Recorded by Paul Adams and Robert Hallard;
Produced by Paul Adams, Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley;
Design and illustrations by Gren Bartley and Clover Abbott;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Tom Kitching: fiddle, mandolin;
Gren Bartley: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Clover Abbott: backing vocals

Tracks

1. Clyde Street (3.07)
2. Davy Lowston (5.31)
3. City of Sleep (3.37)
4. Young Love (2.05)
5. An tAthair Jack Walsh / The Howlet and the Weazle (4.04)
6. Window (2.59)
7. Standing at the Judgement (2.48)
8. Record Lovelies (2.08)
9. Long John (Roud 6711) (3.23)
10. Low (3.59)
11. Molly Oxford (3.13)
12. Somebody on Your Bond (3.35)
13. Peg ’n’ Awl (Roud 4619) (4.15)
14. Rainy Morning (3.18)

Tracks 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10 Gren Bartley;
Tracks 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13 trad.
Track 14 Tom Kitching

Recorded by Paul Adams in October 2008;
Produced by Paul Adams, Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley;
Artwork by Clover Abbott and Mary Blood

Musicians

Tom Kitching: fiddle, mandolin;
Gren Bartley: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Clover Abbott: vocals;
Edwin Beasant: melodeon

Tracks

1. Dressed to Roll (2.36)
2. Green Beds (Roud 276; Laws K36; G/D 1:48; Henry H779) (3.59)
3. Malcolm’s / Lass from Barrow (2.52)
4. Grateful for a Home (3.59)
5. Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea (3.15)
6. Old Sir Simon the King (Roud 19776) (3.17)
7. Norman’s Christmas (3.03)
8. Russian Song (2.43)
9. Raspberry Bourrée (2.14)
10. Into Night (3.19)
11. Parson’s Farewell (2.30)
12. Different Rooms (4.01)
13. No More Auction Block (3.59)
14. Autumn Wasp / Boris in the Bathroom (3.34)
15. Dreams Lay Heavy / Jess’s Waltz (5.39)

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 12, 15 Gren Bartley;
Tracks 2, 6, 11, 13 trad.
Tracks 3, 9, 14 Tom Kitching;
Track 5 Huddie Ledbetter;
Track 8 Andy Whittle

Recorded by Jon Loomes at Talking Cat Studios;
Produced by Jon Loomes and Tom Kitching;
Mastered by Paul Adams and Tom Kitching;
Design, artwork and photography by Rebekah Jane Fuller

Musicians

Tom Kitching: fiddle;
Marit Fält: låtmandola;
Freya Rae: flute, clarinet;
Jim Molyneux: percussion

with
Lisa Watchorn: cello;
Andy Cutting: melodeon;
Jon Loomes: hurdy-gurdy;
Kieran Markham: throat singing

Tracks

1. Rufty Tufty / The Way Is Clear / Whitefriars Hornpipe (5.28)
2. La Rotta / Occidentals (4.49)
3. Slow Jigs: Stugby Kiruna / Stary Smokovec (5.41)
4. The Buffoon (2.58)
5. Cobbler’s Hornpipe (4.06)
6. Elvin Hornpipes:B Shaw, Be Happy / 3 Puds (6.39)
7. Fair Play / Bishop of Chester’s Jig (4.13)
8. The Gall Bladder Mazurka / The Lady Murray’s Delight (8.13)
9. Cheshire Rounds / Childgrove (5.29)
10. Sue and Adi’s Fast Dance (3.58)

Tracks 1ac, 2a, 4-5, 7b, 8b, 9ab trad.;
Track 1b Neil Davey;
Track 2b Tom Kitching;
Tracks 3ab Steve Hodgskiss;
Tracks 6ab Tim Elvin;
Track 7a Sally Kirkpatrick;
Track 8a Andrew Swaine;
Track 10 Sean Heeley

Video

This is the musical half of Tom Kitching’s Busk England project. It’s the soundtrack to 18 months of busking around England, trying to get under the skin of a country he thought he knew. An exploration of acoustic and tone.

The book half of the project goes by the same name and is available through Tom’s website.

Recorded by Jon Loomes of Talking Cat Studios ’live’ on location at Danebridge Methodist chapel, December 2019;
Mixed by Jon Loomes and Tom Kitching;
Mastered by Jon Loomes;
Photography and artwork by Elly Lucas

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries;
Folk Radio UK review by Richard Hollingum

Musicians

Tom Kitching: fiddle, mandolin;
Marit Fält: nordic mandola, cittern

with
Jude Rees: English border bagpipes

Tracks

1. Old Molly Oxford (3.56)
2. Belt Driven (3.50)
3. Grimstock / Greensleeves Morris (5.37)
4. Miss Firth’s / Eglantine (5.54)
5. Hellebore / Ice House Schottische (5.27)
6. In Store Bakery (2.24)
7. Lamaload / Bean Setting (5.15)
8. Staines Morris / Trip to Paris (5.15)
9. Tom Tolley’s Hornpipe / Pidge (5.58)
10. Women and Wine / Old Age and Young (5.24)
11. La Fanatique / Infinite Espresso (5.18)

Tracks 1, 3ab, 7b, 8ab, 9a, 10b, 11a trad. arr. Tom Kitching, Marit Fält;
Tracks 2, 6, 11b Tom Kitching;
Track 4a Gavin Davenport;
Track 4b Cliff Stapleton;
Track 5a Toon Van Mierlo;
Track 5b Nigel Eaton;
Track 7a Steve Hodgskiss;
Track 9b Mel Biggs;
Track 10a John Dipper

This album accompanies the book of the same name, available at Tom’s website.

Documenting six months living in the London waterways community, making the long journey across England from Manchester on a traditional narrowboat built in 1937, Where There’s Brass tells the story of the contemporary London waterways; a floating slum at worst, a bohemian, alternative, vibrant community at best.

It is a love letter to the waterways, and a rallying cry for what they can be in the future.

Recorded and produced by Jon Loomes and Rakoczy on location in the Lowry Room and at Talking Cat Recordings, Ripponden;
Cover design by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Tom Kitching: fiddle, mandolin;
Marit Fält: nordic mandola, cittern

with
Jon Loomes: piano, hurdy-gurdy;
Rakoczy: nyckelharpa

Tracks

1. Grub Street (2.48)
2. South Island (6.44)
3. A Long Time Between Sunsets (3.58)
4. The Old Country (4.43)
5. Shoulders of Giants (3.49)
6. Nightsoil (4.35)
7. Sally Forth (4.30)
8. The Brentford Lullaby (4.39)
9. The Churn (4.06)
10. Polska for a Lost Rubber Duck (5.22)

All tracks Tom Kitching except
Tracks 5, 7 Marit Fält