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Frontrunner

Frontrunner Rakoczy Talking Cat Recordings TCCD2002 (CD, UK, 6 November 2020)

Produced by Rakoczy, Jon Loomes and Forbes Legato;
Recorded by Edwin Beasant and Jon Loomes

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Fruzsina Zsofia Rakoczy: vocals, recorder, bagpipes, concertina

featuring “The Horror Show”:
   Heather Sirrel: bass;
   Edwin Beasant: drums, harmonica;
   Jon Loomes: guitars, hurdy-gurdy, backing vocals;
   Forbes Legato: synth, strings, xylophone, ukulele

Tracks

1. Hooden Horse (3.29)
2. Heavy Horses (3.31)
3. Miss Portly (Races at Kildare) (3.36)
4. Skewbald (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (2.55)
5. Wanton Brown (Roud 85; Child 192; G/D 2:270) (4.51)
6. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (4.10)
7. Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (4.38)
8. Mari Lwyd (3.41)
9. Taoist Tale (4.05)
10. Little Dun Dee (Roud 176) (3.43)
11. Dead Horse (Roud 3724) (3.20)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Phil Martin;
Track 2 Ian Anderson;
Track 3 Fruzsina Zsofia Rakoczy;
Track 8 Fruzsina Zsofia Rakoczy, Lupton;
Track 9 Tucker Zimmerman

Video

New Roots 2020 - Rakoczy sings Georgie and plays tunes on recorder and bagpipe: