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Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright: The Speaking Heart

The Speaking Heart Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright Mondegreen Music MONDCD01 (CD, UK, 1 December 2010)

Produced by Steve Byrne;
Recorded and mixed at B&B Studios, Edinburgh, summer 2010;
Mastered by Denis Blackham, Skye Mastering, Skye, October 2010;
Photos by Archie MacFarlane;
Layout and design by Lucy Pringle and Chris Wright

Musicians

Lucy Pringle: vocals, shruti box;
Chris Wright: vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, mouth organ, 5-string banjo, cittern, shruti-box, piano

Tracks

1. Rose Song (3.25)
2. Lady Maisry (Roud 45; Child 65) (6.53)
3. The Auld Woman o Kelso (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6) (3.15)
4. Hallowe’en (4.37)
5. Bramblethorn (5.18)
6. Wilsy and Nancy (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.13)
7. The Dun Broon Bride (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (6.10)
8. The Earl o Errol (Roud 96; Child 231; G/D 7:1366) (4.23)
9. Fisherman’s Wife (3.25)
10. Willie’s Lyke-Wake (Roud 30; Child 25; G/D 4:843) (8.43)
11. The Ballad of the Speaking Heart (2.44)

Track 1 Norwegian song En Rose Jeg Har Sett collected by Jon Anders Halvorsen, translated by Steve Byrne;
Tracks 2, 6 trad. arr. Steve Byrne, Chris Wright;
Tracks 3, 7-8, 10 trad. arr. Lucy Pringle, Chris Wright;
Track 4 words Violet Jacob, music Jim Reid;
Track 5 Sara Daniels;
Track 9 Ewan MacColl;
Track 11 La Chanson de Marie-des-Anges by Jean Richepin (1849-1926), translated by Hamish Henderson