> Folk Music > Records > Sandra and Nancy Kerr: Neat and Complete

Sandra and Nancy Kerr: Neat and Complete

Neat and Complete (Fellside FE107)

Neat and Complete
Sandra and Nancy Kerr

Fellside Recordings FECD107 (CD, UK, 1996)

Recorded in Elsdon, Northumberland by Micky Sweeney;
Photographs taken at The Greenhouse in Warkworth by Rik Walton;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, vocals, fiddle, viola;
Sandra Kerr, English concertina, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer

Tracks

  1. Lads of Alnwick (3.30)
  2. The Milkmaids (Roud 290) (2.56)
  3. The Wee Weaver (Roud 3378) (3.47)
  4. David Malone's / James Fagan's (4.44)
  5. The Shoemakker (Roud 3152) (1.57)
  6. The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (3.22)
  7. The Welcome Home / Saucy Nancy (4.19)
  8. Seven Yellow Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200) (2.56)
  9. The Yellow-Haired Laddie / Lovely Nancy (4.34)
  10. The Great Silkie (Roud 197; Child 113) (3.22)
  11. George Collins (Roud 147; Child 85) (3.56)
  12. Jackie Munroe (Roud 268) (3.36)
  13. Rusty Gully / Go to Berwick, Johnnie (3.21)
  14. Sheepcrook and Black Dog (Roud 948) (3.15)

Tracks 1-2, 5, 9, 11, 13-14 trad. English;
Tracks 3, 6, 8 trad. Irish;
Track 4 Nancy Kerr;
Track 7 Sandra Kerr;
Track 10 trad. Scots;
Track 12 trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Starry Gazy Pie

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Starry Gazy Pie

Starry Gazy Pie (Fellside FE127)

Starry Gazy Pie
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Fellside Recordings FECD127 (CD, UK, 1997)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Photographs taken by Rik Walton on Warkworth Beach, Northumberland;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, vocals, fiddle, viola, guitar [14];
James Fagan, vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, clarinet;
Sandra Kerr, English concertina [4, 10, 13]

Tracks

  1. Mrs Capron's Reel / Murray's Reel (2.21)
  2. Jack Orion (Roud 145; Child 67) / Rusty Jack (4.43)
  3. The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) / The Five Fortunes (4.11)
  4. Lang Stayed Away / Little Fishie / All the Night I Lay Awake (4.33)
  5. The Berkshire Tragedy (Roud 8; Child 10) (5.28)
  6. Song of a Drinking Man's Wife (5.10)
  7. The Wrong Door / Choom / The Wet Physician (3.26)
  8. Miles Weatherhill (3.25)
  9. The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688) (2.31)
  10. Dancing on the Gravel / Pam's Polka (3.08)
  11. Seven Yellow Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200) (2.56)
  12. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.05)
  13. Branle de Bourgogne / Beyond the Border (3.36)
  14. Starry Gazy Pie (3.50)

Tracks 1, 7c, 14 Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 2a, 3a, 4-5, 9, 11-12, 13a trad.;
Tracks 2b, 3b, 13b Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 6 Alastair Hulett;
Tracks 7ab James Fagan;
Track 8 trad., Nic Jones;
Track 10 Sandra Kerr

> Folk Music > Records > Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Scalene

Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Scalene

Scalene (Fellside FE137)

Scalene
Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Fellside Recordings FECD137 (CD, UK, 1999)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Photographs by Rik Walton at Warkworth;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Sandra Kerr, English concertina [1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14], guitar [13], vocals [2-3, 5-6, 8, 11-13];
Nancy Kerr, fiddle [1, 4, 7-11, 14], viola [2], cello [3], guitar [9, 13], mandolin [5], vocals [2, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13];
James Fagan, bouzouki [1-2, 4-5, 7-11, 13-14], whistle [3], vocals [2, 5-6, 8-13]

Tracks

  1. The Scalene Set: Rosie Davis the Dancer / Michaely's Bow / Hannah May's (4.22)
  2. Canny Hobbie Elliot / The Bonny Pit Laddie (5.08)
  3. The Cheviot Hills (3.17)
  4. Bob and Joan / Sunderland Lasses / ZenAir (5.50)
  5. Van Diemen's Land (Roud 519; Laws L18) (5.32)
  6. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20) (1.41)
  7. Jeanette's Waltz (4.03)
  8. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (4.10)
  9. Port 'n' Brandy (4.05)
  10. Jigs: Random Notes / The First Ten Years / Meers Brook (4.44)
  11. Buy Broom Besoms (Roud 1623) / Our Cat Has Kitted (3.26)
  12. Sir Walter Raleigh (The Golden Vanity) (Roud 122; Child 286) (3.35)
  13. Here's the Tender Coming (Roud 3174) (2.52)
  14. Kati in die Schnee / Molly's Jig (6.43)

Tracks 1a, 3, 4c, 7, 10b, 14b Sandra Kerr;
Tracks 1b, 9, 14a Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 1c James Fagan;
Tracks 2, 4ab, 13 trad. North East English;
Tracks 5, 12 trad. English;
Tracks 6, 8, 10a, 11 trad.;
Track 10c Vincent Letreau;

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Steely Water

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Steely Water

Steely Water (Fellside FE145)

Steely Water
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Fellside Recordings FECD145 (CD, UK, 1999)

Produced by Paul Adams, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr;
Recorded by Pail Adams and Richard Adams;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Rik Walton

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 10], fiddle [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14], fiddlesinging [12], viola [1-3], guitar [1, 7, 10];
James Fagan, vocals [1, 3, 7, 9-10, 13], bouzouki [1-4, 6, 8, 10, 13], piano [2, 6], guitar [14];
Alan Burton, Uillean pipes [10];
Steve Hunt, bodhrán [10];
Linda Adams, additional vocals [3];
Paul Adams, noose [4], black mask [4]

Tracks

  1. Canon (4.04)
  2. Seven Long Nights (4.05)
  3. Anderson’s Coast (6.22)
  4. Reel du Pendu (2.39)
  5. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484) (3.37)
  6. The Emu Egg (2.59)
  7. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576) (2.14)
  8. Nancy Clough’s / Jonny Sunshine (3.57)
  9. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20) (4.02)
  10. Songbirds (4.47)
  11. Proceed to Slough (3.11)
  12. Gan to the Kye / Peacock Follow the Hen (2.34)
  13. Sir Richard's Song (5.40)
  14. Lion Island / The Manxman (3.00)

Tracks 1-2, 6, 10-11, 14a Nancy Kerr;
Track 3 John Warner;
Tracks 4-5, 7, 9, 12 trad. arr. Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 8a Tom Clough;
Tracks 8b, 14b Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 13 Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Between the Dark and Light

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Between the Dark and Light

Between the Dark and Light (Fellside FE167)

Between the Dark and Light
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Fellside Recordings FECD167 (CD, UK, 2002)

Produced by Paul Adams, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr;
Recorded by Pail Adams in Autumn 2001;
Sleeve design by James Fagan and Mary Blood;
Photographs by James Fagan and Rik Walton

Musicians

James Fagan, vocals, bouzoiki,piano [5];
Nancy Kerr, vocals, fiddle, viola guitar [14];
Sandra Kerr, vocals [3, 12], English concertina [11];
Tim van Eyken, melodeon [3, 6], vocals [3];
Alan Burton, Uillean popes [8, 15]

Tracks

  1. Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439) / The Flaming Drones (3.42)
  2. The Outside Track (6.02)
  3. Tiller Song (4.37)
  4. Meggy's Foot / Coates Hall (2.43)
  5. The False Young Man (Roud 419) (4.16)
  6. The Wire Bender (4.02)
  7. The Drover's Boy (6.21)
  8. Something for Liam / Ten Million Gems (3.26)
  9. Strawberry Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.49)
  10. Ping (2.54)
  11. Kelly's Farewell (3.53)
  12. Elsie Marley / My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up (2.34)
  13. Cuckold Come Out the Amry / Xuan de Mieres / Whoomph (4.12)
  14. Tiburon (3.47)
  15. Cave of Many Colours (3.47)

Tracks 1a, 4a, 9, 11, 12, 13ab trad.;
Track 2 Henry Lawson, Gerry Hallom;
Tracks 1b, 3 10, 13b, 14-15 Nancy Kerr;
Track 4b Pigg;
Tracks 5, 8 trad., Nancy Kerr;
Track 6 James Fagan;
Track 7 Ted Egan

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Strands of Gold

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Strands of Gold

Strands of Gold (Fellside FECD199)

Strands of Gold
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Fellside Recordings FECD199 (CD, UK, January 23, 2006)

Recorded by Robert Hallard and Robert Harbron at Fellside, August 2005;
Produced, mixed and mastered by Robert Harbron;
Photography by James Pyne;
Design by David Bailey / Kiosk

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, vocals [1-2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12], fiddle [1, 3-9, 12], viola [10-12], guitar [2];
James Fagan, vocals [2, 4, 6, 9, 12], bouzouki [1-12];
with
Alan Burton, programming [2];
Colin Fletcher, double bass [2-3, 6, 10, 12];
Robert Harbron, English concertina [3, 7, 10-11], mandolin [11-12];
Martin Simpson, guitar [4, 6], Fylde resonator guitar [6], 5-string banjo [5];
Linda Adams, vocals [12]

Tracks

  1. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84) (3-49)
  2. April Friend (3.04)
  3. Peter the Cabby (3.23)
  4. Locks and Bolts (Roud 406; Laws M13) (3.04)
  5. Lads of Alnwick (2.30)
  6. Farewell to the Gold (5.09)
  7. Three Magpies / Afloat in December (5.24)
  8. Nancy Taylor's (2.12)
  9. Sons of Liberty (5.30)
  10. Lovely Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14) (3.53)
  11. Satellite (4.55)
  12. Thirty-Foot Trailer (5.50)

Tracks 1, 4-5, 10 trad. arr. Nancy Kerr, James Fagan;
Track 2 Nancy Kerr;
Track 3 John Schumann;
Track 6 Paul Metsers;
Tracks 7a, 11 James Fagan;
Track 7b Robert Harbron;
Track 8 Will Taylor;
Track 9 Alistair Hulett;
Track 12 Ewan MacColl

> Folk Music > Records > Kate Fagan: Diamond Wheel

Kate Fagan: Diamond Wheel

Diamond Wheel (Kate Fagan KF0601)

Diamond Wheel
Kate Fagan

Kate Fagan KF0601 (CD, UK, 2007)

Produced by Kate Fagan and Rod McCormack;
Recorded at Music Cellar, Erina Valley, NSW;
Engineered by Jeff and Rod McCormack;
Mixed by Jeff McCormack at Music Cellar;
Mastered by Steve Smart at 301 Studios, Sydney;
Artwork by Glen Hannah, Goonga Design;
Photographs by Brian Rapsey, Rhapsody Pictures

Musicians

Kate Fagan, vocals [1-12], acoustic guitar [1, 5, 7, 9-11], percussion [2, 4, 9], piano [8], piano accordion [10], keyboard [9];
Rod McCormack, slide guitar [1, 11], electric guitar [1, 4, 9], acoustic guitar [1-6, 9], mandolin [2, 10], mandocello [3], banjo [2, 4, 7], papoose [2, 9], Hammond organ [6], vocals [12], backing vocals [1-2, 9];
James Gillard, electric bass [1-4, 6, 9], fretless electric bass [5], upright bass [10, 11], vocals [12], backing vocals [1-2, 4];
John Watson, drums [1-4, 6, 9]

Tracks

  1. Highway of Rainbows (5.24)
  2. One More Drive (3.40)
  3. Roll You Sweet Rain (4.19)
  4. Dollar Bills & Diamond Towns (5.15)
  5. Clear Water (4.13)
  6. Closer I Get to Light (4.14)
  7. O Janey Janey (5.31)
  8. Angel & Mr Cash (3.58)
  9. Good Morning Mellow (4.39)
  10. Old Station Sisters (7.01)
  11. Coming to You (5.17)
  12. Child Upon the Road (4.58)

All songs written by Kate Fagan

> Folk Music > Records > Kerr Fagan Harbron: Station House

Kerr Fagan Harbron: Station House

Station House (Fellside FECD211)

Station House
Kerr Fagan Harbron

Fellside Recordings FECD211 (CD, UK, April 1, 2008)

Produced by Kerr Fagan Harbron;
Executive producer Paul Adams;
Recorded by Olvier Knight at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire;
Mixed by Robert Harbron at Fellside, Workington, Cumbria;
Mastered by Tim Turan, Turan Audio, Oxford;
Photography by James Fagan, group photo by Jane Griffiths;
Design by Robert Harbron

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, fiddle, viola, autoharp, vocals;
James Fagan, guitar-bouzouki, vocals;
Robert Harbron, English concertina, guitar, harmony vocals;
with
Colin Fletcher, double bass [4, 9, 11]

Tracks

  1. Thaxted / Leaving Old England (4.29)
  2. Alan Tyne of Harrow (Roud 2403) / Alvin's (6.54)
  3. Favourite Duet (3.08)
  4. Break Your Fall (4.00)
  5. Farmhands and Masters (4.33)
  6. The Tide Coming In / The Beehive (3.25)
  7. The Smiling Bride / Drummond Castle / Holly's Jig (3.08)
  8. Kissing Tree Lane / I Wish (5.56)
  9. Let the Mystery Be / Pie in the Sky (5.52)
  10. Request Stop (Please Inform the Guard) (2.32)
  11. Diamantina Drover (4.36)
  12. Spanish Fandangle / Sally Sloane's Varsovienna / Ti Tree Waltz (4.05)

Track 1a Gustav Holst;
Tracks 1b, 2a, 3, 6a, 7b, 12 trad.
Tracks 2b, 8a, 10 Robert Harbron;
Track 4 Nancy Kerr;
Track 5 Rud Puddefoot;
Track 6b Nollaig Casey;
Track 7a Charlie Lennon;
Track 7c James Fagan;
Track 8b trad., new words and music Nancy Kerr;
Track 9a Iris Dement;
Track 9b Joe Hill;
Track 11 Hugh McDonald

> Folk Music > Records > The Fagans: Milk and Honey Land

The Fagans: Milk and Honey Land

Milk and Honey Land (The Fagans FMCD006)

Milk and Honey Land
The Fagans

The Fagans FMCD006 (CD, UK, April 4, 2009)

Produced by The Fagans;
Recorded at Music Cellar, Erina Valley, NSW;
Engineered and mixed by Rod McCormack at Music Cellar;
Mastered by Jeff McCormack at Music Cellar;
Artwork by Kay Orchinson with The Fagans

Musicians

Margarat Fagan, lead vocals [3, 7], additional vocals [1-2, 4-5, 8, 10-12];
Bob Fagan, lead vocals [2, 9], additional vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 11-12], acoustic guitar [1-4, 7, 9-10];
Nancy Kerr, lead vocals [5, 10], additional vocals [1, 4, 8, 12], fiddle [1-4, 6-7, 10], viola [6];
James Fagan, lead vocals [4, 12], additional vocals [1-2, 5-8, 10-11], guitar bouzouki [1-5, 6-7, 9-10], acoustic guitar [6], low whistle [6];
Kate Fagan, lead vocals [1, 6], additional vocals [2, 4-5, 8, 10-12], acoustic guitars [1, 3-4], piano [6], piano accordion [2, 7, 9], Hammond organ [10], keyboard [10]

Tracks

  1. Pastures of Plenty (3.39)
  2. Battler's Ballad (3.33)
  3. The Rigs of Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11) (5.27)
  4. Long Run (3.05)
  5. Pilgrimage (4.03)
  6. The Silver Shore (3.44)
  7. The Shades of Gloria (4.33)
  8. Winding Gear (1.45)
  9. Our Milk and Honey Land (3.34)
  10. Greenswell (5.40)
  11. Pulling Down Song (2.20)
  12. Prospect Providence (5.06)

Track 1 Woody Guthrie;
Track 2 Jack Wright;
Track 3 trad.;
Track 4 John Schumann;
Track 5 Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 6 Kate Fagan;
Track 7 Gerry O'Beirne;
Track 8 John Warner, Kim Poole;
Track 9 Trevor Day;
Track 10 Nancy Kerr;
Track 11 John Tams;
Track 12 Keith Marsden

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Twice Reflected Sun

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Twice Reflected Sun

Twice Reflected Sun (Navigator NAVIGATOR041)

Twice Reflected Sun
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Navigator Records NAVIGATOR041 (CD, UK, August 9, 2010)

Recorded by Robert Harbron at Home Farm, Somerset;
Mixed by Robert Harbron;
Mastered by Tim Turan, Turan Audio;
Produced by Nancy Kerr, James Fagan and Robert Harbron;
Artwork by Lizzie Doe;
Photography by Lizzie Doe, James Fagan, Margaret Fagan

Musicians

Nancy Kerr, vocals, fiddle, viola;
James Fagan, vocals, bouzouki, guitar [10], mandolin [9-10]
with
Rick Foot, double bass;
Robert Harbron, English concertina [5, 7-8], guitar [1, 6, 9], vocal harmony [6]

Tracks

  1. Queen of Waters (4.13)
  2. Jerilderie (2.52)
  3. Dolerite Skies (3.40)
  4. I Am the Fox (3.47)
  5. The Floating Mountains (5.00)
  6. Flower Picker's Song (3.37)
  7. Hauling On (4.13)
  8. Lover's Hymn (3.55)
  9. Sweet Peace (3.32)
  10. Night Night (3.05)
  11. Rammed Earth (3.04)

Tracks 1-4, 6-9, 11 Nancy Kerr;
Tracks 5, 10 James Fagan

> Folk Music > Records > Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Other records with Nancy Kerr and/or James Fagan

Sandra Kerr and Friends, Supermum, LP, Pukka YOP 05, 1983

Margaret Walters, For the Future and the Past, CD, MW001, 1990

Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD3991, 1993

Hiru Truku: Hiru Truku: Mendebaleko Euskal Baladak, CD, Nuevos Medios NM 15 666, 1994

Waterson:Carthy, Waterson:Carthy, CD, Topic TSCD475, 1994

Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, Shape of Scrape, CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD5992, 1995

Various Artists, Evolving Tradition, CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD5991, 1995

Hiru Truku, Hiru Truku II: Mendebaleko Euskal Kantuak, CD, Nuevos Medios NM 15 709, 1997

Brian Peters, The Beast in the Box, CD, Pugwash PUG CD 003, 1998

Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr, Leon Rosselson, Kevin Graal, Five Little Frogs: Lively Counting Playsongs, CD, Playsongs PP06, 2000

Sandra Kerr, Nancy Kerr, Leon Rosselson, Kevin Graal, Five Little Owls: Sleepy Counting Playsongs, CD, Playsongs PP08, 2000

John Kirkpatrick, Mazurka Berserker, CD, Fledg'ling FLED 3030, 2001

Brian Peters, Lines, CD, Pugwash PUG CD 004, 2001

Martin Young, Botany Bay, CD, Sweep CD002, 2001

Various Artists, Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001), 2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001

Various Artists, Voices in Harmony: English Traditional Songs, CD, Fellside FECD158, 2001

Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, On Reflection, CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD1003, 2002

Various Artists, The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002

Various Artists, Women in Folk, CD, Park PRK CD 62, 2002

Various Artists, Song Links: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their Australian Variants, 2 CD, Fellside FECD176D, 2003

Various Artists, Evolving Tradition 4, CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD4002, 2004

Various Artists, Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival, 2 CD, Gott Disks GOTTBOX 011, 2004

Martin Simpson, Kind Letters, CD, Topic TSCD553, 2005

Madddie Southorn, The Pilgrim Soul, CD, Fellside FECD193, 2005

Steve Tilston, Of Many Hands, CD, Ada ADA106CD, 2005

Various Artists, And They All Sang RosselSonGs, CD, Fuse CFCD012, 2005

Various Artists, The Wildlife Album, CD, Market Square MSCMC 134, 2005

James Keelaghan, A Few Simple Verses, CD, Fellside FECD204, 2006

Tim van Eyken, Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves, CD, Topic TSCD565, 2006

Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK03, 2007

Jim Moray, Low Culture, CD, Niblick NIBL007, 2008

Brian Peters, Songs of Trial and Triumph, CD, Pugwash PUG CD 007, 2008

Steve Turner, The Whirligig of Time, CD, Tradition Bearers LTCD1103, 2008

The Queensberry Rules, Take Your Own Roads, CD, Fellside FECD227, 2009

Jess & Richard Arrowsmith, Off We Go!, CD, Hallamshire Tradings HATRACD005, 2010

Methera, In Concert, CD, Methera TAN002, 2010

Melrose Quartet, Live at Cheltenham, EP, own label, 2011

Emily Smith, Traiveller's Joy, CD, White Fall WFRCD004, 2011

Spiers & Boden, The Works, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR046, 2011

Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK11, 2011