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Sarah Hayes: Mainspring
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Mainspring Night Vad NV001 (CD EP, UK, 28 May 2013) |
Recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios
Musicians
Sarah Hayes: vocals, flute, whistle, piano, Fender Rhodes;
Hannah James: accordion [2];
Fiona MacAskill: fiddle [1, 4];
Ian Stephenson: guitar [4]
Tracks
- When First I Came to Caledonia (3.34)
- The Convergence / Mitt i Juli (6.10)
- The Old Fisher (3.26)
- Fink IV / Kathryn's Favourite / Catherine Kelly's (3.14)
Tracks 1, 4c trad.;
Track 2a Sarah Hayes, Hannah James;
Track 2b Jonas Olsson;
Track 3 words Thomas Doubleday (1881), music Sarah Hayes;
Track 4a Sarah Hayes;
Track 4b Julian Sutton
> Folk Music > Records > Wildings: Wildings
Wildings: Wildings
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Wildings Night Vad NV002 (digital download, UK, 29 July 2015) |
Engineered by Angus Lyon at Gran's House Studio;
Percussion engineered by Derek O'Neill at Chem19;
Mixed by Duncan Lyall at Red Deer Studio;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Studios;
Photography by Mike Guest;
Album cover design by Craig Robertson and Mike Guest
Musicians
Jennifer Austin: piano;
Fiona MacAskill: fiddle;
Sarah Hayes: vocals, flute
with guests:
James Lindsay: double bass;
Phil Hague: percussion;
Marissa Waite: bodhrán
Tracks
- Square Street Cottage: O'Dea's / Baltic Square Jig / Nicholas Street / The Apsley Cottage (4.06)
- Ghost Orange / Kvarnbergschottis (6.39)
- The Beggarman (Roud 212; Child 279 Appendix; Henry H810) (3.59)
- The Bellany Suite: The Boat Builders / Allegory / The Box Meeting / The Burden / The Eyemouth Disaster / Dieppe (15.41)
- Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (4.38)
- Skye Set: The Battle of Braes / An Lasair Beo / Skye Barbecue (5.23)
- Willie's Waltz (5.58)
Tracks 1a, 3, 5, 6a trad.;
Track 1b Julian Sutton;
Track 1c Diarmaid Moynihan;
Track 1d Colin Farrell;
Tracks 2a, 4ce Sarah Hayes;
Track 2b Niklas Roswall;
Tracks 4ad Fiona MacAskill;
Tracks 4bf Jennifer Austin;
Tracks 6b Blair Douglas;
Tracks 6c Alasdair Fraser;
Track 7 Jennifer Austin, bridge Sarah Hayes
Videos
Wildings perform The Beggarman:
Wildings perform the Skye Set:
> Folk Music > Records > Sarah Hayes: Woven
Sarah Hayes: Woven
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Woven Night Vad NV003 (CD, UK, 20 November 2015) |
Commissioned in 2014 by Celtic Connections as part of their ‘New Voices’ project;
Recorded by Angus Lyon at Gran's House;
Mixed and mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Studios;
Cover image from ‘Stitched Drawings’ by Georgie Meadows;
Photography by Gemma Dagger;
Design by Fourtwentyseven
Musicians
Sarah Hayes: vocals, flute, whistle, piano, keyboards;
Fiona MacAskill: fiddle, vocals;
Mairearad Green: piano accordion, vocals;
Ali Hutton: guitars;
James Lindsay: double bass, bass guitar;
Phil Hague: drums, percussion, vibraphone
Tracks
- The Fell Line (3.33)
- William & Jumble (3.05)
- The Trees They Grow Tall (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.47)
- Sair Fyel'd Hinny (Roud 3062; G/D 3:481) (4.19)
- Deep in Love (Roud 87; Child 204) (1.43)
- The Daffodil / Greenwood Laddie (Roud 2123) (3.24)
- Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) (2.29)
- Four Loom Weaver (2.38)
- Mill Pond (2.46)
- Where Ravens Feed (2.45)
- Mill Race (1.52)
- When Fortune Turns the Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (3.14)
- Fall of the Leaf (Roud 848) (0.48)
- The Fell Line (Reprise) (4.42)
- Irene's (4.38)
All words trad. except
Track 7 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 10 Graeme Miles;
All music Sarah Hayes except
Tracks 4, 8 trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Sarah Hayes
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DL EP, Scots Music Group, 2013
Hamish Napier,
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CD, Strathspey SPRCD01, 2016
Alistair Anderson & Northlands,
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Field Music,
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Northern Flyway,
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