Produced by WetFoot Music;
Recorded and mixed by John Waterhouse at Christchurch Studios, Bristol;
Mastered by Graham Semark at Cyclone Music Productions Ltd.;
Ptotography by Jamus Wood;
Design by Jonny Dyer

Musicians

Nick Hennessy: lead vocals, whistles, bodhrán, harp;
Vicki Swan: flute, Scottish smallpipes, bodhrán, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: guitars, low whistle, djembe, vocals

Tracks

1. In the Kitchen / On the Mash (5.04)
2. Seven Little Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.25)
3. Ormistons (3.52)
4. Millworker (r.45)
5. Hennessey’s Gathering (3.35)
6. Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (3.23)
7. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Roud 2994) (4.23)
8. Electric Chopsticks / Pressed for Time (5.55)
9. Morfar (2.46)
10. Lord Randal (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (4.56)
11. Scotty’s Last Munro / Friday Afternoon (5.40)

Tracks 1ab, 5, 9, 11ab Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 2, 6-7, 10 trad. arr. Seriouskitchen;
Track 3 Vicki Swan;
Track 4 James Taylor;
Track 8a Roddy S. MacDonald;
Track 8b Gordon Duncan;
Track 10 Mike Scott

Produced and recorded by Steáfán Hannigan at Oisín Studios, Milton Keynes;
Mastered and manufactured by Cyclone Music Productions Ltd.;
Artwork and design by Lawrence Ward

Musicians

Nick Hennessy: vocals, harp, concertina, bodhrán;
Vicki Swan: Scottish smallpipes, flute;
Jonny Dyer: six and twelve string guitars, low whistle

with
Steáfán Hannigan: egg [1], bodhrán [9]

Tracks

1. The Kit Set (4.33)
2. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (4.42)
3. The Silkie of Sule Skerry (Roud 197; Child 113) (7.13)
4. Escargot (4.14)
5. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (7.46)
6. Bowland Bridge (4.56)
7. Batten Down the Hatches (4.19)
8. Sally Gardens (Roud 32872) (7.48)
9. Stable Door (5.35)
10. Open (5.14)
11. Euan’s Tig (2.24)

Track 1 Jonny Dyer, Vicki Swan;
Tracks 2-3, 5 trad. arr. Seriouskitchen;
Tracks 4, 6-7, 9, 11 Jonny Dyer;
Track 8 poem William Butler Yeats, tune and arr. Seriouskitchen;
Track 10 Mike Scott

Produced and recorded by Wal Tyrrell at Red Studios, Rochester;
Mastered by Graham Semark at Cyclone Music Productions Ltd;
Artwork and design by Jonny Dyer

Musicians

Vicki Swan: Scottish smallpipes, flutes, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: guitar, accordion

Tracks

1. Frustration: The Bodmin Stomp / Mind the Gap / Fffrustration (6.06)
2. Anthemic Bells: RTW / The Home Coming (5.50)
3. Geordie Lad: Geordie Lad / The Good Old Way (5.43)
4. Pressed for Time: Electric Chopsticks / Pressed for Time (4.50)
5. Jesters Waltz (4.24)
6. To Catch a Cat (2.30)
7. Metamorphosis (4.48)
8. Stable Door: Pine Tree / Stable Door (6.00)
9. Pushbike: Farewell to the Astra / Pushbike (6.35)
10. Aussie Piper: One for Hame / Aussie Piper / Acid Piper (5.35)

Tracks 1ab, 3ab, 5, 7, 8ab, 9b, 10ab Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 2ab, 6, 9a Vicki Swan;
Track 1c M. Grey;
Track 4a R. Campbell;
Track 4b Gordon Duncan;
Track 10c Mark Saul

Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Photographs by Keith Kitson;
Cover design by Colman Connolly

Musicians

Vicki Swan: Scottish smallpipes, flute, double bass, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, accordion

with guests:
Chris Green: bouzouki, guitar;
Jude Rees: oboe

Tracks

1. Donald MacLeod’s Reel / Stornoway Castle / Sandy Duff (4.33)
2. The Willows / The Three Ashes (5.01)
3. The Hare’s Lament (Roud 3574; Henry H172) / tunes: Carrock Fell / Jumping the Beck (6.32)
4. The Broken Drone / Chasing the Butterfly / Scatter Pipes (8.34)
5. Hector the Hero (5.00)
6. Hemligheten (3.44)
7. The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152, H793) / tune: Jock’s Box (6.19)
8. Cartmel Fell / Tigers Eye (5.59)
9. Lament for the Lone Piper / The Bulgarian Bandit (7.44)
10. The Blue Man (3.40)
11. Seven Little Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) / tune: Pinetree (7.08)

Tracks 1abc, 3a, 7a, 11a trad.;
Tracks 2ab, 3bc, 4abc, 6, 7b, 8ab, 9c, 10, 11b Jonny Dyer;
Track 5 James Scott Skinner;
Track 9a Vicki Swan;
Track 9b Murray Blair

Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11], F whistle [1, 5], wooden flute [3-4, 9-11], double bass [1, 3, 5, 9-10], Scottish smallpipes in D [2], Scottish smallpipes in A [6, 8];
Jonny Dyer: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11], 6-string guitar [1-5, 7, 9, 11], accordion [2-4, 6, 8-19]

Tracks

1. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) / Andy Jackson’s (4.58)
2. The Sliptease Set: Sliptease / Real Tease / Maltease (4.50)
3. Lavender’s Blue (Roud 3483) (5.04)
4. The Cribbage Set: Two for a Pair / One for His Nob / Two for His Heels (4.40)
5. The Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (5.18)
6. The Podcast Set: The Race for Home / Apples and Chairs (5.48)
7. Sweet Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (4.42)
8. Logan Rock (4.02)
9. Sweet Polly Oliver (Roud 367; Laws N14; Henry H166) / The Winter Wedding (5.09)
10. Tystnaden: Tystnaden / Angarrick (4.40)
11. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) / The Young Hunting Groove (8.03)

Tracks 1a, 5, 7, 9a, 11a lyrics trad., tune Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 1b, 2abc, 3b, 4ab, 8, 9b, 10b, 11b Jonny Dyer;
Track 3a trad.;
Tracks 4b, 6ab, 10a Vicki Swan

A digital download mix of the tunes from the sold-out albums On the Mash and Thumb Twiddling.

Musicians

Vicki Swan: Scottish smallpipes, flutes, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: guitar, accordion

Tracks

1. In the Kitchen (5.04)
2. Ormiston’s (3.51)
3. Scotty’s Friday (5.43)
4. Hennessey’s Gathering (3.33)
5. Metamorphosis (4.49)
6. Morfar (2.44)
7. Anthemic Bells Set (5.51)
8. Geordie Lad (5.45)
9. The Jesters Waltz (4.26)
10. Stable Door (6.02)
11. To Catch a Cat (2.32)
12. Pushbike (6.35)

Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Artist photography by Andy Carne;
Instrument photography by Terry Crouch

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals [4, 6, 9, 11], Scottish smallpipes in D and A, nyckelharpa, flute;
Jonny Dyer: vocals [2, 6, 9, 11], guitar, accordion, Swedish cittra

with guests
Mark Southgate: bass guitar;
Pete Flood: assorted percussion:
Roy Jones: bodhrán

Tracks

1. Gleowien: Rosey Jones / Pine Dance / Gleowien (5.43)
2. William (Roud 20; Child 3) (5.27)
3. Åsavägen: Skön Åsa / Norrahammarvägen (4.26)
4. The ‘Dood’ Night Kiss (3.33)
5. Whist: The Revelstoke Wedding / Whist With a Twist (5.03)
6. Follow Me Home (4.48)
7. Time Out: Time Out / Clattering About / Sticky Ticket (4.28)
8. Fikavalsen: Fikavalsen / Iste Vista (5.40)
9. The Roses Three (4.54)
10. Puget: Vintage Puget / Bare Bones / Turn the Wheel (5.30)
11. Lord Ullin’s Daughter (Roud 3138) (5.03)
12. Trad II: Rory McLeod’s / Highland Pibroch / Banks of the Allen (4.06)

Tracks 1abc, 2, 6, 7abc, 8b, 10bc Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 3ab, 5ab, 8a, 10a Vicki Swan;
Track 4 lyrics Robert M. Swan, melody Vicki Swan;
Track 9 trad. Swedish;
Track 11 lyrics Thomas Campbell, melody Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 12abc trad.

Video

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, accompanied by Mark Southgate on acoustic bass, play Fikavalsen and Iste Vista at Belvedere House in Burnham on Crouch, England, in 2010:

Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpa, Scottish smallpipes, flute, whistle, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, piano accordion, piano

with guests
Mark Southgate: bass guitar;
Pete Flood: percussion

Tracks

1. Billy Boy (Roud 326) / Nancy’s Fancy (6.48)
2. Viggo’s Vaggvisa / Dancing Out (4.08)
3. The Broken Token (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471, H818) (5.30)
4. Emily’s Waltz / Gilwilly (4.41)
5. En Gång / Singi Sunset (5.37)
6. Button Oak / The Polecat (3.54)
7. Herr Hillebrand and Proud Lena (8.32)
8. Valnötslångdans (3.34)
9. Lord Randall (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (6.10)
10. The Cedar Fence / The Three Legged Rant (5.07)
11. The Oxford and ‘Ampton Railway / The Broken Spike (6.33)

Track 1 lyrics v.1-4 trad, v5-7 Jonny Dyer, melody Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 2ab, 5b Vicki Swan;
Tracks 3, 9, 11 lyrics trad., melody Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 4ab, 6ab, 8, 10ab Jonny Dyer;
Track 5a trad.;
Track 6 lyrics trad. Swedish, translation Vicki Swan, melody Jonny Dyer

Recorded and produced by WetFoot Music;
Mastered by Nigel Palmer at Lowland Masters;
Artwork, design and all visuall coolness by Terry Crouch

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals, Scottish smallpipes, nyckelharpa, English border pipes, Swedish bagpipes, flute, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitars, piano accordion, saz shaped bouzouki thing, piano

with
Tom Kitching: fiddle, narrowboat “Spey” engine driver [11]

Tracks

1. The Rambling Shuiler (Roud 7972; Henry H183) (4.35)
2. The Shoemaker Set: Skomaraken (The Shoemaker) / Gruvan (The Mine) / Flickorna Tomasson (The Tomasson girls) (5.21)
3. Benjamin Bowmaneer (Roud 1514) (4.40)
4. Stumpie (aka Buttered Peas) (4.18)
5. The Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (6.30)
6. The Red House Set: Double Dealer / Red House (5.33)
7. The Proposal (Keys of My Heart) (Roud 573) (6.25)
8. Trad III: The Eavesdropper / Troy’s Wedding (3.35)
9. The Private Still (Roud 2342; Henry H103) (4.33)
10. The Old Bark Hut (Roud 22662) (7.28)
11. The Bolinder Set: Doodle Oak Cloggers / Spinning Jenny / Start the Weekend (4.25)

Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 trad., melody Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 2abc Vicki Swan;
Tracks 3-4, 8a trad.;
Track 6a Henry Purcell;
Track 6b Playford collected;
Track 8b Colin Magee;
Tracks 10 Andrew ‘Banjo’ Paterson, melody Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 11abc Jonny Dyer

Video

Vicki and Jonny in the home studio recording Red House:

Mixed and producd by WetFoot Music;
Mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Records;
Cover design by Karen Carter, Hdingham Fair

Musicians

Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, octavharpa, flute, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, piano accordion, spinet, bass

Tracks

1. I Saw Three Ships (Roud 700) (4.08)
2. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (3.53)
3. Coventry Carol (Roud 19028) (4.17)
4. Good Christian Men Rejoice / Rum in the Pudding (Roud 25816) (4.01)
5. Good King Wenceslas (Roud 24754) (3.01)
6. Down in Yon Forest (Roud 1523) (4.30)
7. Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly (Roud 26301) (2.46)
8. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (3.47)
9. Essex Wassail (3.05)
10. Past Three O’Clock (Roud V19189) (2.57)
11. Jingle Bells (4.04)
12. Silent Night (Roud 27088) (4.23)
13. Sussex Carol (Roud 597) (3.01)
14. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Roud 230) / Minuet / Hedingham Green (4.07)

Tracks 4b, 14bc Jonny Dyer;
Track 5 John M. Neale;
Track 9 Track 1 words trad. arr Jonny Dyer, music Jonny Dyer;
Track 10 words George Woodward (early 1900s), tune trad. The London Waits;
Track 12 Franz Grüber (1818);

Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Nick Hennessy: spoken word, vocals;
Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: accordion, guitar, backing vocals, cow horn

The Story

The Whispering Road is essentialy made from two stories. The first, written by Helena Nyblom in around 1897, is called The Ring, and was evidently based on Swedish folkore. The second is a version of the story The Giant With No Heart in His Body widely found across northern Europe, but most famously collected in Norway by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

The Music

1. Långdans från Sollerön [trad.]
2. Seek Me, Find Me [Nick Hennessy]
3. Härjedals Schottish [trad.]
4. Polska efter Byss-Calle No. 25 [Byss-Calle]
5. Trollmors Vagvisa [Margit Holmberg]
6. Karolinermarschen [Eric Sahlström]
7. Dew Drift Frost Fall [words Nick Hennessy, melody Jonny Dyer]
8. Love Is Lost [Nick Hennessy]
9. Polska efter Byss-Calle No. 32 [Byss-Calle]

Tracks

1. Opening (3.36)
2. Intro (3.33)
3. The Ring (5.42)
4. First Castle (7.21)
5. Second Castle (9.00)
6. All Hope Was Lost (9.47)
7. The Troll (7.13)
8. The Search (10.31)
9. To the North (9.14)
10. The Bird (2.18)
11. Finale (5.11)

Artwork and photography by Terry Crouch

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpa, oktavharpa, Scottish smallpipes, Swedish bagpipes, English border pipes, flute, whistle, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitars, gandola, bouzouki, piano accordion, piano, spinet, pipe organ, harmonium, cowhorn

Tracks

1. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (5.38)
2. The Blantyre Explosion (Roud 1014; Laws Q35) (3.23)
3. The Halsway Parade / The Quantock Reel (5.03)
4. We Were Friends (4.51)
5. The Bold Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834) / tune Hunt the Hog (6.25)
6. Canon (4.41)
7. Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) / tune The Chicken Run (3.54)
8. Hornlåt Om Mobil Saknas / Bröllopsgåvan / Piggelunkschottisen (6.01)
9. Paper of Pins (Roud V18487) (5.22)
10. All Hail (3.54)

The Wedding Suite

11. Processional: Sophie’s Brudmarsch / Mr & Mrs Green’s Whimsey (5.16)
12. Signing the Register: Adagio, Love Is a Circle (5.15)
13. Recessional: Speed the Plough / Erithway Green (6.02)

Tracks 1, 9 lyrics trad., music Jonny Dyer;
Track 2 lyrics trad., collected A.L. Lloyd, music Jonny Dyer;
Tracks 3ab, 5b, 8bc Vicki Swan;
Tracks 4, 6, 8a, 10, 13b Jonny Dyer;
Track 5a lyrics arr. Jonny Dyer, music Jonny Dyer;
Track 7 trad.;
Track 11 Jonny Dyer, Vicki Swan;
Track 12 words Robert Herrick (1591-1674), music Jonny Dyer;
Track 13a trad. arr. Jonny Dyer

Video

Musicians

Vicki Swan: double bass;
Jonny Dyer: piano

Tracks

1. Fikavalsen (3.03)

Track 1 Vicki Swan

Recorded and mixed at WetFoot Music;
Mastered by Steve Kitch at Audiomaster;
Artwork anc cover design by Nicole Murray

Musicians

John Dipper: viola d’amore, concertina;
Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, Scottish smallpipes, flageolet;
Jonny Dyer: spinet, accordion, gandola

Tracks

1. Dick’s Maggot (H. Playford 1702) (4.09)
2. Jacob Hall’s Jig (H. Playford 1695) (4.45)
3. A Trip to Paris (H. Playford 1728) (4.14)
4. Emperor of the Moon (John Playford 1688) (5.07)
5. Maiden Lane (John Playford 1651 / Jonny Dyer) (4.17)
6. Kelsterne Gardens (H. Playford c. 1727) (4.12)
7. Hare’s Maggot (H. Playford 1701 / John Dipper) (5.38)
8. Terpsichore (La Bourrée, Michael Praetorius 1605 or 1612) (4.34)
9. Mount Hills (John Playford 1721 / Jonny Dyer) (3.03)
10. St Margaret’s Hill (H. Playford 1713) (3.03)
11. Softly Good Tummas (Kynaston 1728) (6.23)
12. Upon a Summer’s Day (John Playford 1721) (2.35)

Recorded by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer;
Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell at Limbo Creative Ltd;
Cover artwork by Daria Kulesh

Folk Radio UK review by David Kidman

Musicians

Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpas (standard, fiddle, oktav, Siena), flute, double bass;
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, piano, harmonium, citole, cornu, carnyx;
Evan Carson: guest percussion [8, 10]

Tracks

1. Andy Clarke’s: Långsammapolskan / Andy Clarke’s / A Trip to Harbertonford (5.37)
2. Gallows Tree (4.29)
3. Dance All Night: Elsy’s Waltz / Dancing Shoes / Dance All Night (5.35)
4. John Lover (4.36)
5. Midsommarn: Calle’s Brudmarsch / Marsch efter Calle Svankvist / Midsommarn (5.33)
6. Two Red Roses (5.23)
7. Mary Free (3.00)
8. Grandpa Joe: Fiddling About / Grandpa Joe (4.29)
9. Elegy (4.04)
10. Ai Vis Lo Lop: Palästinalied (instrumental) / Ai Vis Lo Lop (5.24)
11. Folk Club Song (5.12)
12. Calle Slips: Polska efter Calle Svankvist / That Mallet Moment / Pinky and the Cradle (4.59)

All music, words and arrangements by Vicky Swan and Jonny Dyer except
Track 2 “The Demon of The Gibbet” by Fitz-James O’Brien (1826-1862);
Track 4 trad. American ca. 1870;
Track 6 lyrics by William Morris (1934-1896);
Track 7 trad. carol from the Harleian manuscript (c. 1456), set to the tune of Searching for Lambs;
Track 10 trad.

Video

Recorded by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer;
Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell at Limbo Creative Ltd;
Cover artwork and design by Nicole Murray

Folk Radio UK review by David Kidman

Musicians

Vicki Swan: nyckelharpas, double bass, flute, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: piano, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, citole, lyre, vocals, percussion

Tracks

1. Intro (1.47)
2. Marvellous Meg / Rpcking Roquefort / The Dark Side (6.43)
3. Anastasia (7.10)
4. Lightening the Load ( St Albans (6.27)
5. Medieval Contra: Cotrarello / Controtto / Contrapasso (9.15)
6. Caucasia Contra (5.20)
7. Jiggle the Old Bones (4.46)
8. Waltzes: Waltzes for Shari / The Kindness of Thwaite (6.17)
9. Sleep Deprivation (6.52)
10. Driving Home Chapelloise: Double Shot Coffee / Diversion Ahead / Don’t Drive Tired (6.31)

All tracks (lyrics, melodies and arrangement) by Vicky Swan and Jonny Dyer

Terpsichore is a collection of 312 French style dances published in 1612 by Michael Praetorius. The suites are a mix of original compositions by Pierre Francisque Caroubel and also melodies provided by Antoine Emeraud and harmonised by Praetorius. This recording draws on four of the suites:

Suites 1 and 3 - Pierre Francisque Caroubel,
Suites 32 and 2 - Emeraud, arr Praetorius

Recorded and edited by Vicki Swan during the Covid 19 pandemic in August 2020;
Mixed and mastered by Jonny Dyer;
Cover art from: Praetorius’s Syntagnum Musica 1620

Musicians

Vicki Swan: moraharpa [7, 14], nyckelharpa, oktavharpa

Tracks

No. 1 Bransle

1. Bransle Simple Bis 1&2 (3.35)
2. Bransle Gay Semel 1-3 (4.07)
3. Bransle Double de Poictou (2.07)
4. Bransle Gay Double 1&2 (2.53)
5. Bransle Double de Poictou 1&2 (4.04)
6. Bransle de Montirande 1&2 (3.03)
7. Gavotte 1-6 & Gilotte (6.20)

No. 2 Bransle Simple de Novelle

8. Bransle Simple 1-4 (3.56)
9. Bransle Gay 1&2 (1.52)
10. Bransle de Poictou 1&2 (5.11)
11. Bransle de Poictou 3&4 (2.37)

No. 32 La Bourrée

12. La Bourrée 1-3 (3.16)

No. 3 Bransle Simple de Poictou

13. Bransle Simple de Poictou Bis & Bransle Simple Bis (4.10)
14. Bransle Gay 1-3 (4.53)

Recorded by Jonny Dyer, WetFoot Music;
Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell, Limbo Music

Musicians

Hector Gilchrist: vocals;
Jonny Dyer: piano, guitar;
Carol Anderson: fiddle;
Jacob Houghton: guitar;
Vicki Swan: double bass;
Rik Parry: drums

Tracks

1. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (4.14)
2. Just the Way You Look Tonight (3.41)
3. I Only Have Eyes for You (4.10)
4. I’m in the Mood for Love (3.57)
5. The Nearness of You (4.33)
6. Begin the Beguine (4.03)
7. I’ll Be Seeing You (4.33)
8. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3.56)
9. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (3.55)
10. Fly Me to the Moon (4.04)

Track 1, 6, 9 Cole Porter;
Track 2 Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields;
Track 3 Harry Warren, Al Dubin;
Track 4 Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields;
Track 5 Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington;
Track 7 Semmy Fain, Irving Kahal;
Track 8 Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach;
Track 10 Bart Howard