This a strictly deep Dorset mix from the Lush record label and The Sound Approach bird-recording collective. The twilight call of Great Northern Divers or the dry song of a Yellowhammer encourages the listener to walk away from the maddening crowd and join Swifts, Swallows and Cranes returning home along coastal paths, past childhood oaks and dream time Sky Larks. The mix rows you out from the smugglers village of Moon fleet and Chesil Beech as you drift west pass Start Point and Slapton Sands until you let go reaching out to cross oceans and time lines.
Simon Emmerson’s ‘Weirdy Birdy’ Mix. Corncrake Studios, West Dorset. 11/10/10
Simon Emmerson’s ‘Weirdy Birdy’ Mix. Corncrake Studios, West Dorset. 11/10/10 by Folk Radio Uk on Mixcloud
::Tracklisting::
1 Tales From The River Bank – J Morris
2 Great Northern Divers – The Sound Approach
3 The Spell- Ali Friend
4 Blue Tit, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting and a Partridge – The Sound Approach
5 Coastal Road – J Oates with the The Imagined Village/Music From ‘The Spell’
6 Swallows and Swifts – The Sound Approach
7 House In Keremma – Barney Morse Brown
8 The Sailboat Malarkey – A L Lloyd/Walking With Ghosts
9 Mr Stormalong – Ewan McColl/Sam Larner/Walking With Ghosts
10 A Ton Of Petals – The Nightjar Orchestra
11 The Smuggler – The Petrels
12 Gallocanta – Anthony McGeehan/ Birding From The Hip
13 The Iron Way – Spiro
14 A Trip To Iceland – Anthony McGeehan/Birding From The Hip
15 Peace, Love & Harmonium – The Nightjar Orchestra
16 Walkback – J Oates with the Imagined Village/Music From ‘The Spell’
17 Away Haul Away – Stan Kelly/Walking With Ghosts
18 Australia/Bankrobber Medley – Walking With Ghosts
Musicians in the Imagined Village, Walking With Ghosts, The Nightjar Orchestra, The Petrels and the Sound Approach are:
Ali Friend (guitar, double bass, thumb piano, glockenspiel, vocals and toys), Ted Emmerson (Guitar), Ted Barnes (Guitar), Simon Emmerson (Guitars and Cittern), Simon Richmond (Piano, Keyboards, programming, sound design), Belinda O’Hooley (Piano), Jackie Oates (Vocals, Fiddle, Viola), Eliza Carthy (Vocals, Fiddle), Martin Carthy (Guitar), Sheema Mukherjee (Vocals, Sitar), Andy G (Drums), Ged Lynch (Drums), Barney Morse Brown (Vocals, Cello), Ben Murray (Vocals, Piano, Accordian), Richard Evans (guitar, bass, mandolin, whistle, flute, keyboards, vocals), Kate Garrett (Vocals, Harmonium), Paul Sartin (Violin), Rebecca Willson (Violin), spoken word Anthony McGeehan and a variety of song birds recorded by Mark Constantine, Magnus Rob, Arnoud van den Berg. Special Guests on Track 18 Show of Hands and John Jones.
