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	Details of individual recordings ANGELS HOVERING 'ROUND Fretless 138 Since first I was introduced to American religious music in the early '60s, I have enjoyed both listening to it and singing it. From many hours of listening...to the Lilly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, the Country Gentlemen and many others less well known...have come favorites like "Angel Band", "Precious Memories", "Have Thine Own Way", "Give Me Your Hand" and "Land Where We'll Never Grow Old". "Harbour Bells" is the only song here that springs from dish-washing days at home (in Leven) where I learned it from my mother. Perhaps the greatest joy for me comes from the endless potential for participation in these songs...the fact that they can embrace any and every voice, endless harmonies, and groups from a few to a few thousand. This is why I have always enjoyed the religious workshops at festivals and it was at one of these that Lisa and I started to sing together. In the course of a couple of years we have had so much fin with audiences here and in Scotland that it seemed an obvious step to put some of the material on record so that others can sing it too. An added bonus was the actual sessions for which I would like to thank Shari Ajemian, Sandy Davis, Sara Gregory, and T. William Smith (These also known as Common Ground), Tom Gibney, Jim McDade, and Sara Newcomb. Thanks, too, to Chuck Eller for his unfailing patience and enthusiasm. Where the Soul of Man Never Dies Land Where We'll Never Grow Old There Are Angels Hovering 'Round Dry Bones Lighthouse Precious Memories This World is Not My Home Angel Band Harbour Bells Down on My Knees Jesus, Won't you Come by Here? Give Me Your Hand Have Thine Own Way Jean Redpath and Lisa Neustadt with the Angel Band CD 1978 ANYWHERE IS HOME Fretless 154 The second collection of Anglo-American religious music of every denomination sung by Jean and Lisa and The Angel Band. Their first session (Angels Hovering Round) was so much fun that it was easy to persuade the Boston group and those from further a field, to do it again. Turn Your Radio On Just As the Evening Sun Precious Lord Standing On the Promises now My Dear Companions Life's Railway to Heaven Jesus Hold My Hand If You Believe Let the Lower Lights Be Burning Anywhere is Home Oh, He's Taken My Feet When Morning Comes Grey Funnel Line Run Come See Jerusalem Sailor's Prayer (Rod MacDonald) Near the Cross Face to Face CD 2010 BY REQUEST Jean Redpath Records JR 113 I am fond of telling audiences that I used to ask for requests, but I got them, so I stopped asking. There is a grain of truth in this claim, although it is delivered tongue in cheek. It is only natural that people will ask for the songs they already know and like, but the end result (unless I were completely churlish), would be that I find myself singing the same repertoire more often than I might prefer. This collection is a peace offering to the enthusiastic and supportive listeners who, over the years, never did get to ask for the songs they wanted to hear! It comes with my thanks. Songs: Dumbarton's Drums (Listen to recording sample) A Red, red rose Lassie wi' the Yellow Coatie Davie and Jeannie (Listen to recording sample) The Winter it is past Eriskay Love Lilt I Will Make You Brooches Think on Me Maggie Annie Laurie Song of the Seals Sailor's Sweetheart Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon Laddie Lie Near me Rose of Allendale Sonny's Dream The Jute Mill Song My Laggan Love Dancing at Whitsun Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast Bonnie Bessie Logan (Listen to recording sample) Saw you my maggie? Dream Angus Yellow on the Broom (Listen to recording sample) Auld Lang Syne Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Alasdair Fraser, fiddle David Gusakov, fiddle Jacqueline Schwab, piano Jay Ungar, guitar Cindy Cashdollar, dobro Dick Kniss, bass CD only 2005 FATHER ADAM Philo Records 1061 Another purely Scottish collection, this recording will be of particular interest to the ballad lover, containing as it does five classic ballads. I have a particularly warm spot for the title song, which comes from John Forbes's Songs and Fancies (1666). It always seems to be my first choice when I find myself in soaring places with the desire to sing. Willie's rare Highland laddie Bonnie Susie Cleland The twa brothers Rigs o' rye A slee one Roy's wife o' Aldivalloch Jock o' Hazeldean The trooper and the maid Father Adam The shearin's no for you Sir Patrick Spens Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Jay Ungar, fiddle Ken LaRoche, flute CD 1979 A FINE SONG FOR SINGING Philo Records (USA) 1110, Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 032 This was a very deliberate effort to indicate that, although I am committed to the tradition, I feel that one should sing anything and everything that has lasting appeal. All but three of the tracks on this recording started life as poems. Not all of the poems are recent, but they have been set to music in relatively recent years. I will make you brooches (Listen to recording sample) Now the die is cast Captive song of Mary Stuart Capernaum Up the Noran Water The tryst Song of the wandering Aengus (Listen to recording sample) Broken Brook South wind Broom o' the Cowdenknowes (Listen to recording sample) Annie Laurie (Listen to recording sample) John o' dreams Rohallion Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Jay Ungar, fiddle CD/Cass 1987 FIRST FLIGHT Rounder Records 11556 This is a compilation of three early records on Elektra - Scottish ballad book, Songs of Love, lilt and laughter and Laddie, lie near me, all of which were brought out in the early sixties. Editing these three LPs down to one CD gave me the chance to impose the standards of my middle years on the choice of material of my younger years. I eliminated material that I had sung in Gaelic (which I don't speak) and some songs that I had come to regard as a little precious or too self-conscious for what I was trying to do at this time. There remains some lovely material and a very young voice. In subsequent recordings, the voice matures and the style of singing reflects changes in the instrument, in repertoire and in my reasons for performing. The crookit bawbee Lassie wi' the yellow coatie (Listen to recording sample) Quiet land of Erin Inverey The gypsy laddie Wee cooper o' Fife (Listen to recording sample) Johnnie Cope (Listen to recording sample) Gin I were a Baron's heir Wae's me for Prince Charlie The day we went to Rothesay Johnnie lad She moved through the fair Dainty Davy (Listen to recording sample) Barbarry Allan Tae the weavers The kirk swaree Caller o'u (Listen to recording sample) Clerk Saunders O wert thou in the cauld blast (Listen to recording sample) Rantin' laddie Nicky tams Ploughboy,O Jean Redpath, Vocals Lloyd Gough, Concertina Art Podell, Guitar Ralph Rinzler, guitar,banjo 1962/65 re-issued CD only 1990 FRAE MY AIN COUNTRIE Folk Legacy CD-49 (temporarily out of stock during re-pressing) I've been asked many's the time in the last ten years why I don't write my own songs, or sing someone else’s contemporary material. It's no accident that I still find the traditional material easier to believe, and to make believable. Whatever it is I want to express, or convey, from comedy and joy (which are easy) to grief and sorrow (which are barely permissible), the Scots have come up with a song for it over the years — they've had to, or burst! Don't pay too much attention to what any Scot says — after all, the highest form of praise there is "No' bad," and terms of endearment usually take the form of mild curses — listen to the things they sing. Many of these songs are still associated in my mind with the singers from whom I learned them, and the singing of them is the best way I can think of to express my thanks for the times, the songs, and for this personal — but not too personal — way of saying it. Songs: The Gairdner and the Plooman I'll Lay Ye Doon, Love (Listen to recording sample) The Gairdner Child (Listen to recording sample) Wars o'High Germanie Silver Tassie (Listen to recording sample) The Rantin' Dog, the Daddie o't Hishie Ba My Ain Countrie (Listen to recording sample) Matt Hyland The London Ba' Kilbogie A' the Week Yer Man's Awa' (MacColl) Johnnie o'Braidiesley (Child 114) Farewell He (Listen to recording sample) Bonny Gallowa' (Listen to recording sample) Eileen Aroon CD only 2004 HAYDN: Scottish Songs PH 1082 Having heard only classically trained voices presenting the songs that Haydn was asked to arrange, Jean thought it would redress the balance a little to place much more emphasis on the Scottish-ness of the material. Abby Newton's notes provide a solid historical frame, and the classical background of all three instrumentalists fill out the picture. Songs: The Gard'ner wi' his Paidle Todlen Hame My ain kind Dearie I had a Horse Braw lads o' Galla Water How long and Dreary is the Night Leader Haughs and Yarrow Fy, let us a' to the Bridal Up in the Morning Early Mary's Dream Widow, are ye Wakin'? Woo'd and married an' a' O, let me in this ae Night Robin, quo' she Oh Onochrie Jean Redpath / Abby Newton / David Dusakov / Jonathan Feldman CD JEAN REDPATH Philo Records 2015 I would recommend this recording to anyone who is less familiar with Scottish music. It is the result of a conscious attempt to present a sampling of Scottish, Irish and English material, both traditional and contemporary. It presents perhaps less of a language problem than many of my other recordings. Rambleaway I live not where I love Captain Wedderburn's courtship Ned of the hill MacCrimmons lament The terror time (Listen to recording sample) My Faithful Johnny (Listen to recording sample) The grey silkie Lagan love Lady Dysie Dancing at Whitsun (Listen to recording sample) Blackwaterside Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello CD 1975 JEAN REDPATH LIVE Jean Redpath Records JR 111 There have been many requests over the years for a "live " recording, as opposed to the more controlled studio productions which lose in spontaneity and rapport with an audience as much as they gain in consistency of sound levels and volume. In the summer of 1998, a concert in the Scottish border town of Langholm was taped without Jean's knowledge and the end result is this unedited romp through her wide repertoire, presented in her own inimitable fashion with commentary, philosophy, anecdote and the quick wit which delights audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Songs in this concert include the following, in whole or in part, the artist assuming full responsibility for textual variations, lapses of memory and the occasional lack of reverence. First half (CD #1) Jock o' Hazeldean (Listen to recording sample) Saw you my Maggie? Mary o' Argyle A Highland Lad Absent Speak to me, Thora Fife Overgate Banks o' red roses Donald came across the heather Wee wee tot School dinners Of a' the airts Scarborough Settler's lament Woo'd and mairrit and a' Kirk Swaree Rigs o' Rye Yellow on the Broom Second half (CD #2) Wild Geese I will make you brooches Auld lang syne Red red rise Dance tunes medley (Listen to recording sample) Eriskay love lilt (Listen to recording sample) Endless surge of the sea Banks o' red roses Shenandoah I know moonlight Mickey's warning Nancy with the golden hair Lambing to the wool Davie & Jeannie Willie's Rare Love is Teasin' medley Jean Redpath, vocals and (occasionally) guitar CD only Double Set LEAVING THE LAND Philo Records (USA) 1131, Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 039 Eric Bogle's song set such a strong mood that it was easy to find companion pieces to develop the note of bittersweet nostalgia. The loss of love, life or liberty, whether it be temporary or permanent, is something that needs no explanation and with which we can all identify. I am struck by the fact that the stronger the emotion, the more powerful the melody. . . . or is that chicken-and-egg syndrome? Now I'm easy (Listen to recording sample) Hallowe'en Next time round Un Canadien errant Maggie The wild lass The snowgoose Leaving the land Last minstrel show (Listen to recording sample) Sonny's dream (Listen to recording sample) Scarborough settler's lament Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Alasdair Fraser, fiddle and viola Jay Ungar, fiddle and guitar Cindy Cashdollar, dobro Dick Kniss, bass CD/Cass 1990 LOVE IS TEASIN' Jean Redpath Records JR 101 Originally produced in 1984 by Prairie Home Companion, this collection is now available on CD. I was happy to be able to re-issue since I have made great efforts over the years not to record material more than once in the same form. Most of the songs are Scottish and include a contemporary piece and three classic ballads. Barbarry Allan Banks o' red roses Love is teasin' The singing bird (Listen to recording sample) Fine flowers in the valley (Listen to recording sample) The King's shilling (Listen to recording sample) The Jacobite lass Bonnie George Campbell Saw you my Maggie? (Listen to recording sample) Rosie Anderson Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello CD/Cass 1994 LOWLANDS Philo Records 1066 There is a mixture here of lyric pieces and three ballads offering a lighter choice to anyone looking for an introduction to the music. One problem in working with Scottish traditional music is that it is a solo tradition and a foreign language one. This means that vocally I work alone, although over the years some instrumentation has become associated with my recordings, particularly Abby Newton's cello. Faraway Tom (Listen to recording sample) Who shall count for thee? (Listen to recording sample) Gallowa' Hills Mary Hamilton Clerk Saunders (Listen to recording sample) Bonny at morn (Listen to recording sample) Rose of Allendale (Listen to recording sample) Riddles wisely expounded A wee bird cam' tae my apron Lowlands (Listen to recording sample) Lichtbob's lassie Lassie wi' the yellow coatie Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Drake Mabry, alto recorder CD/Cass 1980 MAIDEN VOYAGE Jean Redpath Records JR 112 I imagine everyone standing where I stand and looking back at four decades has the same mixed feelings about the time... how could it possibly be that long, and who was that back then, anyway? We all have photographs to remind us of where we've been and with whom; I am luckier than most in that I have different kinds of albums. Musical portraits that I identify with people and places around the world, and the feelings associated with them. There has been the wonder of discovery, the comfort of familiarity, the challenge of change - but always the bed-rock of the music itself. Music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts           T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets It has been a charmed existence these forty years and more, and I listen to this young voice and am grateful for the gift, for the mileage, and for the maturity that both have forged. "I did not come on this voyage for gain, honour or wealth " said another 500 years ago, and I can echo Columbus's words, but honouring the tradition has brought great gains and an inestimable wealth of friends and experience. Not farewell, But fare forward, voyagers           T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets The Trees are Growing High Islay Reaper's song Lichtbob's Lassie (Listen to recording sample) Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie McFarlane o' the Sprots Clerk Colven Skippin' Barefoot through the Heather (Listen to recording sample) I Aince Loved a Lass West Virginia Mine Disaster Wee Toon Clerk Peat Fire Flame Lewis Bridal Song Pawky Duke (Listen to recording sample) Barrin' o' the Door Twa Corbies Caroline of Edinburgh Town Rob Roy Paddy McGinty's Goat (Listen to recording sample) Rue Cruel Mother Jean Redpath, vocals CD only 2002 NOW & THEN Jean Redpath Records JR 110 When I looked through the contents of some of my early recordings, most of them long since out of print, I had the same sense of familiarity, surprise and nostalgia that I associate with exploring a box of old photographs. There were old friends I'd lost track of for years, memories of times and music shared over many decades and vivid images of particular performances sometimes by the authors themselves. These songs have given me such pleasure over the years that, with the same feeling that I should frame that, it's too precious to be buried in a box, I have recorded some for the first time and brushed the dust from my mental attic off others. They were all favourites then as they are now. You're braw wi' your pearls and your diamonds Davie and Jeannie The Lass o' Patie's Mill Quiet South Side Blues The Gairdner and the Plooman (Listen to recording sample) The Oggy Man Sheath and Knife Yellow Yorlin' The Kirk Swaree Susan's Song (Listen to recording sample) Rothesay Bay (Listen to recording sample) Kilbogie The Railway Porter Windmills No Sir A Lum hat wantin' a croon Gilderoy Pull down, lads Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Jacqueline Schwab, piano Abby Newton, cello Sue Richards, harp (courtesy of Maggie's Music) Scott Petito, bass CD only 1999 SHOUT FOR JOY Philo Records 1068 Lisa Neustadt and the Angel Band join me on this collection of Christmas carols, and on Angels hovering round. They are full of high energy material that has been described as "blue-eyed gospel. " The sessions were great fun and the end results include duets, trios, quartets, group singing, driving instrumentals and the occasional solo. O Little Town of Bethlehem Green Street Go tell it on the mountain Away in a manger The holly bears a berry The flower of Jesse The Christ-Child's lullaby Still the night Joy to the world Shout for joy Sherburne C.M. Shepherds arise Adeste fideles Rorate coeli desuper It came upon a midnight clear Jean Redpath and Lisa Neustadt, vocals The Angel Band: Shari Ajemian, Jim McDade, Tom Gibney, Sarah Newcomb, Sarah Gregory, T. William Smith CD 2010 SONG OF THE SEALS Philo Records 1054 A collection of Scottish material, all of which is traditional except the title track, a formal composition which, over the years, came close to being a trademark in performance. Poor rovin' lassie Polwarth on the green (Listen to recording sample) Highland Harry Mill o' Tifty's Annie The song of the seals Dowie dens of Yarrow (Listen to recording sample) Logie o' Buchan (Listen to recording sample) Davy Faa Mockin' o' Geordie's byre (Listen to recording sample) Birnie Bouzle/Johnny lad (Listen to recording sample) Johnny my man (Listen to recording sample) College boy Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Jay Ungar, fiddle CD/Cass 1978 SONGS OF LADY NAIRNE Philo Records 1087 Carolina Oliphant, the Baroness Nairne (1766-1845), is responsible for a surprising amount of material which is still in the popular repertoire in Scotland. An incredibly prolific, talented and melodic writer, she went to great lengths to remain anonymous during her lifetime and has had little acclaim in the last 150 years for so many well-loved songs. My intention here was to see her get credit for such staples as The Rowan Tree and Will ye no come back again. Charlie's landing at Barodale Will ye no' come back again? White rose of June Caller herrin' The rowan tree The regalia The lammie Lass of Livingstane Lass o' Gowrie Land o' the leal Lament of the Covenanter's widow Laird o' Cockpen The auld hoose Strathearn Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello David Gusakov, fiddle Cass only 1986 THE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS from the Scots Musical Museum This project, aimed at making more of the songs of Scotland's national bard more accessible, was started in Scotland with the recording of four cassettes by Scottish Records. These original tapes have been released as three CDs. My choice of songs for these was purely personal and somewhat arbitrary in that I was guided by melody as much as by anything else. Here are some of the songs contributed by Robert Burns to the Scots Musical Museum as printed by James Johnson in that collection (1787-1803). The research is that of Professor Donald Low of Stirling University and notes can be found in his definitive book The Songs of Robert Burns (Routledge Kegan Paul, 1993). Volume 1 Jean Redpath Records JR 103 Green grow the rashes,O Jumpin' John (Listen to recording sample) The ploughman (Listen to recording sample) Blythe was she Landlady count the lawin' Up in the morning early (Listen to recording sample) McPherson's farewell (Listen to recording sample) Rattlin' roarin' Willie (Listen to recording sample) The winter it is past (Listen to recording sample) To the weavers gin ye go The young Highland rover Birks of Abergeldie (Listen to recording sample) The Birks of Aberfeldy (Listen to recording sample) Where braving angry winter's storm Dusty miller O Tibbie, I hae seen the day Whistle an' I'll come tae ye (Listen to recording sample) I'm o'er young to marry yet A rosebud by my early walk (Listen to recording sample) Tibbie Dunbar Gairdener wi' his paidle (Listen to recording sample) The day returns Gae fetch tae me a pint o' wine Banks o' Nith (2 versions) (Listen to recording sample) John Anderson (Listen to recording sample) My wife's a wanton wee thing First when Maggie was my care My love she's but a lassie yet White cockade Rantin' dog the daddie o't Tam Glen (Listen to recording sample) Of a' the airts Laddie lie near me (Listen to recording sample) Whare are ye gaun? (Listen to recording sample) Jamie come try me CD only Volume 2 Jean Redpath Records JR 104 On a bank of flowers (Listen to recording sample) Killiecrankie (Listen to recording sample) Taylor fell through the bed (Listen to recording sample) Parnassus Hill (Listen to recording sample) Ay waukin' O (Listen to recording sample) Ca' the yowes (Listen to recording sample) She's fair and fause (Listen to recording sample) The bairns gat out wi' an unco sho De'ils awa' wi' the Exciseman (Listen to recording sample) Craigieburn-wood (Listen to recording sample) O love will venture in (Listen to recording sample) Turn again thou fair Eliza O meikle thinks my love Flow gently sweet Afton (Listen to recording sample) O for ane and twenty, Tam Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed As I went out ae May morning The weary pund o' tow Now westlin' winds Ye Jacobites by name Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon (Listen to recording sample) O leeze me on my spinning wheel (Listen to recording sample) Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame Where Cart rins rowin' to the sea By yon castle wa' I hae been at Crookie Den Ae fond kiss Fine flowers in the valley (Listen to recording sample) CD only VOLUME 3 Jean Redpath Records JR 105 A red, red rose (Listen to recording sample) There grows a bonnie briar bush (Listen to recording sample) Out over the Forth Tam Lin (Listen to recording sample) O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet O gude ale comes Gude nicht and joy be wi' you a' (Listen to recording sample) No Churchman am I (Listen to recording sample) Should auld rose Now Nature hangs her mantle green (Listen to recording sample) Robin shure in hairst The auld man's mare's dead It was a' for our rightfu' King Does haughty Gaul invasion threat (Listen to recording sample) Cauld is the e'enin' blast O lay thy loof in mine lass Will ye go to the Highlands, Leezie Lindsay? (Listen to recording sample) Comin' through the rye Here's a health tae them that's awa (Listen to recording sample) Altho' my back be at the wa' O that I had ne'er been married Sae flaxen were her ringlets Louis what reck I by thee? Adieu! a heart-warm fond adieu Had I the wyte O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles O, I forbid ye maidens a' I'll ay ca' in by yon toon Wilt thou be my dearie? But lately seen in gladsome green Auld lang syne (Listen to recording sample) Jean Redpath, vocals, guitar:(rec 1976-1992) CDs only 1995/7 SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS arranged by Serge Hovey In 1972 I had a letter from Serge Hovey outlining his ambitious project to publish and record all of the songs of Robert Burns, with Serge's own arrangements. It was my privilege to work with Serge for twenty years in the course of which time we recorded seven volumes of Burns's songs with settings ranging from piano and viola to full orchestra. Serge died three weeks before the sessions recording Volume 7 of the series. SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 1 Philo Records 1037 A red red rose Charlie he's my darling Cauld kail in Aberdeen Wantonness The winter it is past To the weavers gin ye go Logan Water The De'il's awa' wi' the exciseman Amang the trees Lady Mary Ann My tocher's the jewel Johnie Blunt Country lassie Corn rigs Cass only SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 2 Philo Records 1048 Hey how Johnie lad Nine inch will please a lady Auld lang syne Mary Morison The cooper o' Cuddy Sweetest May Dusty miller A parcel of rogues in a nation Had I the wyte Steer her up Sae flaxen were her ringlets It was a' for our rightfu' King Beware o' Bonnie Ann Cass only Vols 1 & 2 now available in CD Philo Records(USA) 1187,Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 114 SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 3 Philo Records 1071 Phillis the fair O fare ye weel my auld wife Will ye go to the Indes, my Mary? Green grow the rashes,O The slave's lament The reel o' stumpie The ploughman The Lass o' Ecclefechan The Deuk's dang o'er my daddie Duncan Davidson The belles of Mauchline The banks o' Doon Song, composed in August I'll ay ca'in by yon town Behold, my love Cass only SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 4 Philo Records 1072 Here's his health in water O can ye labor lea? Wha is that at my bower door? Thou hast left me ever,Jamie There grows a bonnie briar bush The taylor fell through the bed Tam Glen A long winter night Address to the woodlark Rattlin' roarin' Willie Cass only Vols 3 & 4 now available in CD Philo Records(USA) 1188, Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 115 SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 5 Philo Records 1093 O were I on Parnassus Hill O this is no my ain lassie My collier laddie Fragment My Nanie, O The posie The mill, mill O The lea rig The German lairdie Lament of Mary Queen of Scots The Battle of Sherra-Moor You're welcome, Willie Stewart Cass only SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 6 Philo Records 1113 Hey, ca' thro' Here's to thy health Gloomy December Galloway Tam The white cockade Last May a braw wooer The fornicator The cardin' o't Killiecrankie Strathallan's lament Sandy and Jockie Jamie come try me Cass only Vols 5 & 6 now available in CD Philo Records(USA) 1189, Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 116 SONGS OF BURNS arr. HOVEY VOL 7 Philo Records(USA) 1126, Greentrax (UK) CDTrax 029 Peggy Ramsay Ode to spring O merry hae I been O guid ale comes O for ane-and-twenty, Tam My love she's but a lassie yet My father was a farmer Mauchline lady The young Highland rover The gallant weaver The bonny lass of Albanie Where are the joys Is there for honest poverty CD/Cass STILL THE NIGHT Jean Redpath Records JR 109 Here we have a musical look at Christmas from a Scottish viewpoint. Post-Reformation carollers in Scotland had a lean diet, but these days one can graze from the 16th century to the present day, sampling the home-grown, the French fare (courtesy of the Auld alliance), traditional and nouvelle offerings of the 18th and 19th centuries when carol singing was re-discovered, and into the green, international pastures created by the mass media and the recording industry. 2000 Years ago Coventry Carol Matthew's Gospel #1 Rorate celi desuper Matthew's gospel #2 Child in a manger Poem at Christmas #1 Vieux No & euml;l What Child is this? Poem at Christmas #2 Still the Night (Listen to recording sample) Balulalow (Listen to recording sample) Three Kings from Orient Kings from the East Christ Childs Lullaby Christmas Carol Dona nobis pacem Il est n & é, le divin Enfant Lord of the Dance (Listen to recording sample) Gift o' Gowd I salute you 2000 years ago Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Sue Richards, harp (courtesy of Maggie's Music) Jacqueline Schwab, piano Scott Petito, electric bass CD only 1999 SUMMER OF MY DREAMS Jean Redpath Records JR 102 After many years focused primarily on traditional material, I went off in quite a different direction here. I learned "Summer " from the singing of Dolores Keane and the combination of the lovely melody and the evocative text was the only common thread I needed to pull together this collection. The sixteen tracks include Scottish, Irish, Australian, French and Canadian material, both traditional and contemporary. From years I barely remember come songs with strong associations; from months just before I recorded them, songs I had just "discovered " and poems recently set to music - - all to wonderful tunes and with an ability to touch me in such a way that I have to pass them on. Summer of my dreams Come by the hills (Listen to recording sample) Sailor's sweetheart (Listen to recording sample) Dark-eyed Molly Yellow on the broom Gipsy lass Bonnie Bessie Logan Maggie Lauder (Listen to recording sample) Parlez-moi d'amour Alas! poor Queen Andy's gone with cattle Willie's gane to Melville Castle Mally Lee Dumbarton's Drums Sweet Thames flow softly The Blackbird Farm auction Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Alasdair Fraser, fiddle Abby Newton, cello Jacqueline Schwab, piano CD/Cass 1995 THE MOON'S SILVER CRADLE Jean Redpath Records JR 106 I had often thought that choosing material for a recording in such a way that there was a balance — up-tempo and lyric, sad and happy — was somewhat unnecessary. In listening to music, I will choose something that suits my mood, or perhaps a recording that will change my mood. The aim here is to soothe. The songs range from recent conscious acquisitions to those that go back to my own childhood and that were never formally "learned. " I would describe it as a collection of lullabies from the Celtic fringe, grouped in a way that will encourage sleep in children and create a meditative mood in their elders. Connemara lullaby Victoria Blue Moon man All through the night Coulter's candy (Listen to recording sample) Birnie Bouzle Dance to your daddy Bonnie at morn Gartan mother's lullaby Spinning wheel (Listen to recording sample) Fairy lullaby October winds Manx lullaby Shetland lullaby Can ye sew cushions? (Listen to recording sample) Soontree lullaby Baloo Baleerie Hush-a-ba, birdie, croon Dream Angus Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Sue Richards, harp (courtesy of Maggie's Music) CD/Cass 1996 THINK ON ME Jean Redpath Records JR 108 How often have I been asked to sing "one of the good old songs " and spent unnecessary time and breath explaining that such a description is very personal and specific to the individual. There are songs that belong, like comfort food, to the rosy area beyond conscious memory, songs that conjure up "the dear dead days beyond recall, " well-worn melodies that continue to wear well and lyrics that appeal to the softer, sentimental, and sometimes sadder, side. Castle Grand (Listen to recording sample) Eriskay love lilt Robin Adair Then you'll remember me Open the door softly I'll walk beside you We'll go no more a-roving (Listen to recording sample) Birks of Invermay Mary of Argyle Absent Love's old sweet song Eternal surge of the sea Think on me (Listen to recording sample) Lochnagar Turn ye to me Auld Robin Gray Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Abby Newton, cello Sue Richards, harp (courtesy of Maggie's Music) Jacqueline Schwab, piano Jay Ungar, fiddle CD only 1998 A WOMAN OF HER TIME Jean Redpath Records JR 107 I was much taken with Judy Small's song Women of our time the first time I heard her sing it. "Will things have been so different for a woman of her time? " - the question with which she closes it, provoked a series of responses over the months and ultimately this collection of songs, traditional and contemporary, dealing with the woman's lot from age to age. Women of our time Why should I a brisk young lassie (Listen to recording sample) A' the week yer man's awa' (Listen to recording sample) The mistress Harry's wife Blue blazin' blind drunk Glasgow lullaby Retirement The gardener Lunderston Bay The lodger High Jeannie high An auld man cam' coortin' me Tecumseh Valley Nancy with the golden hair The jute mill song Mhairi's song The gudewife speaks From the lambing to the wool (Listen to recording sample) False bride Jean Redpath, vocals and guitar Guy "Fooch " Fischetti, pedal steel Molly Mason, guitar, bass Abby Newton, cello Scott Petito, electric bass Sue Richards, harp (courtesy of Maggie's Music) Jacqueline Schwab, piano Jay Ungar, fiddle, mandolin CD only 1997
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