Magpie Lane MLCD09
The latest Magpie Lane CD "Three Quarter Time" was released in August 2017.
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"a further quintessential expression of Englishness and musical and vocal excellence...
If you want a demonstration of just how vibrant and alive and feelgood English music can be, conveying the Spirit Of The Dance while maintaining a firm and respectful grip on the traditions it upholds, then you need look no further than this exhilarating disc."
If you want a demonstration of just how vibrant and alive and feelgood English music can be, conveying the Spirit Of The Dance while maintaining a firm and respectful grip on the traditions it upholds, then you need look no further than this exhilarating disc."
David Kidman in Living Tradition
"It's excellent...."
JonBoden @boden_jon
"Why wouldn't this be one of the best CDs to come my way this year? Beautiful as ever from Magpie Lane. Thanks, Ian Giles, Jon Fletcher, Sophie Thurman, Mat Green and Andy Turner, and your mates. This is not coming off the old laser turntable for some time”
James Fagan
The strengths of this band should be fairly obvious to all. All five are fine singers and the lead singing is well divided here; they are also all excellent instrumentalists and demonstrate a good understanding of traditional song and dance tunes. It is clear that they have given a lot of thought and time to researching their material and their arrangements.
- The Dancing
- Push about the Jorum / The Ploughman / Salt of the Earth
- Belfast Mountains
- Sovay
- Cheltenham Waltz / Rout of the Blues
- Nobody’s Jig / Kentish Cricketers
- New Garden Fields
- Dance around the Gallows Tree
- Blow ye Winds
- The Captain and his Whiskers
- Lovely Elwina / Waterloo
- Lord Bateman
- One More Dance and Then / Not a Natural Dancer / Spirit of the Dance
All tracks traditional arranged Magpie Lane, except
- The Dancing: Andy Shanks and Jim Russell
- Salt of the Earth: Andy Turner
- Dance around the Gallows Tree: Ian Giles
- Not a Natural Dancer: Jessica Marshall
With special guests:
- Colin Fletcher: double bass
- Jackie Oates: 5-string viola
- Jan Morter: trumpets
- Jenny Bancroft: spoons
- Joe Turner: violin
- John Spiers: melodeon, diatonic accordion
- Paul Sartin: oboe, violin
- Toby Goss: clarinet
Recorded and mixed 2016-17 by Jon and Colin Fletcher, at Starling Audio, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire.
www.starlingaudio.co.uk
Original artwork by Linda Fraser.
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