Sue Harris
Sue Harris is an English musician classically trained as an oboeist, but best known for her folk music performances with the hammered dulcimer.[1][2]
Harris is fluent in reading and writing music and switched from her original instrument, the oboe, to the dulcimer in the mid-1970s. In making that switch, she became one of the foremost performers on that folk instrument, though at the time it seemed just a matter of expediency. She was married to John Kirkpatrick, a prominent melodeon virtuoso in England, was pregnant with their first son, and found herself unable to maintain the breath control needed to play the oboe. She performed on both instruments with the Albion Country Band on their debut album Battle of the Field (1976), and also recorded and performed as one half of a duet with Kirkpatrick. Harris has also performed with Richard and Linda Thompson, and has been a composer for the BBC on various broadcast plays, as well as for live theatre. She is also a singer and has written music for choral groups. More recently, in 2008 she was leader of the "Wild Angels Community Choir" in Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
Discography
Solo albums
- Hammers and Tongues (1978)
- Pastorela (2002)
Albion Country Band
The English Country Blues Band
John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
- The Rose of Britain's Isle (1974)
- Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band (1976)
- Shreds and Patches (1977)
- Facing the Music (1980)
- Ballad Of The Black Country (1981)
- English Canals (1981)
- Stolen Ground (1985)
In 2009 Topic Records included in their 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten The Rose Of Britain’s Isle / Glorishears from The Rose Of Britain’s Isle as track thirteen on the second CD.
Martin Wyndham-Read, Sue Harris and Martin Carthy
Various artists - Sue Harris, Old Swan Band et al.
- This Label is Not Removable (2007)
- Plain Capers - Morris Dance Tunes from the Costwolds (2007)
Tufty Swift
- Hammers, Tongues And A Bakewell Tart (2007) (CD reissue of Hammers and Tongues)
References
External links
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- Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band: No Roses (1971)
- The Albion Country Band: Battle of the Field (1976)
- The Albion Dance Band: The Prospect Before Us (1977)
- The Albion Band: Rise Up Like the Sun (1978)
- Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band: Lark Rise to Candleford (1980)
- The Albion Band: Light Shining (1983)
- Shuffle Off (1983)
- Under The Rose (1984)
- A Christmas Present from the Albion Band (1985)
- Various: Yuletracks (1986)
- Stella Maris (1987)
- The Albion Band with Chris Baines: The Wild Side of Town (1987)
- I Got New Shoes (1988)
- Give Me a Saddle, I'll Trade You a Car (1989)
- 1990 (1990)
- Songs from the Shows, v. 1 (1990)
- Songs from the Shows, v. 2 (1991)
- Acousticity (1993)
- Captured (1995)
- Albion Heart (1995)
- Demi Paradise (1996)
- Songs From The Shows (1997)
- Happy Accident (1998)
- BBC Sessions (1998)
- Before Us Stands Yesterday (1999)
- Ridgeriders (1999)
- Christmas Album (1999)
- Road Movies (2001)
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| | Singles |
- "Hopping Down in Kent"/"Merry Sherwood Rangers" (1976)
- "The Postman's Knock"/"La Sexte Estampie Real" (1977)
- "Poor Old Horse"/"Ragged Heroes" (1978)
- "Pain and Paradise"/"Lay Me Low" (1979)
- "Wings" (1998)
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| | Live albums |
- The Albion Band Live in Concert (1993)
- Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (1998)
- "Ridgeriders" In Concert (2001)
- An Evening with The Albion Band (2002)
- Acousticity on Tour (2004)
- Albion Heart on Tour (2004)
- Dancing Days Are Here Again (2007)
- Vintage Albion Band (2007)
- Rockin' Barn Dance (2009)
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| | Compilations |
- The Acoustic Years 1993-97 (1997)
- Along the Pilgrims Way (1998)
- The Best of 89/90 (1998)
- Albion Heart (1999)
- The HTD Years (2000)
- No Surrender (2003)
- Albion Sunrise - HTD Recordings: 1994-1999 (2004)
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