A compilation of traditional music from the steel city.

Tracks

1. Hekety: Young Collins / Jamaica (4.44)
   from Furze Cat
2. Silverwheel: Cold Haily Windy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (3.44)
3. Rackaback: The Three Firs / Gerry the Frog (4.31)
4. Minnie Moosika: Sher / Deepest River (5.00)
5. Glorystrokes: Skipping Through the Bar: Skipping Through Vanilla / Bar Room Brawl (4.32)
   from Industrial Revolution
6. Derwenna: Emily’s Jig / Llydaw (3.21)
7. Skyhook: Then and Now (3.47)
8. Crucible: George’s Son / Jake’s Progress (5.31)
   from Crux
9. Box of Shivers: Vas y Mimile / The Clint Eastwood Waltz (5.46)
10. James Raynard: The Loathsome Worm and the Mackerel of the Sea (Roud 3968; Child 36) (5.09)
    from Strange Histories
11. Outre Manche: Hanter Dro (2.51)
12. Richard Masters: Blacken (4.48)
13. Treebeard: Train (4.04)
14. Trinculo: Old Mrs Wilson / Brain Gym (4.16)
15. Hiraeth: Hiraeth / Teddy Tunes (4.27)
16. Tegwen Roberts: Come Out Fighting (3.23)
    from I Think I Thought I Knew
17. Jon Boden: Josephine (Napoleon’s Song) (3.57)
    from Painted Lady

Recorded and mixed by Simon Dumpleton;
Mastered by Tom Wright;
Artwork by Richard Arrowsmith

Tracks

1. Introduction (0.07)
2. Trunkles (Bledington) (4.48)
   Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon; Jo Maher, oboe
3. John Ball (3.24)
   Pecsaetan, Pecsaetan Partners and Members from Sheffield Folk Chorale
4. Constant Billy (2.48)
   Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon
5. Consecration — 448 Sacred Harp (2.48)
   Simon Dumpleton, Carmel Wood, vocals
6. My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (Roud 12946) (3.24)
   Sarah Matthews, vocals, string quartet
7. Sound of Winegums / Origins of Agriculture (5.02)
   Trinculo (Aisling Holmes, fiddle; Jemma Guerney, sax; Nick Cooke, melodeon; Nigel Holmes, guitar; Lee O’Donnell, bass)
8. The Banks of Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (3.43)
   Catrin Ashton, vocals, fiddle; Paul McMahon, guitar
9. Skirmish — tune: Doctor Fauster’s Tumblers (Bledington) (3.16)
   Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon; Jo Maher, oboe
10. Dearest Dickie (Fieldtown) (4.26)
    Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon; Jo Maher, oboe
11. Smuggler’s Song (Roud 25475; Henry H494) (2.18)
    Jess Arrowsmith, vocals; Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon
12. A Quiet Autumn (2.34)
    Simon Dumpleton, accordion, percussion, guitar; Carmel Wood, flute
13. Singing Through the Hard Times (3.57)
    Kirsty Bromley, vocals; Simon Dumpleton, backing vocals, guitar; Jess Arrowsmith, backing vocals
14. Sweet Bells (Roud 936) (3.00)
    Pecsaetan, Pecsaetan Partners and Members from Sheffield Folk Chorale
15. I’m Going to Speke / Battle Swing (live at Cheltenham Folk Festival in February 2011) (3.32)
    The Melrose Quartet (Jess Arrowsmith, fiddle; Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon; James Fagan, bouzouki; Nancy Kerr, fiddle)
16. Queen’s Delight (Bucknell) (4.03)
    Richard Arrowsmith, melodeon; Jo Maher, oboe

Tracks 2-4, 9-10, 14, 16 trad.;
Track 5 William Turner, 1866;
Track 6 Robert Burns;
Track 7 Aisling Holems;
Track 8 words trad., music James Reynard;
Track 11 words Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy;
Track 12 Sarah Allen;
Track 13 Bruce ‘Utah’ Phillips;
Track 15a Joe Scurfield;
Track 15b Frederic & Jean-Charles Guichen

The Kelham Island singing session was founded by Jess and Rich Arrowsmith in 2003, and has attracted many wonderful singers from Sheffield and beyond. This recording captures some of the most popular songs from the session, as well as the unique voices and exuberant harmonies which fill the Tavern on Sunday evenings.

Produced by Jenny Reid;
Recorded and mastered by Simpn Dumpleton;
Mastered by G2 Studios;
Photography by Ben Reid;
Cover art by Richard Arrowsmith

Tracks

1. Bob Butler: Singing In the May (3.12)
2. All: Padstow Drinking Song (Roud 1252) (2.40)
3. James Fagan: Anderson’s Coast (4.27)
4. Peter Smith: Lovers and Friends (3.39)
5. Alec Thompson: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.39)
6. Jenny Reid: The Dancing (2.28)
7. Richard Arrowsmith: Shepherd’s Song (Roud 284) (2.29)
8. Paul and Liz Davenport: Bring Out the Banners (3.39)
9. Jerry Simon: If I Was a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (5.40)
10. Carol Schofield: Soldier Boy for Me (Roud 1302) (2.49)
11. Martin Watson: Five Foot Flirt (3.26)
12. Patrick Rose: General Taylor (Roud 216) (2.25)
13. Vikki Appleton Fielden: Music in My Mother’s House (4.00)
14. Jess Arrowsmith: Sweet Hope of Glory (Roud 23864) (3.45)

Track 1 Mike O’Connor;
Track 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14 trad.;
Track 3 John Warner;
Track 4 Sean Mone;
Track 6 Jim Russell, Andy Shanks;
Track 8 John Warner, John Goss;
Track 8 anon., Jerry Simon;
Track 11 Cyril Tawney;
Track 13 Stuart Stotts