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The Willows
The Willows private issue (CD-R EP, UK, 2010) |
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
- Down River (4.35)
- Searching Within Chaos (4.20)
- Senses (3.32)
- Out of Our Hands (4.47)
All tracks by The Willows
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Beneath Our Humble Soil
Beneath Our Humble Soil Elk Records ELK010 (CD, UK, 11 February 2013) |
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
- Out at Sea (4.26)
- Bella’s Fury (2.51)
- Cap in Hand (4.43)
- Absent Friends (3.30)
- The Outlaw (3.21)
- Worker’s War (4.05)
- Gone Are the Days (4.36)
- Moths (5.32)
- Numb (4.25)
- This Book of Ours (2.33)
- John Harvey (4.54)
All tracks written by The Willows except
Tracks 2, 4, 7 The Willows, Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > The Willows: Bella
Bella
Bella Elk Records ELK011 (CD EP, UK, 23 September 2013) |
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
- Bella’s Fury
(2.56)
from Beneath Our Humble Soil - Sailing Ship
(3.26)
recording out-take from Beneath Our Humble Soil - 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
Amidst Fiery Skies Elk Records ELK013 (CD, UK, 6 October 2014) |
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
- Red Sands (5.04)
- Roseville Fair (3.36)
- Johnny Robson (3.27)
- Our Road (5.25)
- Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (3.44)
- Shores (4.00)
- Goodnight Loving Trail (5.00)
- Daughter (3.00)
- The Visitor (5.07)
- Outward Bound (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543) (5.21)
- 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
Through the Wild Elk Records ELK014 (CD, UK, 30 November 2018) |
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
- Coda (3.32)
- Better Days (4.25)
- True Lovers’ Ferry (Roud 1186) (4.08)
- Perfect Crime / Ernest Durham (4.52)
- Honest Man (4.35)
- Pearl Heart (4.07)
- Out of Our Hands (4.50)
- False Light (6.03)
- Gog Magog (5.27)
- 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
- Absent Friends (Folk Radio live session) (4.12)
- Thousand Seas (4.41)
- Gone Are the Days (live on BBC Radio) (4.17)
The Willows (2012 EP)
- Down River (4.35)
- Searching Within Chaos (4.20)
- Senses (3.32)
- Out of Our Hands (4.47)
Bella (2013 EP)
- Bella’s Fury (2.56)
- Sailing Ship (3.26)
- Maid of Culmore (Roud 2493; Henry H687) (3.56)
- Love Is Teasing (Roud 1049) (live) (4.39)
- Down River (live acoustic version) (4.59)
Video
The Willows’ single False Light:
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Other records with Jade Rhiannon and Ben Savage
A Winter Union, A Winter Union, CD, private issue, 2016
A Winter Union, The King, DL single, private issue, 2017
A Winter Union, Live in Concert, DL, private issue, 2019
A Winter Union: Sooner After Solstice, CD, Sungrazing SGR201, 2023
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, In the Dark We Grow, CD, Sungrazing SGR008, 20 September 2024