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| Folk South West are in the process of recording some of the material they have been working with during the year in celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. "In The Footsteps Of The Little Giant" has employed the services of a whole team of folkies going into schools and community music days all over the South West.
Forthcoming tracks by JK -"A Bright String of Pearls" and "What a builder of bridges!" - both specially composed for this project, the traditional song "The Launch of the SS Great Britain", and two tracks of traditional tunes - "The Railway" and "The Steamboat Quickstep" on the two-row melodeon, and "The Telegraph Post" and "The Great Eastern Polka" arranged for concertina band. Details from Folk South West: www.folksw.org.uk. |
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| The Sultans of Squeeze - Mr Parkinson and oneself - have recorded one track for a Steve Tilston box set to be released next year on Free Reed Records. It's a song called "Willow Creek", which is a tune of Chris' that Steve has added words to. It's also been recorded by Fairport Convention on their CD "Over The Hill". Our version consists of lots of bellows waggling on two accordions, and is generally anything but delicate! | ||
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| Matthew Wright's three row B/C/C# box, which was advertised here earlier in the year, had now been succeesfully sold to an enthusiast in Hemel Hempstead.
Which prompts me to say that for some time I've been thinking about compiling a list of players of this instrument, and those who are interested in it, in order to have occasional gatherings of some sort, with the chance to commune with like-minded souls and share tunes, tips, and techniques. George Garside and I have started work on a list, and hope to announce more about this before too long. Meanwhile, if you can't wait, have a look to see what's happening on October 28th next year! |
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| The new CD of Christmas & Midwinter material is out now, and available at gigs and via the merchandise section of this website, even if it doesn't show up there yet! Same price as all the others. It's on Fledg'ling Records - FLED 3060.
My wife Sally joins me to make up a choir on four of the choruses, and the rest are more or less solo performances with voice and squeezebox. A few of the songs are from or connected to Shropshire, some are traditional, some are original compositions, and just two of the tracks are instrumentals. TRACK LISTING: 1. The Wassail Cup Carol 2. The Jovial Tinker 3. The Holly and The Ivy 4. Chuckling Hens 5. That Great Christmas Pud 6. The Boar's Head Carol 7. The Pig on a Tricycle 8. Carolling & Crumpets 9. The Cherry Tree Carol 10. Hey for Christmas, or The Shropshire Wakes 11. The Sherborne Mummers' Song 12. Jogging Along With My Reindeer 13. The Pantomime Schottische 14. The Miner's Dream of Home/ The Bells 15. Rolling Downward |
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