His first ever traditional album looks set to speed further growing interest in one of Britain’s most skilled singer-songwriters.
‘Of Many Hands’ (ADA Recordings ADA106CD) reflects Steve Tilston’s love for the tradition and his regard for the belief of Robert Graves that the traditional song and lyric was a single concept on which others have improved down the years to be truly ‘from or by many hands’.
The album includes reworking of songs such as ‘Leaving Of Liverpool’ and ‘New York Gals’, ‘The Streams Of Lovely Nancy’, ‘The Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Crow’ and ‘Barbry Allen’. The album is traditional but for one exception - Willow Creek, written by Chris Parkinson to which Steve has conjoined a set of verses.
Joining Steve on guitar/vocal on this fine new release are some of UK folk’s finest performers:
Chris Parkinson on accordion and mouth organ; Martin Simpson on slide guitar;
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan on fiddle and piano; Maggie Boyle and
Scott Devine on flute and bass on ‘Moorcock’ and engineer and co-producer
Mike Hockenhull adds five-string banjo to ‘Captain Ward’.
The album comes with a generous sized booklet with entertaining and informative notes by Steve and Nigel Schofield about each track. |
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STEVE TILSTON Of
Many Hands
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The Girl I Left Behind Me / One Night As I Lay On My Bed / Going To The West / The Streams Of Lovely Nancy / The Leaving Of Liverpool / Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Crow / Barbry Allen / Spencer The Rover / Lovin' Hannah / Captain Ward / New York Gals / Willow Creek
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