The Ancestor In Me

If the songs on Weaving the World were love songs to the land, then this second album is for the ancestors. It tells the stories of my family, rural workers moving after the enclosures to the industrial heartlands of the north. No longer working above the ground, but below it in the coal mines of Sheffield. Songs of our early ancestors and the changing shape of the earth, our place on it and our relationship to it. Zithers, harps, melodeons, drums, guitars, sickles, slates, sticks and stones. The land itself makes the sounds and we the players journey through the rhythms and beats, harmonies and voices.

You can listen to the album on bandcamp, or purchase it for download or on CD. Also available on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

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