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Solana: Mirage

Solana: Mirage (Penny Fiddle PFR2206CD)

Mirage
Solana

Penny Fiddle Records PFR2206CD (CD, UK, 13 May 2022)

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Produced by Rowan Elliott and Tom Excell;
Recorded by Tom Excell at Henwood Studios;
Track 14 recorded by Rowan Elliott at Rodborough Church, Stroud;
Mixed by Tom Excell

Musicians

Tamsin Elliott: piano accordion, flute, whistle, lever harp, vocals;
Rowan Elliott: violin, viola, cajon, palmas, vocals;
JP Wolfgang: Spanish guitar, electric guitar, palmas, vocals;
Elio Arauz de Marcos: drum kit, percussion, vocals;
Henry Edmonds: double bass, electric bass, vocals;
Tom Excell: additional percussion [10]

Tracks

  1. Bulería del Búho (4.28)
  2. Speedwell Kopanitsa (3.29)
  3. Mirage / The Salad Smuggler’s Sister (8.18)
  4. Interlude (1.20)
  5. When Bright Shines the Moon (5.39)
  6. Odd Elegy (0.54)
  7. Allegedly Odd (5.55)
  8. Suénala (3.32)
  9. Wine Dark Sea (5.48)
  10. Pangaea (4.00)
  11. Ysbryd y Mwynwyr (1.34)
  12. Turkish Coffee (4.41)
  13. Mare Tempesta (6.10)
  14. Trece Catorce (1.48)

All tracks by Solana exxept
Track 6 Dhafer Youssef

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Tamsin Elliott: Frey

Tamsin Elliott: Frey (Penny Fiddle PFR2206CD)

Frey
Tamsin Elliott

Penny Fiddle Records PFR2206CD (CD, UK, 30 June 2022)

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Produced by Tamsin Elliott;
Production consultation from Theo Passingham;
Recorded by Alex Garden at Stwdio Felin Fach, Abergavenny;
Mixed by Ben Capp;
Mastered by Theo Passingham;
Photography by Kate Griffin;
Artwork by Tamsin Elliott and Ava Osbiston;
Design and layout by Tamson Elliott

Folking.com review by Dal Jeffries

Musicians

Tamsin Elliott: piano accordion, lever harp, flute, whistle, vocals, effects, synth bass, field recordings;
Sid Goldsmith: cittern, double bass, vocals, effects;
Rowan Rheingans: violin, viola, vocals;
Rowan Elliott: viola, violin, vocals;
Ricardo de Noronha: percussion;
Soufian Saihi: oud

Tracks

  1. Uma’s Song (3.33)
  2. Old Wax Jacket // A Coat of Sawdust (4.17)
  3. Lullaby (4.19)
  4. I Dreamed I Was an Eagle (2.16)
  5. Vignette I (2.32)
  6. Light as Bone (4.18)
  7. Lament (3.49)
  8. Cold Moon (5.15)
  9. When the Times Darken (3.12)
  10. The Loss Endured I (1.58)
  11. The Loss Endured II (1.57)
  12. Emerging / Full Squirrel (4.24)
  13. Vignette II (2.22)
  14. Cygnus (4.48)

All tracks composed by Tamsin Elliott;
Lyrics of track 9 from “Motto to the Svendborg Poems” by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Edwin Morgan

Video

Tamsin Elliott plays Lullaby / I Dreamed I Was an Eagle:

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Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary: So Far We Have Come

Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary: So Far We Have Come (Penny Fiddle PFR2309CD)

So Far We Have Come
Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary

Penny Fiddle Records PFR2309CD (CD, UK, 21 September 2023)

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Produced by Rowan Elliott;
Additional production by Tamsin Elliott;
Production consultation by Theo Passingham;
Recorded and mixed by Rowan Elliott at The Roost Studio, Bristol;
Additional recording by Ziad Hisham;
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering;
Photography by Kate Griffin;
Design and layout by Tamsin Elliott, Arabic typography by Laila Magdy

Folking.com review by Mike Wistow

Musicians

Tarek Elazhary: oud, vocals, field recordings;
Tamsin Elliott: lever harp, piano accordion, quartertone accordion, flute, vocals, synthesisers, field recordings

with
Archie Churchill-Moss: guitar;
Sam Sweeney: fiddle;
Daniel Gouly: clarinet, bass clarinet;
Rowan Elliott: viola, fiddle;
Ricardo do Noronha: percussion;
Leila Sami: vocals

Tracks

  1. In the Grey of the Morning (3.18)
  2. El Hara (4.36)
  3. So Far We Have Come (2.41)
  4. The Returning Light / Late Frost (3.41)
  5. Taqasim Nahawand (1.38)
  6. Hope Is the Thing With Feathers (5.02)
  7. Amy Abu El Fanous (4.07)
  8. Telaet Ya Mahla Norha / Mundesse (3.52)
  9. Taqasim Bayati (2.12)
  10. Jala Man Kad Sawarak (5.08)
  11. Out of Nowhere (2.29)
  12. Barn Elms / Halsway Hornpipe (4.33)
  13. Improvisation. Landscapes of El Darb El Ahmar (2.22)

All tracks by Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary except:
Tracks 7, 8b, 10, 12a trad, arr. Tamsin Elliott, Tarek Elazhary;
Track 8a Sayed Darwish, arr. Tamsin Elliott, Tarek Elazhary

Video

Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary play El Hara: