2015
Various Artists:
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015,
2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK16, 2015
Various Artists:
Land of Hope and Fury,
CD, Union Music UMS009, 2015
Ray Hearne:
Umpteen,
CD, No Masters NMCD46, 2016
Various Artists:
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017,
2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
Maddie Morris:
Skin,
CD, No Masters NMCD59, 2024



