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Green Ribbons

Green Ribbons: Green Ribbons (Matière Mémoire MATME003CD)

Green Ribbons
Green Ribbons

Matière Mémoire MATME003CD (CD, UK, 12 July 2019)

Green Ribbons is a project dedicated to the celebration of unaccompanied song.

Recorded and mixed by Tom Pryor at Studio 95, St James Street, Brighton, in July 2018;
Mastered and cut by Fréderic Alstadt at Ånström Studio, Brussels;
Drawings by Jinnwoo;
Polaroids by Debbie Armour;
Graphics and Layout by Cedric D’hondt

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Debbie Armour, Frankie Armstrong, Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb, Alasdair Roberts: vocals

Tracks

  1. The Well Below the Valley (Roud 2335; Child 21) (4.18)
  2. Green Ribbons (Roud V2178) (3.38)
  3. My Geordie, Oh (Roud 5622, 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.09)
  4. The Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (2.14)
  5. Jennie Jenkins (Roud 731) (1.05)
  6. Garden Song (4.22)
  7. The Heathery Hills (Roud 5295) (3.53)
  8. Ima Nema (0.53)
  9. Sea Snake Island (4.53)
  10. Here’s a Health Unto All True Lovers (Roud 1235) (4.32)
  11. A Question (3.09)
  12. Softly Spoken Man (2.34)
  13. Lady Margaret (Roud 50; Child 77) (4.49)

Tracks 1, 13 trad. arr. Debbie Armour / Green Ribbons;
Track 2 words trad., music Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 3 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts / Green Ribbons;
Track 4 trad. arr. Frankie Armstrong;
Tracks 5, 8 trad. arr. Debbie Armour;
Tracks 6, 9 Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 7 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts;
Track 10 trad. arr. Alasdair Roberts, Debbie Armour;
Track 11 Frankie Armstrong arr. Green Ribbons;
Track 12 Benjamin ‘Jinnwoo’ Webb

Video

Green Ribbons sing Garden Song: