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Finest Kind: I Am Christmas

FAM12: 2018



CD: $13



A collection of previously unrecorded favourites from Finest Kind's annual Christmas show at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, QC.

Release date: early-mid December. We will ship as soon as we have delivery.



Awake, Awake

Jolly Wassail

The Christmas Canoe

Bring the New Year In

Christmas Song

I am Christmas

Reading from "A Song for Every Season"

Babes in the Wood

Auld Lang Syne



Arrowsmith:Robb Trio: All the Salt

FAM11: 2018

CD:$15.50



A transatlantic collaboration between UK-based Jess & Richard Arrowsmith (Melrose Quartet, Hekety) and Canadian folk music veteran Ian Robb (Finest Kind. Jiig, Friends of Fiddler's Green).

All the Salt

The Smiler

The Handloom Weaver's Lament

The January Man

On a Sunday

The New Mistress

Haste to the Wedding

The Trees They Do Grow High

The Old Red Duster

Ye Mariners All

The Mermaid and the Swallow

Bright New Year

Set de la Baie-Saint-Paul/The Old Sod

Welcome Home My Sailor

For more information go to the trio's website at www.artrio.ca or www.artrio.co.uk

Friends of Fiddler's Green: Old Inventions

FOFG4: 2015

CD: $15.50

The first release by "The Friends" for over 2 decades, the first with our old friend and new "Friend", Ian Bell, and the first without the band's long time and much missed front man Tam Kearney, this is a selection of songs and tunes you might hear at any Friends concert, recorded as much as possible "off the floor" over the course of a few days in James Stephens's studio in Chelsea, Quebec. As Alistair Brown writes in the introduction:

Of the twenty songs and tunes on this recording, some are old and some are new, but all exist because someone had something important to say. If the Friends of Fiddler’s Green can be described as having anything as posh as a philosophy, it probably is that they will sing any song and play any tune that they like provided the story is a good one and, “there’s a good reason why”.

Twelve and a Tanner a Bottle

All Around My Hat

David Parry/Laughin' in Baffin

If You Want to Change the World

The Reason Why

Waiting for Emilie/The Old Sod/Mickey Chewing Bubblegum

When the Hauling's Over

Roll the Woodpile Down

Hector the Hero/The Drops of Brandy

I'm Very Fond of Water

In My Life

Da Slockit Light/Glencoe/Swedish Jig

Doon in the Wee Room

Till We Meet Again

Finest Kind: From Shore to Shore

FAM10: 2014

CD: $10

The CD of the tour that never was, this EP length recording was made for a planned Finest Kind tour in the UK in October 2014. The tour had to be cancelled at fairly short notice due to illness, so we were left with a lot of CDs in the basement. As it turned out, this was Finest Kind's swan song recording, as the trio announced their retirement from touring soon after. This recording is a limited edition: once they're gone there will be no more, so if you want to be a Finest Kind completist, order now!

The notes to this recording can be found here.

Sorry, Sold Out! Will be re-released as a download only, at a later date

Fare Thee Well, Dearest Nancy

The Well Dressing Song

Jimmy Whelan

The Birds Were Singing of You

Woman's the Joy and the Pride of the Land

Following the 'Old Oss

Finest Kind: For Honour & for Gain

FAM09: 2010



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On Finest Kind's fifth CD, Ian, Ann, and Shelley show what nearly two decades of singing together sounds like: brilliant harmonies, innovative arrangements, and immaculate performances that range over a vast expanse of repertoire--old ballads and country classics, fun parodies, songs of protest and heartbreak, and a cool, new Christmas carol. For Honour & For Gain is half a capella, half accompanied, with instrumental honours courtesy of the trio, plus Michael Ball, Jody Benjamin, Jeff McClintock, Brian Sanderson, and James Stephens.



Produced by James Stephens.



Bay of Biscay

She Thinks I Still Care

Claudy Banks

Short Life of Trouble

Thomas & Nancy

Bully in the Alley

He Comes Like Rain(Like Wind He Goes)

Song of the Lower Classes

Lowlands Low John Barleycorn Deconstructed

Why Should I be Lonely?

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground

Christmas Trilogy

The Lass That Loved a Sailor

From Dover to Calais

The Riley Boys

Farm! Farm!

By the Green Grove Tim Radford: Home from Home

FAM08: 2005

CD: $15.50

with Guests:

Ian Robb, Finest Kind, James Stephens, Chris Leslie, John Roberts, Jeff McClintock and Brian Sanderson.

Released in May 2005 Biography & info



Tim Radford, an English singer now living on Cape Cod, has recorded again after a period of near thirty years, his singing inactivity being due to decades of concentration on Morris dancing in the villages of Adderbury and Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.



Now back to his first love, this recording contains songs old and new with 10 accompanied and 7 unaccompanied tracks. It includes a range of material from chorus songs to ballads, mainly traditional material but with a scattering of composed songs, some written by old friends. There is a strong commitment to songs collected in the south of England, particularly from Hampshire and Dorset, a part of the country where Tim was born and raised.



Produced by James Stephens and Ian Robb

Come, Come my Friends

John Barleycorn

The Bird in the Bush

Fair Maid of Australia

Winter Man (Chris Leslie)

New Year (Jehanne Mehta)

The Month of January

Cupid's Garden The Brokendown Gentleman

Love in June

Lymington Round & Round (Rick Keeling)

The Spotted Cow

Washing Day

George Collins

The Rolling of The Stones

Here is My Home (Si Kahn) Finest Kind with John D. Huston: Feasts & Spirits

FAM07: 2004

CD: $13 In an attempt to reduce packaging and postage weight, this title is now packaged in a simple cardboard sleeve with no booklet, at a reduced price. Sleeve notes can be found here .



The rich and sparkling vocal harmonies of Finest Kind are a natural setting for Christmas carols and wassails. Add some classic excerpts from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, masterfully delivered by Mr. Dickens himself, and you have all the ingredients of a spirit-raising feast for the ears. Canadian actor John D. Huston is known for his acclaimed one man show Charles Dickens Reads A Christmas Carol.



Produced by James Stephens.





Shepherds Arise

A Tight-Fisted Hand at the Grindstone

Horsham Tipteerers' Song

The Face in the Knocker

Gower Wassail

Party at Fezziwig's

The Holly and the Ivy

The Cratchit's Christmas Dinner

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night The Two Children–Ignorance and Want

The Homeless Wassail

Grieving for Tiny Tim

The Cradle Carol

Christmas Morning

O Little Town of Bethlehem

The End of It

Please to See the King

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem



Ian Robb with James Stephens, Greg Brown and Ian Clark: Jiig

FAM06 2005

CD: $15.50

Ian Robb teams up with three great players in James Stephens, Ian Clark and Greg T. Brown for a wonderfully varied selection of old and new songs and tunes. A long-awaited follow-up to his 1994 recording From Different Angels, Jiig again offers everything from great solo ballad singing to jigs reels and waltzes. Guest appearances from Grit Laskin, Ben Grossman, Philip Murphy and Finest Kind's Ann Downey and Shelley Posen.



Produced by James Stephens



2005 Canadian Folk Music Award: Awarded Best Singer - Traditional, and nominated for Best Album - Traditional



Chicken on a Raft

Missing the F in C, Shindigo Jig, The End of Winter.

The Oggie Man

I Should Like to be a Policeman

The Rambling Sailor

Fen’s Bedtime, The Conundrum The Rose in June

The Female Rambling Sailor

The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite

Angeline the Baker, Abe’s Retreat

Sweet Thames Flow Softly

The Bonny Black Hare

The Rose of Allandale, Swannanoa



Finest Kind: Silks & Spices

FAM05: 2003

Bright Shining Morning

Fair Maid Walking

At the End of a Long Lonely Day

The Ten Dollar Bill

The Maple Leaf Forever

As I Roved Out

Jack the Jolly Tar

Shepherd of the Downs John Barleycorn

Sweet Forget-Me-Not

Shepherds Arise

Blackest Crow

The Painful Plough

The Times They Are a-Changin'

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?





The Old Sod Band: Grass Roots

FAM04 2001 This CD is out of stock, but is available as a Virtual CD download for $12, from our Downloads page





'Grass Roots' is the first release by 'The Old Sod Band', the long time house band at Ottawa Contra Dances. This recording covers a range of musical roots from Quebec to Ireland, the U.S. and Scotland. Although primarily traditional, the recording features some favorite original jigs, reels and waltzes from around the globe. Fiddler Dan Schryer and concertina player Ian Robb are joined by Ann Downey (bass, banjo, percussion), Ian Clark (guitar), Philip Murphy (guitar, mandolin) and Tim Cutts (mandolin, mandola, tenor banjo, nyckelharpa). A note for dancers- some sets are long enough to be used at your bandless dances! Guest appearances include Denis Lanctot, Don Kavanagh, Raj Mudhar and James Stephens. Produced by James Stephens. Julia Delaney/Tam Lin/The Banshee

Miss Sarah McFadyen/Princess Nancy/Hills of Sharon

Far Away/Old Madera

Vingt Quatre Juin/Reel de Fauberg/Pointe au Pic

Margaret Brown's Favourite/Ben Keily's Delight/Pay the Reckoning

Johsefins Dopvals

Trip to Durrow/Paddy Ryan's Dream/Sheila Coyles

Sonny Brogan's/Brian O'Lynn/Blue Jay

Over Land and Sea/Reel Beatrice Finest Kind: Heart's Delight

FAM03: 1999

CD: $15.50

Following in the footsteps of Lost in Song, Finest Kind's second release demonstrates once again why they are considered among the most exciting exponents of vocal harmony on the scene. Like the first recording, this one is crammed with a rich and varied mixture of mostly old songs from Canada, England and the U.S., plus a few more recently penned gems including a couple written by band members Shelley Posen and Ian Robb. Includes guest appearances by Ian Clark, Ken Harper and James Stephens.



Produced by James Stephens.



A Sailor's Life

Fond Affection

The Fugitive's Lament

Jordan

Jack Ashton

If You Can't Get Five, Take Two

Brigg Fair

Someday You'll Call My Name

April Morning In Praise of Alcohol

Down at the End of Memory's Lane

Homeless Wassail

The Mermaid

Squid Jiggin' Ground

Home in Pasadena

No More Fish, No Fishermen

Who Will Sing for Me

Finest Kind: Lost in a Song

FAM02: 1996

The Banks of Sweet Primroses

Give me Just a Little More Time

The Miner's Dream of Home

Blue Mountain

The Sussex Drinking Song

The Night Pat Murphy Died

The Storms May Roll the Ocean

Goodnight-Loving Trail

Only Remembered Fa-Sol-La

Going to the West

A Handful of Maple Leaves

Gower Wassail

What Was I Supposed to Do

I Heard the Bluebird Sing

The Faded Roses of December

A Pilgrim's Way

Ian Robb: From Different Angels

FAM01 1994

Sorry, out of stock. We expect to make this available as a download soon.



The Santa Fe Trail

Farmer's Boy

The Moving Cloud / Miss Thornton / Skepper Schotish

The Big Hewer

Make and Break Harbour

Ye Mariners All

Garnet's Home-Made Beer

The Last Minute Waltz / Midnight on the Water A-Roving on a Winter-s Night

Green Groves

Charlie Hunter / McGuire's / Cape Breton Dream

The Lag's Song

D-Day Dodgers

They're Taking it Away

Cattle in the Cane / Vladimir's Steamboat

The Mary Ellen Carter

The Friends of Fiddler's Green: This Side of The Ocean

FOFG3 1997

Sorry, out of stock.

Oats and Beans

Polkas: Salmon Tails Up the Water/Harper's Frolic/

Kelty Clippie

Down in the Coalmine

The Golden Vanity

Come Me Little Son

The Shetland Fiddler/High Road to Linton

The Oily Rig

Hornpipes: The Black Swan/The High Level Bridge

The Works Outing Torn A' Ma Goon/Captain Ross

Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant-Major/Bless 'Em All

The Hole in the Wall/Once I Loved a Maiden Fair

The Hell-For-Leather Polkas

Freedom Come All Yes

Over the Gate

Arky's Toast

Malpas Wassail

Miss McLeod of Raasay/The Mason's Apron

The Dogs

CD: $15.50In the trio's own words:Silks & SpicesSilks & SpicesProduced by James Stephens, who also adds his instrumental magic to the CD.CD: $15.50Finest Kind's debut CD and cassette release from Ian Robb, Shelley Posen and Ann Downey. Lost in a Song is a collection of old and new songs from Britain, Canada and the US, all delivered with Finest Kind's trademark hair-raising vocal harmonies. The songs are about half-and-half capella and accompanied, and the latter feature some very tasteful fiddle and mandolin back-up from producer James Stephens, in addition to the trio's own guitar, bass, banjo and concertina.With: Finest Kind, The Old Sod Band, Friends of Fiddlers Green, Garnet Rogers, Chris Whiteley. Produced by Ken Whiteley. Grand vocal harmonies from Finest Kind and fine musicianship. A tribute to the late Peter Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and Stan Rogers.CD: $17.50CD re-release of the Friends' first vinyl album, produced by Ken Whiteley. Enriched with a bunch of live tracks recorded in the intervening years. Great songs, tunes and stories, from a band which refuses to take itself seriously. Vintage FOFG, matured (huh?) in the barrel, challenging to the palate, a big nose and nice legs. Has been known to make grown men cry.