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The Willows

The Willows: The Willows (private issue)

The Willows
The Willows

private issue (CD-R EP, UK, 2010)

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Written and recorded by The Willows;
Artwork by Emmanuel Martin

Musicians

Ben Savage: guitar, vocals, dobro;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, shruti box;
Cliff Ward: guitar, vocals, banjo, fiddle;
Prue Ward: violin, vocals

Tracks

  1. Down River (4.35)
  2. Searching Within Chaos (4.20)
  3. Senses (3.32)
  4. Out of Our Hands (4.47)

All tracks by The Willows

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Beneath Our Humble Soil

The Willows: Beneath Our Humble Soil (Elk ELK010)

Beneath Our Humble Soil
The Willows

Elk Records ELK010 (CD, UK, 11 February 2013)

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Produced by The Willows and Stu Hanna;
Recorded, mixd and mastered by The Willows;
Front cover artwork by Emmanuel Martin;
Photo by Matthew Williams;
Design and layout by The Willows and Taron Murfitt<(p>

Musicians

Jade Rhiannon: vocals, guitar;
Cliff Ward: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Ben Savage: guitar, dobro, vocals;
Stephen MacLachlan: percussion, piano, vocals;
Prue Ward: violin, vocals

with
Ivan Garford: double bass [1, 3, 7];
Andrew Donovan: double bass [2, 4, 8];
Peter Savage: melodeon [4];
Debs Spanton: double bass [5, 8-9, 11];
Ruth de Turberville: cello [8]

Tracks

  1. Out at Sea (4.26)
  2. Bella’s Fury (2.51)
  3. Cap in Hand (4.43)
  4. Absent Friends (3.30)
  5. The Outlaw (3.21)
  6. Worker’s War (4.05)
  7. Gone Are the Days (4.36)
  8. Moths (5.32)
  9. Numb (4.25)
  10. This Book of Ours (2.33)
  11. John Harvey (4.54)

All tracks written by The Willows except
Tracks 2, 4, 7 The Willows, Stu Hanna

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Bella

The Willows: Bella (Elk ELK011)

Bella
The Willows

Elk Records ELK011 (CD EP, UK, 23 September 2013)

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Produced by Stu Hanna and The Willows;
Artwork by The Willows

Musicians

Jade Rhiannon: vocals, guitar;
Cliff Ward: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Ben Savage: guitar, dobro, vocals;
Stephen MacLachlan: percussion, piano, vocals;
Prue Ward: violin, vocals

with
Andrew Donovan: double bass [1];
Ivan Garford: double bass [2];
Debs Spanton: double bass [3]

Tracks

  1. Bella’s Fury (2.56)
    from Beneath Our Humble Soil
  2. Sailing Ship (3.26)
    recording out-take from Beneath Our Humble Soil
  3. Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (3.56)
    later included on Amidst Fiery Skies

Track 1 The Willows, Stu Hanna;
Track 2 The Willows;
Track 3 trad.

> Folk Music > Records > The Willows: Amidst Fiery Skies

Amidst Fiery Skies

The Willows: Amidst Fiery Skies (Elk ELK013)

Amidst Fiery Skies
The Willows

Elk Records ELK013 (CD, UK, 6 October 2014)

The Willows: Amidst Fiery Skies (Elk ELK013, booklet cover)
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Produced by Sean Lakeman and The Willows;
Mixed by Patrick Phillips;
Mastered by Pete Maher;
Photography and artwork by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Ben Savage: guitar, vocals, dobro;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, shruti box;
Cliff Ward: guitar, vocals, banjo, fiddle;
Prue Ward: violin, vocals;
Evan Carson: drums, bodhrán, percussion

with
Ben Nicholls: double bass;
Debs Spanton: double bass [5];
Pete Ord: foot stomp [8]

Tracks

  1. Red Sands (5.04)
  2. Roseville Fair (3.36)
  3. Johnny Robson (3.27)
  4. Our Road (5.25)
  5. Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (3.44)
  6. Shores (4.00)
  7. Goodnight Loving Trail (5.00)
  8. Daughter (3.00)
  9. The Visitor (5.07)
  10. Outward Bound (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543) (5.21)
  11. Wave (4.26)

All tracks written by The Willows except
Track 2 Bill Staines;
Track 5 trad.;
Track 7 Bruce ‘Utah’ Phillips;
Track 10 words trad.

> Folk Music > Records > The Willows: Through the Wild

Through the Wild

The Willows: Through the Wild (Elk ELK014)

Through the Wild
The Willows

Elk Records ELK014 (CD, UK, 30 November 2018)

The Willows: Through the Wild Special Edition CD
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Produced by Mark Tucker and Ben Savage;
Recorded by Mark Tucker at Arc Studios, Oxford;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Photography by Rob Bridge and The Willows;
Cover art by Emmanuel Martin;
Artwork and design by Taron Murfitt

Musicians

Jade Rhiannon Ward: vocals;
Ben Savage: guitar, dobro, vocals;
Cliff Ward: guitar, banjo, fiddle, vocals;
Evan Carson: percussion, vocals;
Katriona Gilmore: fiddle, mandolin, vocals;
John Parker: double bass

Tracks

Through the Wild

  1. Coda (3.32)
  2. Better Days (4.25)
  3. True Lovers’ Ferry (Roud 1186) (4.08)
  4. Perfect Crime / Ernest Durham (4.52)
  5. Honest Man (4.35)
  6. Pearl Heart (4.07)
  7. Out of Our Hands (4.50)
  8. False Light (6.03)
  9. Gog Magog (5.27)
  10. Dear Lilly (6.12)

All tracks written by The Willows except
Track 3 Charles Dibdin / trad. arr. The Willows

Through the Wild Special Edition CD

  1. Absent Friends (Folk Radio live session) (4.12)
  2. Thousand Seas (4.41)
  3. Gone Are the Days (live on BBC Radio) (4.17)

The Willows (2012 EP)

  1. Down River (4.35)
  2. Searching Within Chaos (4.20)
  3. Senses (3.32)
  4. Out of Our Hands (4.47)

Bella (2013 EP)

  1. Bella’s Fury (2.56)
  2. Sailing Ship (3.26)
  3. Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (3.56)
  1. Love Is Teasing (Roud 1049) (live) (4.39)
  2. Down River (live acoustic version) (4.59)

Video

The Willows’ single False Light:

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A Winter Union: A Winter Union (private issue) A Winter Union, A Winter Union, CD, private issue, 2016

A Winter Union: The King (private issue) A Winter Union, The King, DL single, private issue, 2017

A Winter Union: Live in Concert (private issue) A Winter Union, Live in Concert, DL, private issue, 2019

A Winter Union: Sooner After Solstice (Sungrazing SGR201) A Winter Union, Sooner After Solstice, CD, Sungrazing SGR201, 10 November 2023