Wild Goose Records Catalogue

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WG371CD NO USE IN CRYIN' RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE

'Great songs and tunes, mostly fiddle-led, but with fine work on banjos, guitars and (sometimes) melodeon, as well’

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WG370CD FOUR ACROSS ENGLISH REBELLION

Anahata: melodeon, cello, anglo concertina, Mary Barber: fiddle, viola, Nick Barber: melodeon, horn, soprano recorder, baritone
Mary Humphreys: piano, English concertina, banjo, vocals

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WG369CD LOOK BOTH WAYS GEORGE PAPAVGERIS

Forward and astern. Traditional and modern. Strange and familiar. Night and day. Near and distant. Old and new. East and West. Young and old. Multiple perspectives, each with their validity yet each also limited in the view they can afford. And still many of us cling desperately to one or the other pretending to be seeing some universal Truth that excludes others. Most of my adult life I tried to fight such tendencies within myself, a fight that I will no doubt lose one day as ideas harden to keep pace with the arteries. But meanwhile I soldier on, always looking for new recruits to take up the cause of observing ourselves from the outside and smiling (lovingly, always lovingly) at our anthropocentric veneer of self-importance. Who will take my shilling?

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WG368CD THE WAITING ISSY & DAVID EMENEY with KATE RIAZ
The new album from this trio contains some wonderful playing and singing as well as cracking tunes. Played on melodeon, cello and either guitar or bouzouki.

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WG367CD PAST & PRESENT ROGER WATSON

A mixture of Songs and tunes. Roger Watson: Voice, 2- & 3-row Melodeons, English Concertina, with Jackie Oates: Voice, 5-stringed Viola; Tim Walker: Flugelhorn, Cornet, Voice, Side drum

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WG366CD FROST BITES BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST

An unusual musical celebration of Christmas. The album contains songs, tunes and carols related to Christmas and originating from England, Europe and America. Vocals, melodeon, fiddle, oboe, cor anglais and bass clarinet and percussion.

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WG365CD GENEROSITY VARIOUS ARTISTS - FOLK FOR MS

Celebration of 20 years of Folk for MS, which began as a single charity concert. The album is called ‘Generosity’ because all tracks have been donated by some of the many who have given their time and music free.

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WG364CD THE AXFORD FIVE THE ASKEW SISTERS & CRAIG MORGAN ROBSON

Songs collected by George Gardiner from the village of Axford, Hampshire in 1904 from Sarah Goodyear, Marty Munday, Elizabeth Randall, Charlotte Hall and Emma Hopkins. Together these women, known affectionately as the Axford Five, provided a rich variety of material, from songs of love and loss, murder and mischief to the downright risqué!

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WG363CD GLEOWIEN Vicki Swann & Jonny Dyer

Gleowien is a middle English word meaning to make music and merry. This album is dedicated to that, containing English traditional and Swedish pipe tunes and songs from Child Ballad to self penned, accompanied by a multiplicity of instruments both English and Swedish.

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WG362CD COLD FEN Mary Humphreys & Anahata

This is Mary and Anahata's fourth album, and their second devoted to songs from East Anglia. This one specifically features songs from the Fens. The first album, Fenlandia features East Anglian Songs of many genres.

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WGS361CD Susie Fair Maggie SandS and Sandragon

It was the making of this album (Maggie's fourth and the first for WildGoose records in England) that lead to the formation of Sandragon. Malcolm Bennett took over from Will on woodwinds, and Will Hughes from Anthar on percussion. On this album, you have all six of them. The album demonstrates the band's trademark blend of traditional songs and hi-energy dance tunes from the medieval and Renaissance eras. The dragon is the symbol which is found in both the English traditional tales of "St George & the Dragon", and the mythological dragon legends of medieval times.

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WGS360CD The Navvy's Wife
A musical drama written by Mick Ryan which gives voice to those whose lives were shaped by the great drive to carve out Britain's canals, railways and roads. Thousands were caught up in the migration of able-bodied men to the vast scars of construction that have now softened into our landscape. Bonds forged by kinship, friendship, love and economic necessity helped them all survive the brutal realities of the hard life the men were drawn to. This itinerant way of life conferred hardship and uncertainty on the women caught up in it but of these mothers, lovers, wives and widows the newspapers had very little to say; of their longings, sorrows, hopes and joys they said nothing, nothing at all …

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WGS359CD Dusty Diamonds Martin & Shan Graebe
For this, our second CD together, we have mined the collections of Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, for these little gems. Some of the songs are presented here for the first time since they were collected. Many are variants of songs that are well known but we feel that the differences give them freshness and renewed charm. The songs we have chosen are mainly from the South-West of England, particularly Devon, though Cornwall is well represented. There are also two songs written by Martin.

 
WGS358CD Beyond the Quay Tom & Barbara Brown A wide range of songs - long, short and tall all with a touch of the briny about them - but not a shanty in sight. It has a distinctly maritime leaning and also revisits some songs that have been in our repertoire for many years. We've also, again, taken the opportunity to work with some additional performers we admire: Keith Kendrick makes a welcome return he hasn't been able to make any of our recordings since Where Umber Flows and it's been a delight to work with the Askew sisters, Emily and Hazel, (whose combined ages are less then either of us!) who are a formidable duo in their own right, both singing and playing, and who have their own CD with Wild Goose.

WGS357CD Pride of the Season Jack Crawford
This collection of songs, my interpretations of them and the way I deliver them are all rooted in the rich and fertile soil of the English folk tradition. Nevertheless, I freely acknowledge the many other influences that have shaped, and continue to shape, my singing. When researching these songs I have found that they have no respect for borders. Here you will find a few from Scotland, Ireland and Newfoundland, though most would comfortably withstand being called English. Although I generally sing alone and unaccompanied, this CD is not a solo venture.
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WGS356CD Nine Witch Knots Rubus
The band concentrates on modern interpretations of traditional songs using strong instrumentation. Emily Portman is probably best known as one third of The Devil's Interval and also working as a duo with Lauren McCormick

WGS355CD Grand Conversation Mick Ryan and Paul Downes
This album marks the debut of a new working partnership for Mick Ryan. Mick is well known as a fine singer and Paul has a great pedigree and is one of the best string players in the country. Together they make the sparks fly. The tracks are a mixture of traditional songs and Ryan's own compositions.

WGS354CD Sounding Now The Claque
Four part acapella male harmony. Distilled from the legendary groups of old, four voices of depth and maturity blended to give warmth and harmony to the English tradition.

WGS353CD The Food of Love Belshazzar's Feast
'My personal find of the festival - Paul Hutchinson and Paul Sartin play like no-one else you've ever heard. Their music is breathtaking and wickedly inventive and the between-tunes interchange as intelligent and hilarious as the music. But don't let me give you the impression they're a lightweight comedy act: they finish the set with a haunting piece of oboe and accordion magic which has the audience spellbound.' BBC Radio 2 Mike Harding Show online,

WGS351CD One Man Hand Tony Hall
All the songs and tunes on this album are played on Hohner Melodeons cheap(ish), factory made and basic but Tony prefers their more earthy 'pubby' sound. The melodeons are all old instruments and the clicking sound of the keys reflects their age. The tunes were all recorded as performances with no overdubs or double tracking even though at times it seems so. Tony's Norfolk motto is - 'Why dew suffin' the easy way, if there's a bludda sight harder way to dew it!'

WGS350CD The Whitchurch Hornpipe Neil Brookes and Tony Weatherall
All the tunes on this album are to be found in a collection of tune books from North Shropshire. Some are dance tunes, whilst others have military connections from the time of the Napoleonic wars. Very few are found in other sources, and from their titles, many appear to be the work of local musicians. Four manuscripts bear the signatures of John Jones (dated1801), James Blackshaw (1837), Richard Hughes (1823) and Albert John Hughes (undated).

WGS349CD Life's Eyes George Papavgeris
What is different in Life's Eyes is that there is a quiet confidence appearing in his writing, which is audible in the subtlety of the tunes, no longer aiming to surprise with elaborate arrangements but just as memorable. And the same confidence is evident also in George's singing the best he has ever been. “Regrets” is probably the finest example of his mature and seasoned delivery. Augmented sparsely but tellingly by Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer (in the guise of George's itinerant Los Marbles) both in voice and on an assortment of guitars, bass, flute, small-pipes, whistle, keyboards and accordion settings

WGS348CD Lost Love Found Jim Causley
This, Jim's second solo CD is the eagerly awaited, dark followed-up to his acclaimed debut album 'Fruits of the Earth" (WildGoose) Causley explores songs and ballads of heartbreak, woe and the varying interpretations of love itself. On 'Lost Love Found' we find Causley's vocals the most experimental to date ranging from a warm, soft whisper to the gravelly, bluesy tones of Tom Waits. Accompanied by his dextrous accordion playing, Causley builds on his collaborative work with multi-instrumentalist James Dumbelton and on several tracks they are joined by guest musicians James Delarre of Mawkin, Sandra Kerr and George Papavgeris. 

WGS347CD West Country Night Out Tom & Barbara Brown
Welcome to a West Country Night Out. This CD contains some of the best known and some lesser known songs and tunes from Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Tom and Barbara have drawn together a wealth of talented musicians and singers to complement their own arrangements with other instruments and choruses. Nine of these tracks are previously unreleased; the remainder have been drawn from various of Tom and Barbara's previous CDs. Together, and spanning over 400 years, these tracks give a genuine flavour of the song traditions of the counties that make up the South-West peninsula.

WGS346CD Ingleneuk Hector Gilchrist
Hector is blessed with a wonderful voice and a way of carrying a song so that it touches the listener. Most of the backings on this album have been provided by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer who are great performers in their own right but also have a way of complementing a song without getting in the way. The choice of material is wide and varies from very modern singer songwriter to Scottish traditional but it all makes good listening. The title of this CD is taken from the name of his boyhood home in Coylton, Ayrshire and is a tribute to his parents who loved singing.

WGS345CD All in a Garden Green The Askew Sisters
Hazel and Emily Askew's sheer energy and musicality is quickly leading them to become one of the up and coming acts of the English music scene, with their foot stomping tunes, and powerful songs and ballads. They respect the tradition whilst demonstrating awareness of contemporary styles, and play with an enjoyment and love for the music that is infectious.

WGS344CD Legends & Lovers Issy & David Emeney
Issy Emeney is a very good writer of tunes and songs in the traditional vein and together with David they play and sing a mixture of traditional and their own new material. Issy plays melodeon and David guitar and bouzouki. On this album they are joined by the wonderful cello player Kate Riaz.

WGS343CD Sliptease Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Vicki is one of the best pipers in the business, able to seamlessly veer from soulful airs to driving, up-tempo tunes to set every foot tapping, and this is all aided by Jonny's brilliantly inventive, subtle yet strong guitar work. Although best-known for their instrumental skills, the duo have also added a healthy number of songs to their act, and have rightly established themselves as one of the best young duos around on the folk scene today!

WGS342CD September Days Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
Lynne and Pat are firmly established on the folk scene and this, their third album, continues to demonstrate their strong loyalty to the tradition. Their harmonies are outstanding with clear, bright diction and their voices remain as strong as ever. At the same time, their own special muse has not deserted them and, inspired by their travels and experiences (and having gained their diplomas in laughter facilitation) they continue to write and entertain with their own inimitable material.

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WGS341CD Songs of Witchcraft and Magic Various artists
This collection of songs reflects the significant part that magic has played in our culture. They connect with myths and folktales that take us back to the distant past; but they also represent a living and evolving tradition. The magic of these songs still exerts power over us today.

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WGS340CD Fenlandia Mary Humphreys & Anahata
Since coming to live in East Anglia Mary has been looking for songs collected in the area where she now lives. The newly issued Classic English Folk Songs revised by Malcolm Douglas had much expanded notes on the song Lucy Wan which I have known for many years and the book included some biographical details of the source singer, Mrs Charlotte Dann ( nee Few) of Cottenham. Spurred on by an informative email exchange with Malcolm Douglas I proceeded to extricate songs that had been archived together with Lucy Wan as part of the Lucy Broadwood collection in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library in Cecil Sharp House.

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WGS338CD Ghosts & Greasepaint Barry Lister
Traditional song. Great ballads. Mainly acapella Barry Lister must be one of the best ballad singers in the country. He has been singing in groups since the sixties but this is his first solo album. It is not quite solo since Barry has brought in some of his friends to provide other voices and some backings.

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WGS337CD Songs from the Derbyshire Coast Keith Kendrick
Songs with a Maritime Bias. Keiths tastes in traditional music have always been diverse and eclectic including: English song and dance in general but increasingly concentrating on Derbyshire versions; maritime songs and shanties; and the occasional contemporary song written in traditional style. All of these styles are reflected here. There are some very meaningful and serious items and also some lighter pieces just for fun but always with a strong leaning towards the maritime; hence the title of the album
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WGS336CD Bitter Sweet Bob & Gill Berry
Traditional song with accompaniment. The Collins Dictionary describes Bittersweet as pleasant but tinged with sadness and many of the songs in this album fit this description. Enduring love coming to an end through wars, appalling working conditions for women, or even just the natural end of our days are all to be found. In this, our somewhat eclectic collection of songs, we hope to convey the range of music that we love and wish to share. Without the wonderful diversity of songwriters and collectors of folksongs to be found in all corners of this great country and beyond we would be much the poorer.
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WGS335CD Blood and Honey The Devil's Interval
Traditional song with modern three part harmony Three musicians utterly committed to singing the traditional songs of these islands and doing so while maintaining a great sense of adventure along with an obvious enjoyment of the music and a pride in their own abilities as musicians. ......Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy MBE
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WGS334CD Both Shine as One Ron Taylor & Jeff Gillett
Traditional songs with guitar, mandola, concertina The song comes first, the singer comes second and the accompaniment comes last. The accompaniment must be sympathetic so that it enhances and does not constrain the song - but that doesnt stop the accompanist from having a really good time and even showing off occasionally (as long as it doesnt get in the way of the song)
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WGS332CD Tide of Change Tom & Barbara Brown
Tom and Barbara's songs are always entertaining, informative, humorous and highly musical ~ their sense of fitting arrangement nothing short of inspired. The use of harmony is earthy and exciting, always full of power and punch! Keith Kendrick
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WGS331CD Another Round Roy Clinging & Neil Brookes
A collection of mostly English traditional songs and tunes from this new and exciting partnership. Roy's clear vocals and accomplished concertina are enhanced by Neil's musicianship as he complements the songs and inspires the tunes on fiddle and octave fiddle.
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WGS330CD Beer & Black Pudding Dave Bordewey & Dave Young
Dave and Dave play a mixture of traditional music and song. Many of the tunes are based on morris dances and are played in a traditional style. They started playing as a duo in early 2004 and also perform regularly as part of their own ceilidh band, mainly in the Hereford / Worcester area.

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WGS329CD Six by Two Emily & Hazel Askew
A six track EP introducing Emily and Hazel Askew who are a young duo playing mainly traditional music and songs in a modern and exciting style.

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WGS328CD Toadstone Random
Gutsy, melodic, folk-rock interpretation of tunes with traditional roots, creates scintillating ceilidh music that will make you want to dance. The band is led and produced by by one of the best melodeon players in the country - Saul Rose
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WGS327CD Crux Crucible
The second album from the multi-talented band - Crucible. They are a young band singing and playing traditional music with a strong English flavour that springs from living, working and playing together in the vibrant traditional music scene of Sheffield.

WGS325CD Hampshire Dance Tunes Various Musicians
Dance tunes from a village musician's book 1822. In Winchester Records Library, there is a manuscript book, ref. 210M87/1. The title page has R Pyle 19th January 1822 written in decorated script. The book contains 171 secular tunes, largely country dance tunes with a few airs and song accompaniments, and a few psalm and hymn settings in the back. It thus reinforces the classic idea we have of an English village musician, someone who plays for dances and in the church on Sundays. 
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WGS323CD Parallel Strands Martin Graebe & Shan Cowan
This album brings together two aspects of Martin Graebe:- his ability to write great songs in traditional styles and his skill and patience in
researching the songs from the C19th collection of Baring-Gould. Many of the songs are recorded here for the first time since
Baring-Gould noted them down and all the arrangements of Martin's own songs are new.
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WGS322CD Floating Verses Mary Humphreys & Anahata
Recycled and reclaimed verses from the English traditional repertoire. MARY HUMPHREYS AND ANAHATA sing and play their music at
home in East Anglia and perform in clubs, concerts and festivals all over the UK. They specialise in finding unusual variants of songs and
tunes from the English tradition and take great delight in putting them back into circulation.

WGS321CD The Moon Shines Bright Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
'Heraud and Turner take their listeners on a magical journey through their varied repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs…. When it sounds this good, it's worth clambering aboard.' (Living Tradition) 'Riveting with any song and unbeatable as soon as they approach the traditional repertoire' (Folk London)

WGS320CD The Swan-Upmanship Old Swan Band
Old Swan have been influencing English country dance music for 30 years. This is their first new recording for 21 years. So here it is; still unbeatable. Driving fiddles with a full raunchy brass section and rhythm from drums and keyboard. This band is still unique and still at the cutting edge.
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WGS319CD FURZE CAT HEKETY

Hekety are a dance band, first, last and in the middle too. But they also believe that if the music isn’t good enough and interesting enough to sit & listen to, why should anybody want to dance to it? And it works a treat. A great, big, thumping, wailing, dark chocolate lump of noise that shoves you onto the dance floor, and then keeps you dancing until long after heart, lungs and common sense have told you to stop. It’s not exactly safe music, not foam rubber Stetson & Roy Rogers cap gun stuff. Of the tradition, but unconfined by it; English country dance music for the 21st century and beyond!.......Gordon Potts

WGS318CD Something to Show Mick Ryan & Pete Harris
A mix of traditional songs & Mick Ryan's own compositions sung by one of the best traditional singers in the country. Pete Harris provides vocal harmonies and rich instrumental accompaniments on guitar, mandola, bouzouki, whistles and bass guitar. Guest musicians include Tim van Eyken on melodeon, Paul Sartin on oboe and Paul Burgess on fiddle.

WGS317CD Well Seasoned Keith Kendrick
Songs and tunes which reflect the turning of the seasons and the passing of the ritual calendar. The album has songs for each of the major seasons plus songs from the Sheffield Christmas tradition, the new year, Easter, and Whitsuntide. This is his third solo recording and is a testament to his consummate ability to stand alone as a singer and one of the best concertina players in the country. His obvious grasp, clear insight, and love, of the musical genre is simply a joy to behold. Many of the songs are Derbyshire based and display the pride that Keith has in being a Derbyshire mon..

WGS316CD A Little Bit Off the Top Dave Giddins
An album of by an entertainer well steeped in the tradition of the songs and how they should be delivered.

WGS315CD Changeling Crucible
Crucible are a young band singing and playing traditional music with a strong English flavour that springs from living, working and playing together in the vibrant traditional music scene of Sheffield.

WGS314CD Mr. Kynaston's Famous Dance Vol. 1 & 2 Belshazzar's Feast
Colourful interpretation of English eighteenth-century dance tunes from the Kynaston Collection on fiddle, oboe and accordion. Played at dance tempo and accompanied by a book of the same name containing music and steps by renowned caller Andrew Shaw.
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WGS312CD Sharp Practice Mary Humphreys & Anahata
Singer Mary Humphreys, whose vocal style has been informed by listening to traditional singers, and multi-intrumentalist Anahata have emerge from years of working in their local folk communities to present an assortment of material from the English folk tradition, much of it previously unrecorded, in a dazzling variety of arrangements.

WGS311CD The Heart Gallery Hen Party
Hen Party are a female a cappella folk group rooted in English traditional style, yet sparkily innovative in their vocal performance.

WGS308CD Deviation Random
Gutsy, melodic, folk-rock interpretation of tunes with traditional roots, creates scintillating ceilidh music that will make you want to dance.

WGS306CD PREVAILING WINDS TOM & BARBARA BROWN
This collection brings together a broad range of accompanied and unaccompanied songs, mostly from Englands West Country traditions, but spanning some four hundred years. Some of them, Tom and Barbara grew up with, others have been acquired along the way during nearly forty years of involvement with English songs and tunes.

WGS303CD Stars in my Crown Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud
Traditional songs in harmony and with accompaniment. They are both long respected performers on the English Traditional Folk scene and Keith is one of the best concertina players in the country.
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WGS302CD BENEATH OUR CHANGING SKYS TEST VALLEY COMMUNITY CHIORS

This album was created to present an anthology of songs from Hampshire sources, past and present, performed by local choirs. The performers are both community choirs from the Test Valley. The recording was carried out in the Church of St. Mary the Less, Chilbolton, nr. Stockbridge in Hampshire.
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WGS301CD Straight from the Fingers Bursledon Village Band
Most of the dance tunes are English but there are a few from further afield, all played in the band's distinctive Southern English style, with great emphasis on the rhythmic nature of the tunes.

WGS300CD WHERE UMBER FLOWS TOM & BARBARA BROWN

Classic songs by these major figures of the English club scene - Primarily West Country songs, the album also includes some more modern material and two instrumental tracks.

WGS296CD FINE COLOURS Tim Laycock

English songs old and new, by a leading light of the tradition and a superb concertina player.

WGS294CD DARK THE DAY Mick Pearce & Kitty Vernon

Exquisite guitar-backed song set from English club regulars
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WGS292CD Dead Maid's Land Wren Trust
Traditional West Country songs from the 19th Century collection of Sabine Baring-Gould. (re-mixed)

WGS288CD Glory Be Finality Jack
Self-penned acoustic music for fiddle, accordion, and bouzouki. Very innovative arrangements.
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WGS285CD From the Vale Chris Bartram & Keith Holloway
English traditional songs and tunes from the Vale of White Horse accompanied and played mainly on Melodeons and Fiddle.

WGS283CD The South Wind The Bursledon Village Band
Traditional English country dance music: instrumental, melodeons, fiddle, Anglo concertinas, keyboard, drums and percussion, Eb tuba, Eb tenor horn.
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WGS284CD Call & Cry Sue Brown & Lorraine Irwing
Traditional songs from around the British Isles and beyond: unaccompanied female harmony.
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WGS279CD Songs from Yorkshire & other civilisations Graham Metcalfe
A mixture of traditional and music hall songs with a Yorkshire flavour. All the tracks are sung unaccompanied by a Yorkshire man with real conviction for the material, some in dialect and some with additional harmony voices
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WGS277CD A Kind & Gentle Nature The Ian Bruce Breeze Band
Modern folk songs: male vocals, guitar, oboe, violin, accordion, percussion. Remastered in Spring 2000.
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WGS267CD Fair Game Poacher's Pocket
Traditional and new, tunes and songs in the English style: instrumental and vocal, mainly female vocals and harmonies, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars, fiddle, button accordion, concertina, whistles, crumhorn, percussion, electric bass.
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WGS262CD Peaceful Harbour Chris Timson & Anne Gregson
New and traditional songs from England and America: instrumental and vocal, male and female vocals, close harmony, English and Anglo concertinas.

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