> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Jez Lowe
Jez Lowe
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Jez Lowe Fellside Recordings FE023 (LP, UK, 1980) |
Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, May 26/27, 1980;
Notes by Jez Lowe;
Sleeve drawing by Geoff Marsh;
Sleeve artwork by Mary Blood
Musicians
Jez Lowe, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, whistle, organ, vocals;
Sylvia Barnes, whistle, vocals;
Jim Barnes, cittern, guitar
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1a, 8a Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Colin Dryden;
Track 4 Bernie Parry;
Track 7 trad. / Jez Lowe;
Track 9 words John Masefield, music Roy Palmer
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: The Old Durham Road
The Old Durham Road
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The Old Durham Road Fellside Recordings FE034 (LP, UK, 1983) |
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Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March 1983;
Cover design by G. & A.M. Marsh
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica;
with
Jake Walton, hurdy-gurdy;
John Bowden, melodeon, concertina;
Stewart Watkins, bass;
Gerry Hallom, banjo
Tracks
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All tracks written by Jez Lowe except
Track 6 words trad., music Jez Lowe;
Track 8 trad., new words Jez Lowe;
Track 9 trad. arr. Jez Lowe;
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Galloways
Galloways
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Galloways Fellside Recordings FE049 (LP, UK, 1985) |
Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Front photograph by Olive Trick;
Cover art by Geoff Marsh
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, keyboards, banjo, harmonica, whistle;
Jake Walton, vocals, guitar, hurdy-gurdy;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Gerry Hallom, vocals
Tracks
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All tracks written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & Jake Walton: Two a Roue
Two a Roue
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Two a Roue Fellside Recordings FE055 (LP, UK, 1986) |
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Produced and recorded by Jo Partridge at The Airfield Studio, Cornwall, March 1986;
Cutting engineer: Mike Walker, Trident Studios;
Executive producer: Paul Adams;
Photography by Michael Wigg
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals [2, 5-6, 8, 10-11],
guitar [1, 7-8, 10-11],
harmonica [1, 3, 11]
whistle [1, 3, 7-8],
cittern [2-3, 6, 9],
banjo [5],
synthesiser [8];
Jake Walton, vocals [1, 4, 6, 10-11],
hurdy-gurdy [1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11],
guitar [4, 6, 10],
dulcimer [8];
Jo Partridge, electric guitar [4, 6],
percussion [5-6, 11],
vocals [11]
Tracks
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Track 1 Patrik Ewen, Jake Walton;
Tracks 2, 3a, 5, 8, 11 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 3b, 7, 9 trad. arr. Jake Walton, Jez Lowe;
Track 4 Jake Walton, E. Liorzou;
Tracks 6, 10 Jake Walton
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Bad Penny
Bad Penny
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Bad Penny Fellside Recordings FE070 (LP, UK, 1988) |
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Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March and April 1988;
Photography by R.L. Allison
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica, keyboards;
with
Sylvia Barnes, vocals;
Roger Watson, fiddle, vocals;
Jake Walton, hurdy-gurdy, vocals;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Bev Sanders, backing vocals;
Brian Stewart, bass;
Mike James, clarinet;
Paul Adams, percussion
Tracks
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All songs written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Briefly on the Street
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Briefly on the Street
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Briefly on the Street Fellside Recordings FE079/FECD79 (LP/CD, UK, 1990) |
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Recorded and produced by Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, July-August 1990;
Assistant engineer Graham Bell;
Photography Peter Mernheh
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, banjo, harmonica;
Bev Sanders, vocals, percussion, whistle;
Rob Kay, vocals, keyboards, melodeon, recorder, percussion
with
Chris Leslie, fiddle
Tracks
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All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Tracks 1, 9, 12 Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders;
Track 8b Rob Kay;
Track 8a trad .arr. Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders, Rob Kay
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Back Shift
Back Shift
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Back Shift Fellside Recordings FECD89 (CD, UK, 1992) |
This collection compiled by Jez Lowe;
Remastered by Paul Adams in July 1992
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals [1-17],
guitar [4-8, 10-11, 13-17],
cittern [1-3, 8, 12, 14],
harmonica [1, 6, 8, 14],
banjo [3, 9],
whistle [5, 7, 14],
keyboards [5, 13],
dulcimer [10],
organ [11],
piano [15];
Jake Walton, vocals [4, 17],
hurdy-gurdy [1-2, 9-10, 14-15],
dulcimer [4-5],
guitar [17];
Gerry Hallom, backing vocals [1, 15];
Anne-Marie Flanagan, backing vocals [1, 3, 10, 15];
Sylvia Barnes, backing vocals [6],
whistle [6];
Jim Barnes, cittern [6];
Jo Partrigde, drum programming [9];
Linda Adams, harmony vocals [13];
Bev Sanders, vocals [16],
guitar [16];
Bob Surgeoner, vocals [16],
double bass [16];
Bill Surgeoner, fiddle [16]
Tracks
- Back in Durham Gaol (4.28)
- Brockie Lads (5.13)
- Galloways (3.58)
- Black Diamonds (4.00)
- The Bergen (3.58)
- Sedgefield Fair (4.20)
- The Old Durham Road (4.43)
- Chick Henderson’s March (3.33)
- Japs and English (4.35)
- Old Bones (4.28)
- Cursed Be the Caller (3.12)
- High Part of the Town (3.28)
- The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.20)
- The Old Durham Waltz (3.12)
- Shippersea Bay (5.04)
- Ballad of Johnny Collier (4.21)
- The Honest Working Way (4.30)
All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Track 13 trad. arr. Jez Lowe
Track 6 is from Jez Lowe (FE023, 1980), produced by Paul Adams, May 1980;
Tracks 7, 11, 14 are from The Old Durham Road (FE034, 1983); produced by Paul Adams, March 1984;
Track 4 alternate take of a song from The Old Durham Road, produced by Jo Partridge, August 1984;
Track 12 live recording of a song from from The Old Durham Road, produced by Paul Adams, July 1992;
Track 13 is from A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (FE047, 1986), produced by Paul Adams, April 1985;
Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 are from Galloways (FE049, 1985), produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Tracks 2, 5, 9 are from Two a Roue (FE055, 1986), produced by Jo Partridge, March 1986;
Track 16 is a new recording of a song from Two a Roue, produced by The Bad Pennies, June 1992
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Bede Weeps
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Bede Weeps
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Bede Weeps Fellside Recordings FECD94 (CD, UK, 1993) |
Recorded by Graham Bell and Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, May-June 1993;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Front photograph by Ken Archer;
Sculpture by Ken Rowden, courtesy of Bede's World, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals [1-10, 12-13],
guitar [1, 4-6, 9-11, 13],
cittern [3, 8],
mandolin [3],
banjo [12],
harmonica [1, 8],
dulcimer [7],
keyboards [7];
Bev Sanders, vocals [1-8, 10-13],
percussion [1, 3, 6, 8, 12];
Bob Surgeoner, double bass [3-4, 6, 8, 12],
keyboards [1, 9-11],
banjo [5, 8],
accordion [1, 13],
vocals [1-2, 7, 8];
Billy Surgeoner, fiddle [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 11-12],
keyboards [5],
whistle [10],
bamboo whistle [7],
vocals [2],
sampling [1];
with
Paul Adams, drums [7]
Tracks
- A Call for the North Country (3.37)
- These Coal Town Days (3.02)
- Kid Canute / Scotty Moore’s Reel (4.33)
- Just Like Moses (4.45)
- She’ll Always Be Freedom (A Song for Saoirse) (4.04)
- Greek Lightning (4.00)
- Dover, Delaware (3.50)
- Teardrop Two-Step (4.28)
- Too Up and Too Down (4.55)
- The Bulldog Breed (4.22)
- Last of the Widows (3.27)
- Mike Neville Said It (So It Must Be True) (3.29)
- Bede Weeps (3.12)
All songs written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Northern Echoes
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Northern Echoes
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Northern Echoes Tantobie Records TTRCD110 (CD+DVD, UK, September 29, 2008) |
CD recorded live at the Caedmon Hall, Gateshead on Tyne on February 29, 2008, by Ron Angus, assisted by Adam Taylor;
Mixed by Ron Angus and David de la Haye at Studio One, Washington;
DVD produced and staged by Badapple Theatre;
Sound mastered by Ron Angus;
Filmed at Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Whitby Coliseum, Carlisle Tithe Barn,
St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow;
Sleeve photography by Rik Walton;
Concert photography by Roger Liptrot
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, harmonica;
Kate Bramley, vocals, violin, mandolin;
Andy May, Northumbrian pipes, piano, accordion, whistle, vocals;
David de la Haye, bass guitar, vocals
Guests on the DVD:
Benny Graham, vocals, melodeon;
Shona Mooney, fiddle, vocals
Tracks
- A Call for the North Country (3.59)
- Cursed Be the Caller (4.08)
- A Dream of Steam and Freedom (3.52)
- The Boys of Belly Row (4.00)
- Mary Martindale (4.48)
- Too Up and Too Down (4.02)
- A Hard Life (4.59)
- The Famous Working Man (3.10)
- All Trawl (4.00)
- Davis and Golightly (4.21)
- Bait Up (3.56)
- I'll Never Get Home / Durham Waltz (5.06)
- The Sun and the Moon and Me (3.24)
- Chick Henderson's March (3.31)
- Northern Echoes (3.37)
- Fun Without Fools / Swiss Reel (5.44)
- The Honest Working Way (4.18)
All tracks written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Wotcheor!
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Wotcheor!
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Wotcheor! Tantobie Records TTRCD111 (CD, UK, September 2010) |
Recorded by David de la Haye at Anomaly Studio, Wallsend on Tyne, May 2010;
Produced by David de la Haye and Jez Lowe;
Orchestration by Andy May;
Concept by Jez Lowe;
Photography by Penelope Page;
Design by Bryan Ledgard
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8-11, 13, 15, 17],
guitar [1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 15, 17],
banjo [5],
cittern [1, 8],
harmonica [2, 5],
whistle [8];
The Bad Pennies:
Kate Bramley, violin [1-2, 15],
5-string violin [3, 10, 17],
mandolin [9],
vocals [1-3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 17];
Andy May, Northumbrian pipes [1, 3, 10],
piano [2, 12, 17],
harmonium [5, 11],
accordion [9, 15],
vocals [8, 13];
David de la Haye, fretless bass [1-3, 5, 8-10, 12, 15, 17],
percussion [2, 5, 9, 15]
with
Benny Graham, vocals [3, 13, 15];
Louisa Jo Killen, vocals [10];
Hinny Pawsey, violin [3, 12, 17],
vocals [8, 13];
The Young‘uns, vocal interludes;
Bert Draycott, announcer;
The Tyneside Maritime Chorus, backing vocals [15]
Tracks
- Barnstorming (3.59)
- A Tonic for the Toffs (2.56)
- The Lost Piper (3.38)
- Weather (0.14)
- Watter's Coming Annie (4.01)
- Darling's Other Daughter (3.45)
- Sport (0.23)
- It's a Champion Life (4.20)
- The Ex-Pitman's Pot-Holing Pub Quiz Team (4.41)
- The Judas Bus (4.08)
- All Clear (3.10)
- Back to the Land Girls (2.13)
- Bare Knuckle (2.20)
- Cobblers (0.24)
- Hands Feet (3.18)
- Sale (0.35)
- Gramophone Dancing (3.33)
- Why That's It Folks (1.35)
All tracks written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: The Ballad Beyond
Jez Lowe: The Ballad Beyond
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The Ballad Beyond Tantobie Records TTRCD113 (CD, UK, November 17, 2014) |
Produced and recorded by David de la Haye
at Anomaly Studio, Newcastle on Tyne;
Mastered by Christopher Leary at Melograf Mastering;
Artwork by Penelope Page
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, mandolin, harmonica;
Andy May, Northumbrian pipes, uilleann pipes, accordion, piano;
Kate Bramley, violin, vocals;
David de la Haye, electric bass;
Kari MacLeod, violin;
Martin Douglas, percussion;
Rod Clements, slide guitar;
Maggie Holland, banjo;
Ian Thompson, double bass;
Laura Bell, alto and soprano saxophone;
Christine Stockton, Paul Stockton, backing vocals
Tracks
- The Lazarus Dance (4.53)
- Tether's End (4.42)
- The Pitmen Poets (4.12)
- Berlin 36 (2.30)
- Jesse Owens' Shoes (3.55)
- The Ballad of Dorando and Johnny (4.21)
- Morpeth Olympics (5.49)
- Unprotected (2.54)
- Candles (3.59)
- Austerity Alphabet (4.24)
- Names (2.56)
- The Wrong Bus (3.03)
- The Town Hall Yard (3.24)
- Bother At the Hoppins (4.41)
- Lass of Hexhamshire (3.37)
All tracks written by Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > The Pitmen Poets: The Pitmen Poets
The Pitmen Poets: The Pitmen Poets
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The Pitmen Poets Pitmen Poets PPCD1 (CD, UK, 2015) |
Recorded live;
Design by Michael Bailey
Musicians
Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe
Tracks
- These Coal Town Days (2.56)
- The Devil's Ground (4.11)
- Stanley Market (3.57)
- The Row Between the Cages (3.07)
- Shiftin' to the Toon (4.27)
- The Pitman's Dream (5.43)
- South Medomsley Strike (7.36)
- Just One Spark (1.42)
- The Ex-Pitmen's Potholing Pub Quiz Team (5.40)
- Blackleg Mining Man (3.37)
- The Collier Laddie's Wife (3.17)
- Sheel Raw Flood / Off to California (4.55)
- Wor Nanny's a Maizor (4.16)
- Judas Bus (4.18)
- Farewell Johnny Miner (5.51)
- The Miner's Lifeguard (Roud 3510) (5.30)
- Bonus Track: The Pitmen Poets (4.10)
Tracks 1, 9, 14, 17 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 2, 5 Billy Mitchell;
Tracks 3-4, 12a, 13 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 7 Tommy Armstrong, Johnny Handle;
Track 6 Alexander Barrass;
Track 8 Benny Graham;
Track 10 Jock Purdon;
Track 11 Billy Mitchell, Jane Wade;
Tracks 12b, 16 trad. arr. The Pitmen Poets;
Track 15 Ed Pickford
> Folk Music > Records > The Pitmen Poets: More Black Diamonds
The Pitmen Poets: More Black Diamonds
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More Black Diamonds Pitmen Poets PPCD2 (CD, UK, 2016) |
Recorded round the kitchen table at Boomchang;
Package design by Michael Bailey
Musicians
Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe
Tracks
- Black Diamonds (3.53)
- Schooldays Over (1.53)
- The Birth of the Lad (4.02)
- Celebrated Working Man (Roud 3486) (3.24)
- Last of the Widows (3.07)
- Go to Work on Monday (2.58)
- I Wish Pay Friday Wad Come (3.57)
- The Collier's Way (3.49)
- Coughin' Well / 1915-1972 (4.30)
- Big Meeting Day (4.59)
- Going to the Mine (3.11)
- Ordinary Copper (3.32)
- Coal Mountain (4.12)
- When Geordie Thoo and I was Young (4.34)
- Lord George (2.56)
Tracks 1, 5, 10, 13 Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Track 3 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 4 trad. arr. Bob Fox;
Track 6 Si Kahn;
Track 7 James Anderson;
Track 8 Dacy Steele;
Track 9 Billy Mitchell;
Track 11 Johnny Handle;
Track 12 Ray Hearne;
Track 14 Alexander Barrass, Benny Graham;
Track 15 trad. arr. Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
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The Janus Game Tantobie Records TTRCD115 (CD, UK, November 24, 2016) |
Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by David de la Haye;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jermome Dineen
Musicians
Jez Lowe, vocals [1, 3-9,11],
harmonica [1, 6],
bouzouki [1, 5, 7, 10],
dulcimer [2, 8],
accordion [2, 4, 7],
mandolin [3-4, 6, 9, 11],
harmonium [8];
Steve Tilston, vocals [1-11],
guitar [1-11],
arpeggione [2],
10-string guitar [10-11],
slide guitar [11];
David Crickmore, bass [1],
Fender Rhodes [2],
percussion [1, 3-4, 11],
Mark Boyce, drums [1, 5-6];
Hugh Bradley, double bass [2-7, 10-11];
Kate Bramley, fiddle [3-4, 11]
Tracks
- The Janus Game (3.16)
- Lucky Sami (4.40)
- The Wagga Moon (4.40)
- Leaving for Spain (4.02)
- Crosses, Crescents and Stars (4.05)
- The Strings That Wizz One Strummed (3.14)
- Shiney Row (3.33)
- Tatteres and Torn (4.25)
- Mrs Einstein (3.26)
- On Beacon Hill (5.00)
- Goodbye Johnny D's / Hey Frankie (4.02)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe
Other records with Jez Lowe
Gerry Hallom,
A Run a Minute,
LP, Fellside FE036, 1981
Sara Grey & Ellie Ellis,
Making the Air Resound,
LP, Fellside FE039, 1984
Various Artists,
A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs,
LP, Fellside FE047, 1986
Various Artists,
Flash Company: A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Records,
LP, Fellside FE050, 1986
Gerry Hallom,
Old Australian Ways,
LP, Fellside FE074, 1989
Hughie Jones,
Hughie's Ditty Bag,
CD, Fellside FECD81, 1991
Martyn Wyndham-Read,
Mussels on a Tree,
CD, Fellside FECD84, 1992
Various Artists,
Voices: English Traditional Songs,
CD, Fellside FECD87, 1992
Edgerton Layhe,
Rough & Tumble,
CD, Fellside FECD96, 1993
Various Artists,
A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs,
CD, Fellside FECD47, 1994
Various Artists,
Banklands: The Story of Fellside Records,
CD, Fellside FECB100, 1994
Martyn Wyndham-Read,
Sunlit Plains,
CD, Fellside FECD102, 1995
Lucky Bags,
Delight in Disorder,
CD, Fellside FECD138, 1998
Various Artists,
Port Fairy Folk Festival,
CD, Shock PFFF002CD, 2000
Various Artists,
Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001),
2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists,
Huntingdon Folk 3,
CD, Speaking Volumes SVL 08CD, 2002
Folk for Peace,
Rumours of Rain,
CD single, Hypertension HYP 4231, 2004
Various Artists,
Someone Was Calling: “Folk on the Pier” Celebrates 200 Years of Cromer's Lifeboats,
2 CD, Symposium SIUM 1347/48, 2004
James Keelaghan,
A Few Simple Verses,
CD, Fellside FECD204, 2006
John Tams et al,
The Enemy That Lives Within
(The 2006 Radio Ballads),
CD, Gott GOTTCD048, 2006
John Tams et al,
The Horn of the Hunter
(The 2006 Radio Ballads),
CD, Gott GOTTCD049, 2006
John Tams et al,
Swings and Roundabouts
(The 2006 Radio Ballads),
CD, Gott GOTTCD050, 2006
John Tams et al,
Thirty Years of Conflict
(The 2006 Radio Ballads),
CD, Gott GOTTCD051, 2006
John Tams et al,
The Ballad of the Big Ships
(The 2006 Radio Ballads),
CD, Gott GOTTCD052, 2006
Various Artists,
Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label,
3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006
Mrs Ackroyd Band,
Dark Side of the Mongrel,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 020, 2007
Steve Tilston,
Reaching Back,
4+1 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 70, 2007
Various Artists,
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008,
3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK05, 2008
Folk for M.S.,
Generosity: A Unique Collection Celebrating 20 Years of Folk for M.S.,
CD, WildGoose WGS365CD, 2009
Darwin Song Project,
Shrewsbury 2009,
CD, Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD01, 2009
Various Artists,
Cat Nav
(Guide Cats for the Blind Vol. 4),
2 CD, Osmosys OSMO CD 050/051, 2009
Various Artists,
Trades Roots Live,
CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009
Boo Hewerdine, Jez Lowe, Julie Matthews, Rory McLeod, Ruth Notman,
Kate Fox, Elvis McGonagall,
All Along the Wall,
CD, Fellside FECD236, 2010
John Tams et al,
The Ballad of the Miners' Strike
(The Radio Ballads),
digital download, Delphonic DELPH007, 2010
Various Artists,
One Night for Norma,
CD, Scarlet SR027CD, 2011
David Gibb,
Letters Through Your Door,
CD, Hairpin HAIRPIN005, 2014
Chris While & Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Boo Hewerdine, O'Hooley & Tidow,
John McCusker, John Doyle, Coope Boyes & Simpson,
The Ballads of Child Migration,
CD, Delphonic DELPH119, 2015
Various Artists,
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015,
2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK16, 2015