Folk Acoustic and Traditional Music from Cornwall - Songs from the Hill Volume Four

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#		Title	Length
1		East Looe Boys - Alan Moorhouse	3:31	Play
2		Morrisons Jig / Over the Hills - Kerensa Newman	3:36	Play
3		Torn - Hollie Rogers	3:58	Play
4		Whirlyjig - Martin Wheeler	4:26	Play
5		Butcher Bird - Rob Long	2:11	Play
6		Pensevik Rysrudh - Bert Biscoe	4:15	Play
7		Ghost - The Architect Faction	5:52	Play
8		Ride Away - Gwelhellin Goth	3:24	Play
9		Frieze Britches / Banish Misfortune - Kerensa Newman	2:47	Play
10		Holding On - Hollie Rogers	4:14	Play
11		Biro Congregation - Ian Elliott	2:56	Play
12		Farmers Union - Derek Wright	3:34	Play
13		Violet Dawn - Shane Bailey	2:49	Play
14		Technology will make us Better - Juilan Gaskell	3:25	Play
15		New Level Ride - Jon Chinn	3:39	Play
16		Bell Ringing Contest - Roger Bennett	3:08	Play

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Folk, Acoustic and Traditional Music from Cornwall Songs from the Hill Volume Four.

Sixteen tracks covering the best of music from Cornwall, and a perfect way to introduce some of our artists to a wider audience, and we are sure that after hearing this collection that you will want to investigate some of the other cds from many of these particular artists, also available from www.cornishmusic.com

The opening track is East Looe Boys from Callington boy Alan Moorhouse taken from the album Travellers Tales. Alan says of the track I was having a lunchtime pint with my Uncle Gerald He said that when he was a teenager the lads in the villages used to have punch ups at the weekends, not because they hated each other, but because it gave them a bit of excitement the same lads gladly died for each other when they marched off to war.. I looked up the battle honours for the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, and the song wrote itself

Second track is a coupling of two traditional tunes, Morrisons Jig / Over the Hills by Kerensa Newman, performed on Hammered Dulicmer. Kerensa A set of tunes that I dont seem to be able to stop playing Wherever I am and Whatever the Situation you can guarantee that this will be on my set list.

Third track Torn comes from a very talented young singer / songwriter from Penzance, Hollie Rogers, a vocal / acoustic guitar piece featuring wonderful and emotive harmony work.

Whirlyjig from Martin Wheeler is taken from the cd Amber an instrumental acoustic guitar piece which builds to a stunning climax.

Butcher Bird from Rob Long is a song about the Cornish Blacksmith Rebellion, co written with his daughter Sally. Its a lovely ancient sounding modal tune which fits the subject matter perfectly.
Rob Butcher Bird is of course the country name for the red-backed shrike, once very common throughout southern Britain. Its particular forte is impaling harmless songbirds on thorns to make larders. I felt this was an interesting metaphor for what happened to An Gof and his comrades the uses and abuses of power and the inevitable violence which underpins such systems.

Pensevik Rysrudh is an acoustic guitar / vocal piece sung in Kernewek by Bert Biscoe, well known in the County and beyond as a poet and musician, and also as a County Councillor. Expect a full retrospective cd from Bert soon, which will include tracks from the legendary Cornish band the Brainiac Five as well as much of Berts subsequent musical works.

Ghost from the Architect Faction, is taken from the album Steel, also available here - a beautiful song telling the story of a person coping with the loss of a family member, and coming to terms with the inevitable passing of time.

Bringing some fun to the proceedings is Gwelhellin Goth and their track Ride Away from the album Bad Provincial Boy. This can best be described as a Cornish cowboy song and features the talents of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Jonathan Coudrille, past winner of the Melody Maker Top Folk Soloist Award.
Frieze Britches / Banish Misfortune are another pair of traditional tunes from Kerensa Newman, on Dulcimer and Whistle.

A second track from Hollie Rogers Holding On follows Hollie is blessed with a mellow soulful voice, and a songwriting talent which belies her tender years. Another track which features exquisite harmonies over a simple but effective acoustic guitar part.

Biro Congregation from Ian Eliotts EP Somewhat like a Monster is next up Ian is Ian Elliott is a wonderful sculptor and an amazing enigmatic musician - The CD features Ian on Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Organetta, Piano, Samples, Wine Glass, Melody Harp and Resonating Ukuleles!!.

Farmers Union by Mr Derek Wright, is best described as a Cornish version of The Wurzels and celebrates the drinking activities of a group of Cornish farmers, who spend more time avoiding the wives than actually working! taken from the cd Pasties Cream and Treacle.

Violet Dawn is a guitar / vocal piece from Shane Bailey, best known as guitarist with the Cornish instrumental trio the S.G.T. Project. This song was written for the Pan Celtic song contest. And tells the moving story of a fathers love for his daughter, as she grows and gets ready to leave the County in which she was born.

The wonderfully enigmatic Julian Gaskell follows, with Technology will make us better, taken from the cd of the same name - Taking on English and European folk, blues and country influences, these recordings use various found sounds (a harmonium from a Camborne charity shop, an evicted piano, a Russian souvenir shop balalaika, a zippy zither, Falmouth seagulls etc) along with some newly-rehearsed guitar finger styles borrowed from the likes of Bert Jansch and Nick Drake to come up with some very original music.

New Level Ride from Jon Chinns cd Now is a Ship, features Jon on Guitar and Vocal - wide influences from Blues, Folk, Jazz and Country melted to his own unique style.

To close the album is Bell Ringing Contest by Roger Bennett from his cd Golden Daffodils a solo unaccompanied vocal piece about Bell Ringing rivals, who end their contest in the Cornish town of Callington.