Produced, recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott;
Mastered by Nick Sowden at La Barca Sound;
Photography by Voy Okuszko

Musicians

Rowan Piggott: voice, fiddle, bouzouki, double bass;
Felix Miller: guitar, 12-string guitar

with
Anna Tabbush: backing vocals [2, 4, 8], fiddle [7];
Rosie Hodgson: backing vocals [2], clog stepping [6];
Georgia Lewis: backing vocals [2, 4], bodhrán [11];
Philippe Barnes, alto flute [4, 6, 11], whistle [5];
Charlie Piggott, button accordion [9, 12]

Tracks

1. Old Mountscribe / Fahey’s (2.57)
2. Queen & Country (3.19)
3. When All the World Was Young (2.41)
4. A Maid Went to Comber (Roud 6547) / Till Viola (4.52)
5. The Roslea Farewell / The Whistler of Roslea (3.59)
6. Fahey’s / No Matter the Wreckage (3.47)
7. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) / Sparven Lilla (5.22)
8. Robin and the Banker (4.02)
9. The Wounded Hussar (5.39)
10. A Royal Game / Kungsleden (3.31)
11. Fahey’s / Coen’s Memories (3.55)
12. Emigrantvisa (4.40)

Tracks 1a, 2, 6b, 8, 10ab Rowan Piggott;
Tracks 1b, 6a, 11a Paddy Fahey;
Track 3 words A.E. Housman, Charles Kinglsey, music Kathleen Behan;
Track 4a, 7a trad.;
Track 5a Cathal McConnell;
Track 5b Ed Reavy;
Track 7b Swedish polska from Värmland;
Track 9 words Thomas Campbell, tune An Caiptín Ó Catháin;
Track 11b Tommy Coen;
Track 12 words Rowan Piggott, tune trad. Swedish;

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Rowan and Rosie for sending me a copy of this CD.

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott;
Mastered by Nick Sowden;
Photographs by Tom Shaxson;
Design by Rowan Piggott

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson: vocals, octave mandola;
Rowan Piggott: vocals, fiddle, cittern, harmonium

Tracks

1. The Tide Full In (3.10)
2. Port na bPúcaí (The Music of the Faeries) / The Song of the Whale (5.22)
3. Dancing at Whitsun (2.46)
4. Lake Isle of Innisfree (3.03)
5. Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.38)

Track 1 Francis Fahy of Kinvar;
Track 2a trad.;
Track 2b Eric Bogle;
Track 3 Austin John Marshall;
Track 4 words W.B. Yeats

Songhive is a folksong project by Rowan Piggott, concerned with raising awareness of the plight of native bees.

Bees are responsible for 80% of pollination in the UK, are essential to biodiversity, and ultimately the future of humanity. Despite all this, we continue to obliterate the pollen-rich plants they depend on, and our governments insist on legalising pesticides that do them harm.

Sponsored by the EFDSS.

Mastered by Nick Sowden at La Barca Sound;
Design by Rowan Piggott;
Artwork by Frances Marriott

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson: vocals [1, 7, 10], harmony vocals [2, 4 ];
Rowan Piggott: vocals [2], harmony vocals [1, 4, 7], fiddle [1-2, 5-7, 9-10], double bass [10];
Felix Miller: guitar [2, 6];
Georgia Lewis: vocals [6], harmony vocals [2];
Anna Tabbush: harmony vocals [2];
Rowan and Anna Rheingans: fiddles [3];
Nick Burbridge: vocals [4];
Ray Chandler: concertina [5];
Evan Carson: bodhrán and percussion [7];
Nancy Kerr: vocals [8], fiddle [8];
Andy Cutting: melodeon [8];
Martin Simpson: banjo [8];
Sara Evans: harp [9];
Damien Papin: double bass [9];
Philippe Barnes: guitar [10], flute [10];
The Hivemind Choir: vocals [11]

Tracks

1. Rosie Hodgson: The Bee-Boy’s Song (2.33)
   from Rise Aurora (2016)
2. Rowan Piggott: Queen & Country (3.19)
   from Mountscribe (2018)
3. The Rheingans Sisters: The Honeybee (2.09)
   from Brioght Field (2018)
4. Nick Burbridge: Queen’s Dream of Lost Fields (4.11)
5. Ray Chandler: The Frisky Drone / The Diligent Worker (2.17)
6. Georgia Lewis: Bee Wassail (23.24
7. Rowan Piggott: Soul Wake Dirge (2.40)
8. Nancy Kerr: Dark Honey (3.26)
   from Murmurs (2015)
9. Duo Keryda: The Honeybee Slipjig (3.12)
10. Rosie Hodgson: We Must Away (3.29)
11. The Hivemind Choir: The Keeper’s Lament (2.45)

Track 1 words Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy;
Track 2 Rowan Piggott;
Track 3 Anna Rheingans;
Track 4 Nick Burbridge;
Track 5 Ray Chandler;
Track 6 Georgia Lewis, Felix Miller;
Track 7 words Rowan Piggott, music trad.;
Track 8 Nancy Kerr;
Track 9 V. Roderick;
Track 10 Rosie Hodgson;
Track 11 words Rowan Piggott, music B. Ord arr. Rowan Piggott;

Recorded and mixed by Garry O’Briain;
Mastered by Nick Sowsden;
Photograhy by Voy Okuszko;
Layout and design by Rowan Piggott

Musical Traditions Review by Ken Ricketts and Marya Parker

Musicians

Charlie Piggott: C^#/D button accordion, C-Clarke whistles;
Rowan Piggott, Frances Marriott: fiddles;
Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh: bodhrán;
Garry O’Briain, mandocello, piano

Tracks

1. The Westmeath Jig / Old Walls of Liscarroll (3.35)
2. The Battle of Waterloo (3.00)
3. Old Corcomroe / The Drunken Landlady (3.47)
4. The Days That Are Gone (3.23)
5. Tadgh Stenson’s / I’ll Mend Your Pots and Kettles O! (3.32)
6. Dick Tobin’s / O’Daliagh’s (3.34)
7. Down the Broom / The Maid that Daren’t Tell (3.51)
8. The House at Creegh (2.50)
9. Sweet Kingwilliams Town / On Blackwater’s Banks (4.01)
10. John Naughton’s / The Tenpenny Bit (3.28)
11. The Tadgh and Biddy Waltz / The Tombigbee Waltz (4.18)
12. The Hag’s Purse / Tailor Small’s Jig (3.26)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3a Charlie Piggott, Rowan Piggott;
Track 8 Frances Marriott;
Track 11a Terence ‘Cuz’ Teehan

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Photograhy by Voy Okuszko;
Layout and design by Rowan Piggott

Musicians

Charlie Piggott: C^#/D button accordion;
Rowan Piggott: 5-string fiddle, cittern, shruti drone, podorythmie

Tracks

1. Jackson’s Coagy / The Trip to Bantry jigs (3.24)
2. The Pigeon on the Gate / Cooley’s Morning Dew reels (2.26)
3. Early in the Morning / The Road to Garavane polkas (2.56)
4. Seán Ó Duibhir a Ghleanna (Roud 38230) (2.55)
5. The Mist Covered Mountain song air / Old John’s Jig jig / (3.35)
6. The Stranger setdance air / McGivney’s Fancy hornpipe (3.42)
7. The Hermit from Killarney polka / The Brosna slide (2.15)
8. Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie (Roud 6192) (1.14)
9. The Drunken Sailor hornpipe (4.19)
10. Planxty Fahey planxty / The Green Fields of Woodford jig (3.03)
11. The Song of the Chanter / Pulling Bracken polka (3.25)
12. Maire Rua / Hardiman the Fiddler slip jigs (2.41)
13. Molly na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin (2.44)
14. The Dublin Lads / Lady Gordon reels (1.59)
15. Shannon Ferry Waltz / The Trip We Took Over the Mountain waltzes (5.02)

All tracks trad. except
Track 10a Charlie Piggott;
Track 13 words Rowan Piggott, melody Eithne Ní Uallacháin