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WILDGOOSE: ENGLISH FOLK AND OTHER TRADITIONAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC
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WILDGOOSE BACKGROUND
WildGoose is a studio and record label specialising in folk and traditional acoustic music
from England - with occasional visits to other parts of the British Isles, to Europe and even
to America.
WildGoose albums all have a characteristically natural and open sound: the albums
concentrate on the ability of the singers and musicians to deliver the music and not
on studio effects to create the sounds. Many of the recordings perfectly capture the
unique spirit of the English Folk Club or the energy and fun of the traditional English
village dance. The emphasis throughout is on authenticity, often delivered with a raw edge.
Always loved by the English folk press, WildGoose is now starting to cross the Atlantic with
emails from fans arriving regularly at the WildGoose address and a growing number of
enthusiastic reviews in the US media such as Dirty Linen.
CHRIS TIMSON AND ANNE GREGSON: PEACEFUL HARBOUR
(New and traditional songs from England and America: instrumental and vocal, male and
female vocals, close harmony, English and Anglo concertinas)
Cat. No. WGS 262 CD
'The material is an interesting mix of English and American traditional interspersed with eleven of Anne's
own songs, all of which are excellent.' The Folk Diary magazine, UK
'Anne writes a nice tune, so all concertina players, please take note.........All in all quite a mix of
contemporary and traditional songs but, for me, the best tracks are the instrumentals.'
Folk Roundabout magazine, UK
Chris Timson and Anne Gregson have been singing together for many years and are well known
as English folk festival and folk club guests. Anne is an accomplished singer and songwriter with
a voice both delicate and powerful by turns. She won the Sidmouth Folk Festival Singer competition
in 1991.
Together Anne and Chris sing a wide range of modern and traditional songs from Britain and America,
with a strong emphasis on Anne's songs. All the songs are interpreted with a definite English folk feel.
Both Anne and Chris play concertina - Anne plays English system while Chris plays Anglo. The concertinas
are used both for song accompaniment and for Anne's unusual arrangements of tunes for both instruments.
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POACHERS POCKET - FAIR GAME
(Traditional and new songs in the English folk tradition:
instrumental and vocal, mainly female vocals and harmonies,
mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars, fiddle, button accordion,
concertina, whistles, crumhorn, percussion, electric bass)
Cat. No. WGS 267 CD
'A lively and varied selection of songs and tunes from a 7-piece band well-known
in the Southern half of the Shire Folk region.' Shire Folk magazine, UK
'Recommended as that old-fashioned commodity - an English folk band that enjoys its
work and it shows.' Spins magazine, UK
'The best features are the clear, classic voices of the singers, Katy Holland, Penny Hicks
and Fran Wood....... their CD is solid and enjoyable; I'm sure they're a great folk club act,
enlivening their local scene considerably.' Dirty Linen magazine, USA
Poacher's pocket are equally at home with modern and traditional folk tunes, as well as
songs. Nearly three quarters of the tracks are arrangements of traditional tunes but it is a
Paul Brady song which particularly struck one reviewer: 'a beautiful tune with intelligent lyrics
- beautifully perfomed'.
CHRIS BARTRAM AND KEITH HOLLOWAY: FOUR RED FEET
(English traditional country music - 'with Attitude': instrumental, male vocals track 1,
melodeons, fiddle, cello, guitar on tracks 6 & 15, double bass track 15)
Cat. No. WGS 268 CD
'arranged with a subtlety and discretion which glory in the tunes rather than apologising
for them.' Folk Roots magazine, UK
'they have the confidence that goes with a deep understanding and love of the material to play
it their own way. Great Stuff.' Folk on Tap magazine, UK
Chris Bartram (fiddle and cello) and Keith Holloway (melodeons) met as teenagers when playing for
Abingdon Morris. There are four morris traditions in the UK able to claim a continuous history of
dancing from before the turn of the century. Of these, the Abingdon sides are able to claim the longest
historically verifiable tradition dating, at least, to the sixteenth century.
According to Folk Roots magazine Chris and Keith 'absorbed the tradition with the commitment and enthusiasm
of youth, learning from the old men such as Jack Hyde, Charlie Brett, and Johnny Grimsdale, torch bearers of
an unbroken tradition. Chris also regularly walked fifteen miles from Wantage to Bampton to learn from another
traditional fiddler, Arnold Woodley.
The album contains tunes from the Abingdon and Bampton traditions as well as 'liberal dollops of stuff from other
(English) counties'. But above all, confidence born from a profound understanding of, and respect for tradition
allows Chris and Keith to play with an optimistic, sometimes humorous, edge which makes their interpretations stand out.
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