The snow cleared in time for us to make a safe journey from London up to Snape, picking up a the fifth member of our party in Ipswich and enjoying a good lunch by the tide mill in Woodbridge.
Martin Carthy had had to drop out at the start of the week to look after Norma Waterson, and was replaced at short notice by Jim Moray. Obviously we hope Norma makes a full recovery. No disrepect to Jim, either, but the verdict in the car on the way out was that it wasn’t a like-for-like replacement in this sense: Martin didn’t go to music school, but Jim did. This meant the only performer who hadn’t had a formal music education was Alasdair, and the folk balance shifted a little too far to the polite conservatory tradition. Still, we had a great day out!
Setlist:
- Up in the Morning (trad; lead vocal, Olivia Chaney & Mairi Campbell; backing vocal, Alasdair Roberts)
- The Sacred Nine and the Primal Horde (written by Alasdair; lead vocal, Alasdair)
- Mack Beth / Sheugar Candie (from the Blaikie manuscript 1692; lead vocal Mairi Campbell)
- The Foggy Foggy Dew (trad; lead vocal, Jim Moray)
- Swimming in the Longest River (written and lead vocal by Olivia Chaney)
- Laddie Lie Near Me (trad; lead vocal, Mairi Campbell)
- Gladioli and Hoover (written and lead vocal by Olivia Chaney)
- False Lover John (trad; lead vocal, Alasdair)
- Psalm 124 / The Freedom Come-All-Ye (written by Hamish Henderson/John McLellan; lead vocal, Alasdair) / The Red-haired Boy (trad)
- OK, I’ll Count to Eight (written by Ivor Cutler; lead vocal, Alasdair & Olivia Chaney)
- A Scots Tune (written by Jane Pickeringe) / Can You Sew Cushions (trad; lead vocal, Mairi Campbell)
- My Lord of Marche Paven (written by James Lauder)/Galliard: Or Voy-je Bien (written: Nicolas de la Grotte)/The Trees They Grow High (trad; lead vocal, Jim Moray)
- The Salley Gardens (trad arr Benjamin Britten; lead vocal, Mairi Campbell)
- Bonnie Susie Cleland (from the singing of Maureen Jelks; lead vocal, Alasdair)
- Losing What You Find (written and lead vocal by Olivia Chaney)
- Delighted (written by David McGuinness) / The Lincolnshire Poacher (trad; lead vocal: Jim Moray)
Encore:
- All the King’s Horses (written and lead vocal by Olivia Chaney)
Here’s the full ensemble:
David McGuinness, director
Jim Moray, guitar
Mairi Campbell, viola, violin
Alasdair Roberts, guitar
Olivia Chaney, guitar, harmonium, piano
Pamela Thorby, recorders
Clare Salaman, hurdy-gurdy, nyckelharpa, violin
Alison McGillivray, viol, cello
Bill Taylor, bray harp, clarsach
Nick Halley, percussion
David McGuinness, dulcitone, harpsichord, harmonium
The weekly links will be late this week — I’m at a wedding tomorrow — sorry to ruin your Sunday evening.
