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Anna Tam: Anchoress

Anna Tam: Anchoress (Tam TAM002)

Anchoress
Anna Tam

Tam Records TAM002 (CD, UK, 23 April 2021)
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Produced by Anna Tam;
Edited by Anna Tam and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi;
Mixed and mastered by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi;
Photography by Janice Issitt and Chris Brody;
Design by Chris Brody and Anna Tam

Folk Radio UK review by Billy Rough

Musicians

Anna Tam: vocals [1-8, 10-14], nyckelharpa [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14-15], viola da gamba [3, 5, 7], cello [9], hurdy gurdy [1], percussion [6, 8];
Roy Chilton: banjo [6];
Geoffrey Irwin: fiddle [15]

Tracks

  1. Jenny Nettles (Roud 2581; G/D 8:1725) (2.38)
  2. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (1.42)
  3. Whittingham Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (4.05)
  4. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (5.12)
  5. Braes of Balquhidder (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (6.59)
  6. Elsie Marley (Roud 3065) (3.01)
  7. Arrane Saveenagh (3.35)
  8. If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (3.38)
  9. Fairy Boat Hornpipe (2.33)
  10. Fear a’ Bhata (The Boatman) (Roud 4356; Henry H834) (4.59)
  11. I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (2.57)
  12. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (2.19)
  13. She Moved Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (3.23)
  14. Blue Bleezin’ Blind Drunk (Roud 6333) (2.44)
  15. The Goblet (3.04)

All tracks trad. arr. Anna Tam except
Track 5 Robert Tannahill arr. Anna Tam;
Tracks 9, 15 Anna Tam

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Anna Tam: Hatching Hares

Anna Tam: Hatching Hares (Tam TAM003)

Hatching Hares
Anna Tam

Tam Records TAM003 (CD, UK, 10 June 2022)
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Produced by Anna Tam;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ed Bersey at Sylvafield Studios except
Track 1 recorded by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde and Ed Bersey;
Photography by Chris Brody;
Design by Anna Tam and Chris Brody

Tradfolk album review by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Anna Tam: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 14], nyckelharpa [2, 4, 6-7, 12-13], cello [3], viola da gamba [5, 7, 14-15], hurdy gurdy [8, 10-11], piano [1];
Geoffrey Irwin: fiddle [10-11];
srah: percussion and sound production [5]

Tracks

  1. Brigg Fair (Roud 1083) (3.19)
  2. Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.29)
  3. Sleep Soond Ida Mornin (1.57)
  4. The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (3.21)
  5. Holland Handkerchief (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217) (5.38)
  6. Polska från Östra Rd / Polska ur Andreas Dahlgrens notbok (3.23)
  7. Fakenham Fair (2.27)
  8. ‘S iomadh rud a chunna’ mi (reel) (2.29)
  9. A Stitch in Time (2.43)
  10. Helen of Kirkconnell Lea (Roud 8191) (4.51)
  11. Planxty Irwin (3.59)
  12. When I Was a Little Girl (Roud 1706; G/D 8:1701) (2.10)
  13. St Martin’s Waltz (3.36)
  14. Bess and Her Spinning Wheel (2.50)
  15. Thanksgiving Waltz (1.57)

All tracks trad. arr. Anna Tam except
Track 9 Mike Waterson;
Track 11 Turlough O’Carolan;
Tracks 13, 15 Anna Tam