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

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott;
Mastered by Sam Proctor (Lismore Mastering);
Photography by Voy Okuszko;
Artwork by Adam Oehlers;
Layout by Rowan Piggott

Folk Radio UK review by Peter Shaw

Musicians

Rowan Piggott: vocals, fiddle, double bass;
Rosie Hodgson: vocals;
Philippe Barnes: vocals, guitar, flute, whistle

with guests
Evan Carson: bodhrán [2, 5, 8-9, 11];
Charlie Piggott: button accordion [13];
Johnny Ringo McDonagh: bodhrán [13]

Tracks

1. The Beauties of Autumn (4.11)
2. A Bruton Farmer (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.41)
3. In a Fair Country (3.34)
4. Queen & Country (3.19)
5. Chalice Well / The Welcombe Hills (4.03)
6. Woman of the Woods (3.53)
7. Song of the Whale (5.24)
8. Hjältedyrkan polska (3.36)
9. The Thrush’s Anvil (4.05)
10. Of Men Who’ll Never Know (3.38)
11. Pete’s Jig / Poor Hildegard / Joan Brodie’s (3.27)
12. The Wilderness Yet (4.53)
13. Seán Ó Duibhir A’ Ghleanna (Roud 38230) (3.15)

Track 1, 3, 6, 9 Rosie Hodgson;
Track 2 trad., from James Patterson;
Tracks 4, 5b, 9, 11b Rowan Piggott;
Tracks 5a, 11ac Philippe Barnes;
Track 7 Eric Bogle;
Track 10 words Rowan Piggott, melody trad. Swedish Ack högaste himmel;
Track 12 poem Inversmaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins, addition verses and melody Rowan Piggott

Video

The Wilderness Yet sing Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem The Wilderness Yet:

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson: lead vocals [1, 3];
Rowan Piggott: fiddle [1-2], vocals [3];
Philippe Barnes: guitar [1-3], whistle [1], flute [2], vocals [3]

Tracks

1. John O’Dreams (3.34)
2. The Wedding Waltz (2.49)
3. Ae Fond Kiss (Roud 38389) (2.26)

Track 1 Bill Caddick;
Track 2 Rowan Piggott;
Track 3 Robert Burns

Video

The Wilderness Yet sing John O’Dreams:

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott at Scribe Records;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
CD cover silouhette by Frances Marriott;
CD design by Rowan Piggott

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson: vocals, banjo, whistle;
Rowan Piggott: vocals, fiddle, double bass, whistle;
Philippe Barnes: vocals, guitar, flute, whistle

Tracks

Vol. 1

1. Deck the Halls (Roud 26301) (2.32)
2. Corpus Christi Carol (Roud 1523) (2.34)
3. The Holly Bush / Christmas Eve Irish reels (5.28)
4. Turn the Year Round (2.45)
5. A Jolly Wassail (Roud 209) / The Banks of the Quay polka (2.39)
6. Winter Song (2.07)
7. Frost Is All Over / Christmas in November / The Cracker jigs (5.38)
8. The Wren (Roud 19109) / Crucaharan Cross polka (2.50)

Tracks 1, 5ab, 7a, 8ab trad.;
Track 2 words trad., melody Jeff Buckley, Rowan Piggott;
Track 3a Finbar Dwyer, Co Cork;
Track 3b Tommy Coen, Co Galway;
Track 4 Rosie Hodgson;
Track 6 words Anna Tabbush, melody trad;
Track 7b Philippe Barnes;
Track 7c Rowan Piggott

Vol. 2

1. Winterbound (2.36)
2. Old Jacky Frost (2.37)
3. In Dulce Jubilo / The Sussex Carol (Roud 597) (2.01)
4. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (2.26)
5. Drive the Cold Winter Away (Roud V9375) (3.28)
6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Roud 230) (2.18)
7. The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (3.48)

Track 1 Rowan Piggott;
Track 2 Barrie Temple;
Tracks 3ab, 5-7 trad.;
Track 4 trad., additional words Rosie Hodgson

CD

1. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Roud 230) (2.18)
2. A Jolly Wassail (Roud 209) / The Banks of the Quay polka (2.37)
3. Winterbound (2.37)
4. Frost Is All Over / Christmas in November / The Cracker jigs (5.37)
5. Old Jacky Frost (2.37)
6. Drive the Cold Winter Away (Roud V9375) (3.27)
7. Deck the Halls (Roud 26301) (2.33)
8. Winter Song (2.04)
9. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (2.24)
10. The Holly Bush / Christmas Eve Irish reels (5.27)
11. Corpus Christi Carol (Roud 1523) (2.33)
12. In Dulce Jubilo / The Sussex Carol (Roud 597) (2.02)
13. The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (3.46)
14. The Wren (Roud 19109) / Crucaharan Cross polka (2.49)
15. Turn the Year Round (2.41)

Tracks 1, 2ab, 4a, 6-7, 12ab, 13 trad.;
Tracks 3, 4c Rowan Piggott;
Track 4b Philippe Barnes;
Track 5 Barrie Temple;
Track 8 words Anna Tabbush, melody trad;
Track 9 trad., additional words Rosie Hodgson;
Track 10a Finbar Dwyer, Co Cork;
Track 10b Tommy Coen, Co Galway;
Track 11 words trad., melody Jeff Buckley, Rowan Piggott;
Track 15 Rosie Hodgson

Video

The Wilderness Yet sing The Holly and the Ivy:

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott at Scribe Records;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Artwork by Adam Oehlers;
Layout by Rowan Piggott

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson: vocals, banjo;
Rowan Piggott: vocals, fiddle, double bass;
Philippe Barnes: vocals, guitar, flute

with
Joe Danks: bodhrán, percussion [3-5, 8, 10]

Tracks

1. Wild Northeaster (3.16)
2. Old Brock (3.14)
3. Charlie Fox (3.33)
4. What Holds the World Together (5.51)
5. The Carol of the Flood (3.29)
6. The Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) (3.29)
7. Of All the Gods (3.35)
8. The Last Shanachie (4.00)
9. Midnight Accountant / The Optimist (3.40)
10. T Stands for Thomas (Roud 419; Henry H593) (3.46)
11. The Nightingale’s Lullaby (2.56)
12. Emigrantvisa (1.48)

Track 1 words Charles Kingley (Ode to the North-East Wind), music trad. slip jig (The Blast of Wind);
Track 2 words and music Tim Brooks, harmony arragement Rowan Piggott;
Track 3 words and music Dave Webber, instrumental jig trad. (Johnny O’Leary’s);
Tracks 4, 7 Rosie Hodgson;
Tracks 5, 8, 9c, 11 Rowan Piggott;
Tracks 6, 9b, 10 trad.;
Track 9a Philippe Barnes;
Track 12 music trad., words and arrangement Rowan Piggott

Recorded and mixed by Rowan Piggott at Scribe Records;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Cover artwork by Adam Oehlers

Tradfolk review by Gavin McNamara

Musicians

Rosie Hodgson, Rowan Piggott, Philippe Barnes: vocals

Tracks

1. Westlin Winds (Roud 6936) (4.16)
2. The Goose & the Common (2.03)
3. Black-Eyed Susan (Roud 560; Laws O28) (3.41)
4. Na Ceannabháin Bhána slip jig / The Mountain Road reel (2.33)
5. Cocks Are Crowing (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.08)
6. Byker Hill (Roud 3488) (2.09)
7. Chanticleer (4.38)
8. Mary and the Soldier (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91; Henry H782) (3.17)
9. Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (3.20)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Robert Burns;
Track 3 John Gay;
Track 7 Rosie Hodgson, Rowan Piggott

Video

The Wilderness Yet sing The Goose & the Common: