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Seriouskitchen: On the Mash
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On the Mash WetFoot Music WFM000721 (CD, UK, 21 July 2000) |
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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
- In the Kitchen / On the Mash (5.04)
- Seven Little Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.25)
- Ormistons (3.52)
- Millworker (r.45)
- Hennessey’s Gathering (3.35)
- Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (3.23)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Roud 2994) (4.23)
- Electric Chopsticks / Pressed for Time (5.55)
- Morfar (2.46)
- Lord Randal (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (4.56)
- 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
> Folk Music > Records > Seriouskitchen: Tig
Seriouskitchen: Tig
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Tig WetFoot Music WFM020831 (CD, UK, 31 August 2002) |
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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
- The Kit Set (4.33)
- The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (4.42)
- The Silkie of Sule Skerry (Roud 197; Child 113) (7.13)
- Escargot (4.14)
- Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (7.46)
- Bowland Bridge (4.56)
- Batten Down the Hatches (4.19)
- Sally Gardens (Roud 32872) (7.48)
- Stable Door (5.35)
- Open (5.14)
- 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
> Folk Music > Records > Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Thumb Twiddling
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Thumb Twiddling
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Thumb Twiddling WetFoot Music WFM020925 (CD, UK, 25 September 2002) |
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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
- Frustration: The Bodmin Stomp / Mind the Gap / Fffrustration (6.06)
- Anthemic Bells: RTW / The Home Coming (5.50)
- Geordie Lad: Geordie Lad / The Good Old Way (5.43)
- Pressed for Time: Electric Chopsticks / Pressed for Time (4.50)
- Jesters Waltz (4.24)
- To Catch a Cat (2.30)
- Metamorphosis (4.48)
- Stable Door: Pine Tree / Stable Door (6.00)
- Pushbike: Farewell to the Astra / Pushbike (6.35)
- 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
> Folk Music > Records > Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Scatter Pipes
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Scatter Pipes
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Scatter Pipes WildGoose Studios WGS324CD (CD, UK, 13 June 2005) |
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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
- Donald MacLeod’s Reel / Stornoway Castle / Sandy Duff (4.33)
- The Willows / The Three Ashes (5.01)
- The Hare’s Lament (Roud 3574; Henry H172) / tunes: Carrock Fell / Jumping the Beck (6.32)
- The Broken Drone / Chasing the Butterfly / Scatter Pipes (8.34)
- Hector the Hero (5.00)
- Hemligheten (3.44)
- The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152, H793) / tune: Jock’s Box (6.19)
- Cartmel Fell / Tigers Eye (5.59)
- Lament for the Lone Piper / The Bulgarian Bandit (7.44)
- The Blue Man (3.40)
- 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
> Folk Music > Records > Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Sliptease
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Sliptease
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Sliptease WildGoose Studios WGS343CD (CD, UK, 14 August 2007) |
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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
- Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) / Andy Jackson’s (4.58)
- The Sliptease Set: Sliptease / Real Tease / Maltease (4.50)
- Lavender’s Blue (Roud 3483) (5.04)
- The Cribbage Set: Two for a Pair / One for His Nob / Two for His Heels (4.40)
- The Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (5.18)
- The Podcast Set: The Race for Home / Apples and Chairs (5.48)
- Sweet Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (4.42)
- Logan Rock (4.02)
- Sweet Polly Oliver (Roud 367; Laws N14; Henry H166) / The Winter Wedding (5.09)
- Tystnaden: Tystnaden / Angarrick (4.40)
- 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
> Folk Music > Records > Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Twiddle On!
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Twiddle On!
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Twiddle On! WetFoot Music (DL, UK, 2 October 2008) |
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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
- In the Kitchen (5.04)
- Ormiston’s (3.51)
- Scotty’s Friday (5.43)
- Hennessey’s Gathering (3.33)
- Metamorphosis (4.49)
- Morfar (2.44)
- Anthemic Bells Set (5.51)
- Geordie Lad (5.45)
- The Jesters Waltz (4.26)
- Stable Door (6.02)
- To Catch a Cat (2.32)
- Pushbike (6.35)
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Gleowien
‘Glay-oh-wee-en’—to make music, to make merry Gleowien WildGoose Studios WGS363CD (CD, UK, 9 July 2009) Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios; Vicki Swan: vocals [4, 6, 9, 11],
Scottish smallpipes in D and A, nyckelharpa, flute; with guests
Tracks 1abc, 2, 6, 7abc, 8b, 10bc Jonny Dyer; Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, accompanied by Mark Southgate on acoustic bass,
play Fikavalsen and Iste Vista
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Stones on the Ground
Stones on the Ground WildGoose Studios WGS384CD (CD, UK, 26 July 2011) Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpa, Scottish smallpipes,
flute, whistle, double bass; with guests
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Red House
Red House WetFoot Music WFM130801 (CD, UK, 1 August 2013)
Recorded and produced by WetFoot Music; Vicki Swan: vocals, Scottish smallpipes, nyckelharpa, English border pipes,
Swedish bagpipes, flute, double bass; with
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: A Sound of Christmas Past
A Sound of Christmas Past WetFoot Music WFM140501 (CD, UK, 1 May 2014) Essex Wassail WetFoot Music (DL Christmas single, UK, 9 December 2012)
Mixed and producd by WetFoot Music; Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, octavharpa, flute, vocals;
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Seriouskitchen: The Whispering Road
The Whispering Road WildGoose Studios WGS413CD (CD, UK, 18 December 2015) Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios Nick Hennessy: spoken word, vocals; 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
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Paper of Pins
Paper of Pins WetFoot Music WFM160630 (CD, UK, 20 June 2016)
Artwork and photography by Terry Crouch Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpa, oktavharpa, Scottish smallpipes,
Swedish bagpipes, English border pipes, flute, whistle, double bass;
Tracks 1, 9 lyrics trad., music Jonny Dyer; >
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Fikavalsen
Fikavalsen WetFoot Music (DL single, UK, 1 December 2016) Vicki Swan: double bass;
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Purcell’s Polyphonic Party: An Invitation to Dance
An Invitation to Dance WetFoot Music WFM170901 (CD, UK, 1 September 2017)
Recorded and mixed at WetFoot Music; John Dipper: viola d’amore, concertina;
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Twelve Months and a Day
Twelve Months and a Day WetFoot Music WFM190201 (CD, UK, 1 February 2019) Recorded by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer; Folk Radio UK review
by David Kidman Vicki Swan: vocals, nyckelharpas (standard, fiddle, oktav, Siena),
flute, double bass;
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Deprivation WetFoot Music WFM200201 (CD, UK, 1 February 2020)
Recorded by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer; Folk Radio UK review
by David Kidman Vicki Swan: nyckelharpas, double bass, flute, vocals;
All tracks (lyrics, melodies and arrangement) by Vicky Swan and Jonny Dyer >
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Vicki Swan: Hearts Eyes
Hearts Eyes WetFoot Music WFM201101 (CD, UK, 1 November 2020) 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,
Recorded and edited by Vicki Swan during the Covid 19 pandemic in August 2020; Vicki Swan: moraharpa [7, 14],
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Hector Gilchrist and Jonny Dyer: … With Love
… With Love WetFoot Music WFM20201115 (CD, UK, 15 November 2020)
Recorded by Jonny Dyer, WetFoot Music; Hector Gilchrist: vocals;
Track 1, 6, 9 Cole Porter; >
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: If These Stones Could Speak
If These Stones Could Speak WetFoot Music (DL single, UK, 24 October 2024) Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, percussion;
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: The Rose Ball
The Rose Ball WetFoot Music WFM250905 (DL, UK, 5 September 2025) A collection of Regency dances with the theme of “Roses” as
performed at the Rose Ball for the Jane Austen Festival in Bath
in September 2025. All recorded as danceable tracks.
Performed and recorded by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer at WetFootMusic studios; Vicki Swan: flute, nyckelharpa; >
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Vicki Swan: A Book of Favourite Swedish Tunes
A Book of Favourite Swedish Tunes WetFoot Music WFM260301 (DL, UK, 4 March 2026) 64 duets from the book A Book of Favourite Swedish Tunes Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa >
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Mayhew & Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle-English from A.D.1150 to 1580Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Gleowien

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Artist photography by Andy Carne;
Instrument photography by Terry CrouchMusicians
Jonny Dyer: vocals [2, 6, 9, 11],
guitar, accordion, Swedish cittra
Mark Southgate: bass guitar;
Pete Flood: assorted percussion:
Roy Jones: bodhránTracks
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: Stones on the Ground

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Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, piano accordion, piano
Mark Southgate: bass guitar;
Pete Flood: percussionTracks
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 DyerVicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Red House

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Mastered by Nigel Palmer at Lowland Masters;
Artwork, design and all visuall coolness by Terry CrouchMusicians
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitars, piano accordion,
saz shaped bouzouki thing, piano
Tom Kitching: fiddle,
narrowboat “Spey” engine driver [11]Tracks
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 DyerVideo
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: A Sound of Christmas Past

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Mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Records;
Cover design by Karen Carter, Hdingham FairMusicians
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, piano accordion, spinet, bassTracks
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);
Seriouskitchen: The Whispering Road

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Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, vocals;
Jonny Dyer: accordion, guitar, backing vocals, cow hornThe Story
The Music
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Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Paper of Pins

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Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitars, gandola, bouzouki, piano accordion, piano, spinet,
pipe organ, harmonium, cowhornTracks
The Wedding Suite
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 DyerVideo
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Fikavalsen

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Jonny Dyer: pianoTracks
Purcell’s Polyphonic Party: An Invitation to Dance

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Mastered by Steve Kitch at Audiomaster;
Artwork anc cover design by Nicole MurrayMusicians
Vicki Swan: nyckelharpa, Scottish smallpipes, flageolet;
Jonny Dyer: spinet, accordion, gandolaTracks
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Twelve Months and a Day

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Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell at Limbo Creative Ltd;
Cover artwork by Daria KuleshMusicians
Jonny Dyer: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, piano, harmonium, citole, cornu, carnyx;
Evan Carson: guest percussion [8, 10]Tracks
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
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: Sleep Deprivation

Jiggle the Old Bones
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Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell at Limbo Creative Ltd;
Cover artwork and design by Nicole MurrayMusicians
Jonny Dyer: piano, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, citole, lyre, vocals, percussionTracks
Vicki Swan: Hearts Eyes

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Suites 32 and 2 - Emeraud, arr Praetorius
Mixed and mastered by Jonny Dyer;
Cover art from: Praetorius’s Syntagnum Musica 1620Musicians
Tracks
No. 1 Bransle
No. 2 Bransle Simple de Novelle
No. 32 La Bourrée
No. 3 Bransle Simple de Poictou
Hector Gilchrist and Jonny Dyer: … With Love

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Mixed and mastered by Phil Snell, Limbo MusicMusicians
Jonny Dyer: piano, guitar;
Carol Anderson: fiddle;
Jacob Houghton: guitar;
Vicki Swan: double bass;
Rik Parry: drumsTracks
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 HowardVicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: If These Stones Could Speak

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Vicki Swan: vocals, violin, celloTracks
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer: The Rose Ball

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Rose painted by Inez Karlsson (Vicki’s Great Aunt)Musicians
Jonny Swan: harpsichordTracks
Vicki Swan: A Book of Favourite Swedish Tunes

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Other records with Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Isambarde:
Barnstorming,
CD, Whirly Whorl WHIRWHOR 001, 2006
George Papavgeris:
Life’s Eyes,
CD, WildGoose WGS349CD, 2008
Various Artists:
Moonshine Murder Mountains & Mudflats
(Leigh Folk Festival 2008),
CD, Thames Delta MUD001CD, 2008
George Papavgeris:
Looking Both Ways,
CD, WildGoose WGS369CD, 2009
Various Artists:
Shivering Sands & Scavenging Birds
(Leigh Folk Festival 2009),
CD, Thames Delta MUD002CD, 2009
White Star Line-Up:
Look Out!,
CD, WildGoose WGS383CD, 2011
Jeff Warner:
Long Time Travelling,
CD, WildGoose WGS385CD, 2011
Chris Sarjeant:
Heirlooms,
CD, WildGoose WGS386CD, 2012
Hector Gilchrist:
Days o’ Grace,
CD, WildGoose WGS409CD, 2014
Ange Hardy:
Esteesee,
CD, Story STREC1659, 2015
Daria Kulesh:
Long Lost Home,
CD, own label DKCD0001, 2017
Hector Gilchrist:
Gleanings,
CD, WildGoose WGS426CD, 2018
Daria Kulesh:
Earthly Delights,
CD, Daria Kulesh DKCD0003, 2019
Various Artists:
Many Voices on a Theme of Isolation,
CD, Musicians for Musicians, 2020
Odette Michell:
The Queen of the Lowlands,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD507, 13 June 2025




