Ashley Hutchings, Street Cries

Topic Records TSCD535 (2001)

Bel disco, non c'è dubbio. Hutchings recupera alcune ballate molto dark, ricche di suggestione. Il sottotitolo del cd, distribuito in Italia dalla I.R.D, è molto significativo: “una raccolta di oscure canzoni tradizionali rivisitate alla luce dei tempi moderni ad opera di Ashley Hutchings e cantate da: Coope, Boyes & Simpson; Steve Knightley; Cara Dillon; Dick Gaughan; Helen Watson; Vin Garbutt; Judy Dunlop; Dave Burland; Kathryn Roberts & Equation; John Tams; June Tabor; Pete Morton; Nesreen Shah”. Molto bella la grafica del cd concepita da john Haxby.

Tracks:
John Tams, Barry Coope, Jim Boyes & Lester Simpson vocals
Doing Time To Fit Your Crime

Pete Morton vocal & guitar Joe Broughton fiddle
Damn The Day

Cara Dillon vocal & whistle Seth Lakeman violin & guitar Sam Lakeman harmonium, keyboards & programming
He's Young But He's Growing

Dick Gaughan vocal & guitar
Young Henry Martin

Helen Watson vocal & harmonica Ken Nicol guitars Pete Zorn baritone sax Ashley Hutchings acoustic bass Neil Marshall drums
Salford Girls

Judy Dunlop & John Tams vocals Phil Beer acoustic guitar Ken Nicol electric guitar Barry Coope keyboard
He Ran Out Of Road

Steve Knightley vocal & mandocello Pete Zorn alto sax

Endless Pages

Kathryn Roberts with Equation: Kathryn Roberts vocal, piano & clarinet, Sean Lakeman acoustic, electric & bass guitars Iain Goodhall drums
A Drummer Won My Love

Vin Garbutt vocal & whistle Joe Broughton fiddle Ken Nicol guitar
Three Jolly Burglars

Dave Burland vocal Joe Broughton violins Joe Giddey cello String Arrangement by Joe Broughton
The Shape Of A Girl

June Tabor vocal Mark Emerson piano
These Cold Lips

Nasreen Shah vocal Ken Nicol guitars Pete Zorn sopranino & alto saxes Ashley Hutchings electric bass guitar John Ball tablas Neil Marshall drums
I'm A Poor Dress-Maker

all songs written by Ashley Hutchings (from traditional sources)
except
track 6 Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol
track 11 Ashley Hutchings, Minna Harris, Rose Tolhurst