Produced by Ian Carter;
Recorded in Ian's kitchen and above a North London tube station

Musicians

Nicola Kearey, vocals;
Ian Carter, guitar;
Joolie Wood, violin;
Fran Morter, Rachel Davies, backing vocals

Tracks

1. Four-Loom Weaver (Roud 937) (2.46)
2. All the Things (3.54)
3. Poor Old Man (2.18)
4. Bedlam (Roud V16366) (3.15)
5. Ends (4.32)

Track 1 trad.;
Track 4 words trad., music Nic Jones / Dave Moran;

Recorded, mixed and produced by Ian Carter;
Co-produced by Nicola Kearey;
Recorded at: Southfields Industrial Park Basildon, above Caledonian Tube Road Station, The Snake Pit, Sutton House Homerton, the front rooms at Walthamstow and Leytonstone;
Mastered by Kevin Tenniswood at Curve Pusher;
Artwork and phtography by Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, assisted by Gab Lloret and Joel Januriek

Musicians

Nicola Kearey, lead vocals, concertina, handclaps;
Ian Carter, guitar, accordion, percussion, handclaps, vocals;
Fran Foote, harmony vocals, recorder, accordion, handclaps;
Si Foote, percussion, vocals, handclaps;
Ellie Wilson, violin;
Joolie Wood, additional violin;
Rachel Thomas Davies, Gbenga Adelekan, additional vocals

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Champion (1.37) Common Ground (3.25) Seven Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278) (4.10) My Barra (3.18) The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (3.28) Jail Song (Roud 1077) (1.57) Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206) (4.18)	Me n Becky (2.34) The Bows of London (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.23) Bedlam (Roud V16366) (3.13) Hasp (4.52) By of River (2.31) Who Knows (4.39) By of River (Reprise) (3.26)

There are no credits given on the album but these tracks are easily identifialble:
Track 1 Ewan MacColl;
Tracks 3, 5-7, 9 trad.;
Track 10 words trad., music Nic Jones / Dave Moran;

Video

Stick in the Wheel play Ewan MacColl's Champion at Keeping Them Rolling:

Conceived and produced by Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter;
Recordings by Stick in the Wheel

Musicians

Nicola Kearey, lead vocals;
Fran Foote, harmony vocals;
Ian Carter, guitar;
Ellie Wilson, violin;
Si Foote, percussion

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Cryes (3.49)	Broomes (1.31)

Track 1 from a 17^th Century broadside ballad and set to new music;
Track 2 from a 16^th century play Three Ladies of London

We set out to make a collection of live recordings—a snapshot of English folk music right now. We wanted to capture performances that were immediate and intimate. You feel like you're in the room with them, hearing a continuation of a tradition which is very much alive, and evolving.

We didn't know most of these people, being new to the folk scene. But we could see across the breadth of England, what a wide range of music and styles there were. When we approached the artists, most of them said yes without question, and trusted us with their art. We were welcomed into private and personal spaces, in down-time, and between gigs. Often we were done within the hour, then packed away in the boot of the car, and on to the next one. Of course there are people we don't know about, or couldn't get… There is always next time.

From a stone cottage in Edale, a London bank vault, a Bristol back room, to a Robin's Hood Bay garden at dusk, a Bedford kitchen, each artist was asked to think about what From Here meant to them—by way of place or geography, as a way of looking back to musical origins, or simply where they are at this very moment in time—“here's what I am, this is where I'm from”. Then we just recorded them live, in situ, two stereo mics, no overdubs. Exactly as if you were right there.

Recorded on location by Ian Carter;
Mixed and produced by Ian Carter;
Artwork and additional production by Nicola Kearey;
Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy.

Tracks

Side 1

Side 2

Jack Sharp: Bedfordshire May Carol (Roud 937) (2.33) Eliza Carthy: The Sea (4.18) John Kirkpatrick: Here's Adieu to Old England (Roud 1703; G/D 6:1083) (4.50) Bella Hardy: The Ballad of Hugh Stenson (5.09) Martin Carthy: The Bedmaking (Roud 1631) (3.17) Nicola Kearey: Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (2.45) Jon Boden: Fathom the Bowl (Roud 880) (3.57) Lisa Knapp: Lavender Song (Roud 854) (2.04)

Spiro with Madame Česki: Lost in Fishponds (2.42) Sam Lee: The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (3.48) Stew Simpson: Eh Aww Ah Cud Hew (2.28) Fran Foote: The Irish Girl (Roud 308; G/D 5:946) (3.52) Sam Sweeney: Bagpipers / Mount Hills (4.38) Fay Hield: My Bonny Boy (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141) (3.41) Peta Webb & Ken Hall: Just a Note / Wild Wild Whiskey (4.14) Rob Harbron: Young Collins / Getting Up Stairs (3.20) Men Diamler: 1848 (Sunset Beauregard) (2.31)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Eliza Carthy;
Track 11 Ed Pickford;
Track 15a Ewan MacColl;
Track 15b Bob Davenport

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