> Folk Music > Records > Megson: On the Side
Megson: On the Side
On the Side EDJ Records EDJ011 (CD, UK, 27 June 2005) |
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Photography by Jocelyn Bain-Hogg;
Artwork by Mandi Smith for Electric Advertising Ltd
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, bouzouki, es1, evb3
Tracks
- Rose on the Stem (3.09)
- Grace Darling (Roud 1441) (4.41)
- The Loom (Y Gwydd) (3.55)
- Freefall (3.35)
- Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (2.59)
- Butternut Hill (Roud 911) (3.06)
- Sandy Dawe (Roud 19103) (2.46)
- Oak and Ash (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058) (3.43)
- Just Stay (4.33)
- More Than Me (4.13)
- Last Rose of Summer (Roud 13861) (3.42)
Tracks 1, 4, 9-10 Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Tracks 2, 8 words trad., music Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Tracks 3, 5-7 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 11 words Thomas Moore, arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Megson
Megson: Megson
Megson EDJ Records EDJ012 (CD, UK, 30 October 2006) |
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Additional production on tracks 1-2 by Pete Woodroffe and Sean Lakeman;
Artwork by roughe
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, bouzouki, es1, evb3
with
Iain Goodall: cajon [2];
Ben Nicholls: bass [1]
Tracks
- Follow It On (3.44)
- Smoke of Home (3.16)
- Just As the Tide (Roud 1105) (4.30)
- Just Stay ((live) (5.04)
- Grace Darling (Roud 1441) (4.41)
Tracks 1-2, 4 Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 3 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 5 words trad., music Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
Tracks 1-3 are from the album
Smoke of Home;
Tracks 5 and 4 (original version) are from
On the Side
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Smoke of Home
Megson: Smoke of Home
Smoke of Home EDJ Records EDJ013 (CD, UK, 2 July 2007) |
Produced by Sean Lakeman;
Produced and recorded by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer;
Additional production by Pete Woodroffe and Sean Lakeman;
Photography by Debbie Palmer and Graham Drury;
Design and artwork by Remi/Rough
Musicians
Debbie Palmer: vocals, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, mandolin, fiddle;
Iain Goodall: drums, cajon;
Ben Nicholls: bass
Tracks
- Smoke of Home (3.14)
- Lambkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (4.14)
- Follow It On (3.45)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.02)
- Sammy’s Ghost (4.07)
- Just As the Tide (Roud 1105) (4.28)
- I Lied (2.56)
- Humanlands (4.18)
- Durham Gaol (Roud 822) (3.58)
- Flood Water (4.24)
- Name of the Rose (3.08)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (4.39)
All tracks written by Stu Hanna and Debbie Palmer except
Tracks 6, 12 trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer;
Track 9 Tommy Armstrong arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Palmer
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Take Yourself a Wife
Megson: Take Yourself a Wife
Take Yourself a Wife EDJ Records EDJ015 (CD, UK, 29 September 2008) |
Produced, arranged and performed by Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna-Palmer
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, concertina;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, mandolin, guitar, bass, fiddles
Tracks
- O Mary Will You Go (5.02)
- Little Joe (5.32)
- Take Yourself a Wife (3.02)
- The Pitman’s Happy Times (Roud 3172) (4.28)
- Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (4.27)
- The Oakey Strike Evictions (Roud V35760) (3.32)
- Jane Jamieson’s Ghost (5.00)
- The New Fish Market (4.11)
- Sandgate Lassie’s Lament (Roud 3170) (4.49)
Track 1 Richard Watson (1833-1891);
Track 2 Joe Wilson (1841-1875);
Track 3 Mrs G.M. Tweddell (1824-1899);
Track 4 James Robson (unknown);
Track 5 Thomas Raine (unknown);
Track 6 Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919);
Track 7 Robert Emery (1794-1871);
Track 8 William Mitford (1788-1851);
Track 9 Henry Robson (c.1755-1850)
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: The Longshot
Megson: The Longshot
The Longshot EDJ Records EDJ016 (CD, UK, 7 June 2010) |
Produced by Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Recorded at Rock Road Studios, Royston, and Studio Mooh, Melbourn, in 2009 and 2010;
Photography by Graham Drury;
Art direction and design by Gerard Saint and Valerio Oliveri at Big Active;
Silkscreens by Kate Gibb at Big Active
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, accordion, baby accordion, shruti box;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, mandolin, guitar, bass, piano
Tracks
- Two Match Lads (4.14)
- The Cabman (4.03)
- Working Life Out (3.46)
- The Longshot (5.09)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (4.00)
- The Handloom Weaver and the Factory Maid (Roud 17771) (3.58)
- Time to Get Up (4.37)
- The Last Man in the Factory (4.31)
- Working Town (2.18)
- William Brown (5.05)
- California (4.30)
Track 1 lyrics Mrs G.M. Tweddell (1824-1899), music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 2 lyrics George Ridley (1835-1864), music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 3, 5-6, 10 lyrics trad., music Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 4, 8-9, 11 Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 7 lyrics Joe Wilson (1841-1875), music Stu & Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: When I Was a Lad…
Megson: When I Was a Lad…
When I Was a Lad… EDJ Records EDJ017 (CD, UK, 3 September 2012) |
Produced by Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Recorded at Chalk Hill Music Studio, Cambridgeshire;
Photography and artwork by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, accordion, shruti box;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandola, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass, banjo
with
Ollie King: melodeon
Tracks
- Bee-O (2.46)
- All the Shops Have Fallen Down (3.36)
- Jenny Jenkins (Roud 731) (2.59)
- Oats and Beans and Barley Grow (Roud 1380) (2.32)
- The Riddle Song (Roud 330) (3.57)
- My Fathers Farm (3.24)
- Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439; G/D 8:1562) (4.12)
- Baby and the Band (4.17)
- The Leatherwing Bat (Roud 747) (4.01)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (3.58)
- Five Little Ducks (2.05)
Track 1, 3-6, 9-11 trad.;
Tracks 2, 8 Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 7 based on the original by W. Watson
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Live
Megson: Live
Live EDJ Records EDJ018 (CD, UK, 16 September 2013) |
Recorded live at Hitchin Folk Club, Hertfordshire, in November 2012;
Artwork by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, tenor banjo
Tracks
- Working Town (2.43)
- Follow It On (4.26)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.10)
- The Longshot (5.47)
- Working Life Out (3.33)
- Smoke of Home (3.27)
- Little Joe (4.35)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (5.11)
- Baby and the Band (4.23)
- Jenny Jenkins (Roud 731) (3.14)
- Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (3.27)
- The Riddle Song (Roud 330) (4.04)
- All the Shops Have Fallen Down (3.44)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (3.49)
- Just Stay (4.55)
- Tally-I-O the Grinder (Roud 23140) (5.29)
Tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 13, 15 Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Tracks 5, 8, 10-12, 14, 16 trad. arr. Stu & Debbie Hanna;
Track 7 words Joe Wilson, music Stu & Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: In a Box
Megson: In a Box
In a Box EDJ Records EDJ019 (CD, UK, 12 May 2014) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at home;
Art direction and design by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, octave mandola, guitar, bass, piano, percussion, mandolin
with
Seth Lakeman: fiddle [2];
Jess Morgan: backing vocals [8];
Ben Savage: dobro [1, 5];
Jade Rhiannon: backing vocals [5: 8];
Cliff Ward: fiddle [5]
Tracks
- Clifton Hall Mine (4.19)
- Bet Beesley and Her Wooden Man (4.40)
- Charley the Newsmonger (3.59)
- The River Never Dies (4.38)
- Songs to Soothe a Tired Heart (5.07)
- Old Folks Tea (3.43)
- Dirty Clothes (3.32)
- Still I Love Him (Roud 654; TYG 33) (4.11)
- Moses Carpenter (4.00)
- In a Box (5.55)
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Tracks 1, 8 words trad., music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 2 words J.P. Robson (1808-1870), music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 3 words Thomas Wilson (1773-1858), music Debbie and Stu Hanna;
Track 6 words Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919), music Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Live in the Lounge
Megson: Live in the Lounge
Live in the Lounge EDJ Records EDJ020 (digital download EP, UK, 4 September 2015) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola
Tracks
- The River Never Dies (4.31)
- Still I Love Him
(Roud 654; TYG 33)
(4.46)
both recorded live in Megson’s living room in summer 2015 - Working Town
(2.43)
live at The Hitchin Folk Club, from Live - Just Stay
(5.05)
live, from the 2006 EP Megson
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Track 2 words trad., music Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Good Times Will Come Again
Megson: Good Times Will Come Again
Good Times Will Come Again EDJ Records EDJ021 (CD, UK, 27 May 2016) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at the Megson Garage Studio;
Artwork and graphic design by Wethreeclub;
Original photos of Megson by Rob Bridge for Redwood Photography
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandolin, mandola, banjo, fiddle, guitars
with
John Parker: double bass;
Patrick Duffin: percussion
Tracks
- Generation Rent (3.47)
- A Prayer for Hope (4.40)
- Burn Away (3.39)
- The Bonny Lad (4.04)
- Pushing On (3.45)
- The Bookkeeper (5.32)
- Rap ’er te Bank (4.37)
- Zero (2.30)
- Patterns (4.25)
- Good Times Will Come Again (4.06)
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna except
Track 8 incorporates the tune Sandhill Corner taken from Nrothumbrian Minstrelsy
> Folk Music > Records > Megson: Generation Rent
Megson: Generation Rent
Generation Rent EDJ Records EDJ022 (EP, UK, 23 January 2017) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Recorded at the Megson Garage Studio
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, mandola, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitars
with
John Parker: double bass;
Patrick Duffin: percussion
Tracks
- Generation Rent (radio mix) (3.47)
- Morning Mist (4.47)
- The Longshot (live) (5.47)
- Generation Rent
(album version)
(3.47)
from Good Times Will Come Again
All tracks written by Debbie and Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > The Megson Songbook Collection
The Megson Songbook Collection
The Megson Songbook Collection EDJ Records (2 CD, UK, 31 October 2017) |
Tracks 1-19 are the songs featured in The Megson Songbook, tracks 20-24 comprise the deleted EP B&W from 2004.
Tracks
CD 1
- The Bonny Lad (4.07)
- Baby and the Band (4.19)
- The Bookkeeper (5.35)
- Burn Away (3.42)
- Dirty Clothes (3.37)
- Fell to the Breeze (4.04)
- Follow It On (3.48)
- Generation Rent (3.50)
- Little Joe (4.34)
- Just Stay (4.35)
- The Last Man in the Factory (4.34)
- The Longshot (5.08)
CD 2
- Old Folks Tea (3.47)
- The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (4.02)
- Patterns (4.28)
- The River Never Dies (4.43)
- Smoke of Home (3.16)
- Working Town (2.20)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Roud 3611) (4.42)
- So Much (3.45)
- Oak and Ash (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058) (3.40)
- Freefall (4.24)
- Butternut Hill (Roud 911) (3.02)
- Just Stay (3.50)
Tracks 1, 3-4, 8, 15 are from Good Times Will Come Again (2016);
Tracks 2 are from When I Was a Lad… (2012);
Tracks 5, 13, 16 are from In a Box (2014);
Tracks 6-7, 17, 19 are from Smoke of Home (2007);
Tracks 9 are from Take Yourself a Wife (2008);
Tracks 10 are from On the Side (2005);
Tracks 11-12, 14, 18 are from The Longshot (2010);
Tracks 20-24 comprise the deleted EP B&W (2004)
> Folk Music > Records > Con-tra-dic-shun
Con-tra-dic-shun
Con-tra-dic-shun EDJ Records EDJ023 (CD, UK, 10 January 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna at The Megson Garage & Caravan Studio
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals,
piano accordion [2, 4, 7-9];
Stu Hanna: vocals,
guitars [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10],
mandola [8],
mandolin [2, 4, 9],
banjo [4-5, 8, 10],
fiddle [3, 5-6];
with
John Parker: double bass [1-2, 4, 6, 9];
Patrick Duffin: percussion [7];
Paul Youdan: backing vocals [5]
Tracks
- Are You Sitting Comfortably (4.25)
- Contradicshun (3.21)
- The New Girl (3.56)
- Voice of the Nation (4.21)
- Toast : Jackey & Jenny (5.20)
- I Drew My Ship Into the Harbour (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (4.15)
- Two Sides to Every Conversation (4.38)
- The Keach in the Creel (Roud 120; Child 281; G/D 2:317; Henry H201) (4.31)
- Barrington Judo Club (4.09)
- A Week Away in the Caravan (5.10)
All tracks written by Debbie & Stu Hanna except
Track 2 lyrics Joe Wilson (1841-1875), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Track 4 lyrics J.C. (1810), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Track 5 lyrics trad. and James Rewcastle (1802-1867), music Debbie & Stu Hanna;
Tracks 6, 8 lyrics trad., music Debbie & Stu Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Little Bird
Little Bird
Little Bird EDJ Records EDJ024 (CD, UK, 9 September / 11 October 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna at the Megson Garage Studio;
Illustrations and bird spotting guide by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion, whistle;
Stu Hanna: vocals, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola, fiddle, guitars, percussion
Tracks
- Red Bird (2.18)
- All Around the Kitchen (2.52)
- Bobby Shaftoe (2.40)
- The Jumping Song (2.44)
- Coming Round the Mountain (4.00)
- Ha Ha This a Way (3.25)
- Baby on Board (2.41)
- Little Bird (2.40)
- The Rattling Bog (3.49)
- Marjory Clogs (4.14)
- On the Mountain Medley (3.41)
- I Saw a Ship a Sailing (2.43)
All songs trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna except
Tracks 7, 10 by Stuart Hanna, Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > A Yuletide Carol
A Yuletide Carol
A Yuletide Carol EDJ Records EDJ026 (CD, UK, 24 November 2019) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, fiddle, banjo;
Debbie Hanna: vocals
Tracks
- A Catastrophe Christmas (3.54)
- Deck the Halls (Roud 26301) (2.51)
- O Come, o Come Emmanuel (Roud 26859) (4.00)
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Roud 21931) (3.51)
- The Sound of Christmas (5.14)
- Mary Mary (4.21)
- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (3.30)
- All Hail to the Days (Roud V9375) (3.28)
- I Wonder As I Wander (Roud 15015) (3.35)
- Good Christian Men Rejoice (Roud 25616) (3.12)
All songs trad. arr. Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna except
Tracks 1, 5 by Stuart Hanna, Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Unknown Waters
Unknown Waters
Unknown Waters EDJ Records EDJ032 (CD, UK, 2 February 2022) |
Produced by Stu Hanna
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, mandolin, fiddle
with
John Parker: double bass
Tracks
- One Law (3.46)
- Judas Bus (4.04)
- Marshall Riley’s Army (3.59)
- Road to Hell (Part 2) (4.11)
- Land & Sea (5.16)
- The Silent Boatman (4.23)
- Rain (3.20)
- Not for the First Time (3.45)
- Ring of Iron (4.00)
- Bonus Track: Through the Winter (4.05)
Track 1 Matt Chipchase & Ypung Rebel Set;
Track 2 Jez Lowe;
Track 3 Alan Hull;
Track 4 Chris Rea;
Track 5 Richard Grainger;
Track 6 Ruth Copeland;
Track 7 Martin Stephenson;
Track 8 Vin Garbutt;
Track 9 GRaeme Miles;
Track 10 Stu Hanna, Debbie Hanna
Video
Megson sing Road to Hell:
> Folk Music > Records > What Are We Trying to Say?
What Are We Trying to Say?
What Are We Trying to Say? EDJ Records EDJ033 (CD, UK, 24 March 2023) |
Produced by Stu Hanna;
Illustrations by Jess Morgan
Musicians
Debbie Hanna: vocals, piano accordion;
Stu Hanna: vocals, tenor banjo, octave mandola, huitar, fiddle
with
John Parker: double bass
Tracks
- What Are We Trying to Say? (2.42)
- Keeping Him On (3.46)
- Before I Know It (3.39)
- Next Year (3.38)
- Anastasia & William (5.26)
- The Conspiracy Trap (3.56)
- We Are Better Than This (3.04)
- Canny Old Blind Willy (Roud B25861?) (3.55)
- The Barber’s News (Roud V17501) (4.06)
- And Finally (4.29)
All songs written by Stu and Debbie Hanna except
Track 8 anon. arr Stu and Debbie Hanna, from W&T Fordyce: The Newcastle Song Book, or, Tyne-Side Songster (1842);
Track 9 words John Shield (1768-1848), music Stu and Debbie Hanna
> Folk Music > Records > Megson
Other records with Megson
Benji Kirkpatrick, People, CD EP, EDJ EDJ014, 2007 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists, Folk Rising, CD, Proper PROPERFOLK04, 2007
Faustus, People, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR5, 2008 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Benji Kirkpatrick, Boomerang, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR2, 2008
Mawkin:Causley, Cold Ruin, CD EP, Navigator NAVIGATOR14, 2008 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Darwin Song Project, Shrewsbury 2009, CD, Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD01, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Mawkin:Causley, The Awkward Recruit, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR19, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Show of Hands, Arrogance Ignorance and Greed, CD, Hands On Music HMCD29, 2009 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK08, 2009
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Up from the Deep, CD, GR! GRR004, 2010 (mastered by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK10, 2010
Various Artists, Horses & Hangings, Homicide & Hellfire (Leigh Folk Festival 2010), CD, Thames Delta MUD003CD, 2010
Steve Knightley et al, Cecil Sharp Project 2011, CD+DVD, Shrewsbury Folk Festival SFFCD02, 2011 (mixed by Stu Hanna)
Lucy Ward, Adelphi Has to Fly, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR47, 2011 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK11, 2011
Lucy Ward, For the Dead Men, CD single, Navigator NAVIGATOR070, 2012 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Lucy Ward, Single Flame, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR083, 2013 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Jess Morgan, Langa Langa, CD, Amateur Boxer AM00014, 2014
Lucy Ward, I Dreamt I Was a Bird, CD, Betty Beetroot BETTY01, 2015 (produced by Stu Hanna)
The Teacups, Of Labour and Love, CD, Haystack HAYCD007, 2015
Said the Maiden, Of Maids and Mariners, EP, Maiden STM002, January 2016 (produced by Stu Hanna)
Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK18, 2017
Elliott Morris, The Way Is Clear, CD, Dominoes Club DCRCD002, 2019