John Roberts (musician)

For the American electronic musician, see John Roberts (electronic musician).
John Roberts

John Roberts in 2009.
Background information
Origin Cornell University
Genres Traditional folk music
Years active 1969—
Labels Golden Hind Music
Associated acts Roberts and Barrand
Nowell Sing We Clear
Ye Mariners All
Broken String Band
Notable instruments
Anglo and English concertina,
banjo, and guitar

John Roberts (born 1940s) is an English musician[1] residing in Schenectady, New York.

He is best known for his musical collaborations with Tony Barrand. As Roberts and Barrand, they perform a cappella and accompanied performances of traditional English folk music. They also perform and record fare such as sea shanties of the North Atlantic, and an album of traditional drinking songs. The duo is also half of the related act Nowell Sing We Clear—which in addition to a number of albums—performs an annual yuletide concert series.

Born in England, Roberts moved to the United States to study graduate level psychology at Cornell University, where he formed his ongoing music partnership with Tony Barrand in 1968.[2]

Roberts also has a solo career, is a member of the trio Ye Mariners All (with John Rockwell and Larry Young), and performs regularly with upstate New York's Broken String Band.

Discography

Solo

Sea Fever (2003) Golden Hind Music

  1. "Campañero"
  2. "Diego's Bold Shore"
  3. "The Bonny Ship the Diamond"
  4. "Candlelight Fisherman"
  5. "Farewell Nancy"
  6. "The Weeping Willow Tree"
  7. "The Boatman's Cure"
  8. "Short Jacket and White Trousers"
  9. "Sir Patrick Spens"
  10. "Let the Bulgine Run/Sally in the Garden/Hog-Eye Man"
  11. "The Black Cook"
  12. "The Saucy Sailor"
  13. "The Old Figurehead Carver"
  14. "What Fortunes Guide a Sailor/Leave Her Johnny"

Ye Mariners All

Songs of the Sea (2003) Golden Hind Music

  1. "The 'Fame' of Salem"
  2. "Marcherot"
  3. "The Steam Packet"
  4. "Wings of a Goney"
  5. "Pique la Baleine"
  6. "Three Jolly Fishermen"
  7. "Jack Robinson"
  8. "Old Billy Riley-O"
  9. "Hourra les Filles"
  10. "Serafina"
  11. "Rolling Down to Old Maui"
  12. "Yangtse River Chantey"
  13. "The 'Balaena'"
  14. "Hullabaloo Belay"
  15. "You Gentlemen of Boston"
  16. "Nantucket Point/Off She Goes"
  17. "Noah's Ark Chantey"
  18. "The 'Jamestown' Homeward Bound"

Roberts and Barrand

Nowell Sing We Clear

References

  1. "Folk Singer John Roberts Performs at Sentinels on the Sound July 3". Broadway World. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. "Roberts and Barrand return to museum". South Coast Today. March 13, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

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