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NEW! Tune Chaser EP Free Audio Sampler

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Available to BUY NOW direct at our secure Online Shop

Digital downloads (single tracks and full EP) available at Bandcamp https://beckytaylor.bandcamp.com/album/tune-chaser

“a new EP absolutely drenched with brilliant music”
Mike Harding – The Mike Harding Folk Show #278

“an evocative and uplifting listening experience“
“a kaleidoscopic mix of both traditional tunes from the British Isles and original compositions”
Bright Young Folk Feb 2020

1. Bright Slide Set (4.23)
Johnny O’Learys (Trad. Arr Taylor)   
Bright Slide (Taylor)
Baile an tSamhraidh (Trad. Arr Taylor)

Becky Taylor – Uilleann Pipes and Fiddle
Steve Lacey – Guitar

2. Tunechasing (5:10)  
Tunechasing (Taylor) – Reel/Jig
Sliabh Russell (Trad. Arr Taylor)

Becky Taylor – Uilleann Pipes, Anglo and Duet Concertina, Low and High Whistle
Steve Lacey – Guitar
Steve Smith – ‘Tabor’ American Reed Organ

3. Roadfrog – Orkney mix (2:46)  
Roadfrog (Taylor Arr Shearer)
The Lass of Dundee (Trad. Arr Taylor/Shearer)

Becky Taylor – Northumbrian Smallpipes
Stewart Shearer – Banjo, Mandolin, Guitars, Piano, 
Leigh Stothard – Drums
Hugh Bradley – Fretless Bass

4. The Hairy Slip Jigs  (4:18)
Comb your hair and curl it (Trad. Arr Taylor)
Comb your hair and curl it again (Taylor)
The long and the short of it (Taylor)

Becky Taylor – Uilleann Pipes, Anglo and Duet Concertina, Low and High Whistle
Steve Lacey – Guitar
Hugh Bradley – Fretless Bass

5. Heed the Call (Taylor) (3:57)
Becky Taylor – Uilleann Pipes in B 

Recording, mixing and co-production by Steve Smith @ Smithsound Sowerby
Stewart Shearer – co-production and part recording on Roadfrog
Mastered by Sam Proctor Music Production
Cover photo by Keelan T Scott

Debut CD ‘Becky Taylor’ Free MP3 Audio Track & Sampler

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Available to buy here from our online shop

“… an absolute delight.”
“… wonderful piping …”
(Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 – February 2003)
“… a debut album high on technical merit and charm …”
(Colin Randall, Daily Telegraph – June 2003)
“… an album packed full of cracking tunes played with real panache …”
“… music to lift your spirits …”
(Paul Saunders, BBC Radio 2 – Folk & Acoustic – June 2003)
“… a real trad treat …”
(Sean Láffey, Irish Music Magazine – July 2003)
“A storming album …”
(Nick Beale, fROOTS Magazine – June 2003)
“… a joy to listen to …”
(Colin Ross, Chairman of the Northumbrian Pipers Society – July 2003)
“… an astonishing solo debut album …”
(Aidan Crossey, Pay The Reckoning – April 2003)
 
“Loads of great music both traditional and her own composition …”
(Mike Harding BBC Radio 2)
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Paul Archer – Waiting for Rain CD

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It’s somewhat of an understatement to say I am hugely proud to be involved with the long-awaited (and much overdue) CD by my musical mentor, maker of my fiddle and old friend Paul Archer. The CD features tunes mainly composed by Paul and features contributions from other well known North-Eastern traditional musicians Martin Matthews, Norman Holmes, Gerry Kaley, Jim O’Boyle and Tom Gilfellon.

As well as being a fine player and composer Paul also makes fabulous instruments – find more out about them at Archer Guitars – you can probably get a hold of a copy of the CD there too. Happy Days!

Waiting for Rain

Waiting for Rain

Bobby Casey’s Hornpipe/The Orphan (Trad.)

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© 1988 Northumbrian Pipers’ Society

This track features Becky playing the Northumbrian Small Pipes at the tender age of 15. It’s taken from the album New Horizon which is still available on vinyl and CD format from the Chantry Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth.

Permission to reproduce this track was kindly given by the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society.

Аквариум I Борис Гребенщиков I БГ — Архангельск (2011)

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Full album downloadable from Kroogi

Все песни – БГ, кроме “Пролет аэростатов над полем клевера” – Игорь Тимофеев 

Борис Гребенщиков 
Борис Рубекин 
Игорь Тимофеев 
Олег Шар 
Андрей Суротдинов 
+ 
Александр Титов 
Brian Finnegan 
Liam Bradley 

Additional musicians: 
Phil Cunningham – accordion (9) 
Sean Og Graham – button accordion (4) 
Mikey Rowe – Hammond, mellotron, space keyboard, piano (6) 
Karen Street – accordion (9) 
Meabh O’Hare – fiddle (2) 
Becky Taylor – Northumbrian pipes (2) 
Сергей Стародубцев – мандолина (4) 
Brona Graham – banjo 
Neill McColl – banjo 
Eoghan O’Brien – harp 
Sandy Lawson – didjeridoo 
Barry Kerr – Uillean pipes 
Tiarnan O’Duinnchinn – pipes 
The Kickhorns (5, 7) 
Kenneth Schaffer – Morse code 

Sound recordist – Jerry Boys 
Запись музыкальных звуков – Борис Рубекин 
Мастеринг – А. Субботин 

(с) БГ 2011 

Дизайн – БГ/Владимир Забавский 
Фото – Павел Антонов и БГ

Аквариум I Борис Гребенщиков I БГ — White Horse — 2008

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Album available to buy, listen and download at Kroogi

BG – guitar, vocals
Boris Rubekin – keyboards
Sasha Tivov – bass guitar
Igor Timofeev – guitar, flutes, saxophones and clarinet
Andrei Surotdinov – violins, viola
Alik Potapkin – drums
Oleg Shar – hand drums, darbuka, shakers, guiro

Djivan Gasparyan – duduk (3). Brian Finnegan – flutes (3, 5, 7, 12). Becky Taylor – uillean pipes (7, 12). Maria Pomyanowska – padudla (4). Alok Verma – tabla (2, 3, 7, 12). Manu Delago – hang drum (7). Alejandro Martinez – conga, shaker (10). John Joe Kelly – bodhran (12). Ric Sanders – fiddle (1, 2, 3, 11). Chris Leslie – mandolin (1, 5, 11). Clare Salaman – nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy (1, 2, 11). Shamita Achenbach-Konig – cello (2, 6, 8, 10, 12). Pip Eastop – french horn, flugelhorn (9, 11). Erin Nolan – viola (6, 8, 10, 12). Nilasha Broughton – violin (6, 8, 10, 12). Dundubhi Dikel – violin (6, 8, 10, 12). Eddie Hession – accordion (10)

Contrabass – Aleksei Ivanov (2, 3, 4, 6). Cello – Nikolai Matveev (2, 3, 4, 6 ,9). Accordion – Evelina Petrova (2). Trombone – Evgenii Vasiliev and Boris Ivanov (2, 11). Tuba – Yanis Rushko (2, 11). Trumpet – Aleksei Popov(9)

Denis Rosov’s vocal quintet (9, 11): Denis Rosov – tenor, Alexandr Smirnov – profundo, Nikolai Agafonnikov – bariton, Alexandra Zhasminova – soprano, Maria Znakhur – alto.

Recorded in St.Petersburg and London (May – November, 2008): B. Rubekin – A. Dokshin (Studio 601, St. Petersburg), Jerry Boys (Livingston Studios, London). Mixed by Jerry Boys at The Livingston Studios.

All songs by BG
Drawings by Sri Chinmoi
Cover photo by Baldur Tryggvason

© 2008 BG