Lammas Fair
by Henry Parker
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Streaming + DownloadPre-order of Lammas Fair. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.Purchasable with gift cardreleases November 5, 2021
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumVinyl limited to 250 copies - Spined outer sleeve with full colour inner sleeve with printed lyrics. High quality pressing on black vinyl.
Includes digital pre-order of Lammas Fair. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.digital album releases November 5, 2021item ships out on or around November 26, 2021edition of 250£15 GBP or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumHigh quality 4 panel gatefold digipack with 8 page lyric booklet.
Includes digital pre-order of Lammas Fair. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.shipping out on or around November 5, 2021£10 GBP or more
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Cassette + Digital AlbumCassette of Lammas Fair with printed, hand numbered J card
Includes digital pre-order of Lammas Fair. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.shipping out on or around November 5, 2021edition of 21£8 GBP or more
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Lammas Fair
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The wind blows through
The Hitching Stone
And sounds for Lammas Fair
We’ll bless the grain
And burn the wheel
Breathe the harvest air
The site we camp
Will blur the lines
From the red rose
To the white
Send out smoke to the parting sky
On a waning summer’s night
The sound of hooves
Upon the lanes
Will echo across the moor
And so we gamble
Make our claim
On the racing of the horse
So take the road
From Buckstone gate
And over Cowling hill
For Lammas Fair
Will mark the time
Of the new grain and the mill
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Return to the Sky
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Travelling for a Living
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Fools Gold
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Blackthorn
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Death and the Lady
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Nine Herbs Charm
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Given Time
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The Brisk Lad
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Coming of the Spring
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about
The record was made in scattered sessions between 2020-21 and while Parker’s voice and guitar are the guts of the machine, the contributions from other players are key and elevate the album to a place that goes far beyond singer songwriter territory. Richard Curran adds delicate yet forceful presence with his violin and cello, the ghostly hum of the Fender Rhodes, flute and piano comes from Theo Travis, Hugh Bradley’s double bass dances quietly, Brendan Bache adds deft percussion work, Robert McNicholas’ bass work is both reserved yet rhythmic and Louis Berthoud’s drum work thoughtfully sets much of the pace and tone for it all to swirl around.
The album explores an intersection between past and present, using the groundwork of folk music set out decades and centuries ago and moving it into new terrain, as it explores ideas, themes and lyrics that explore both historic and contemporary settings. The title Lammas Fair refers to a historical annual celebration held across Europe on the 1st August, which heralded the first harvest of wheat.
While on his debut Silent Spring, Parker paid homage to guitar greats such as Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, here he’s evolved into a style that is distinctly his - a meeting between 60s and 70s folk music, the northern moorland landscape and the heavy metal background of his childhood. - In House Press (2021)
credits
Henry Parker - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Robert McNicholas - Electric Bass
Louis Berthoud - Drums
Hugh Bradley - Double Bass
Brendan Bache - Congas, Percussion
Theo Travis - Flute, Piano, Fender Rhodes
Richard Curran - Violin, Cello
Recorded and Engineered by Kurt Wood at Corner House Studio, Keighley March 2020-February 2021
Produced by Kurt Wood and Henry Parker
Mastered by Peter Fletcher at Black Bay Studio, Outer Hebrides
//Cup and Ring Records//
All songs by Henry Parker © 2021
Expect tracks 6 & 9 traditional arranged by Henry Parker
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Henry Parker Leeds, UK
Henry Parker's contemporary take on folk, which he explores via thoughtful yet deeply accomplished guitar playing, unfurls
and moves much like the landscape itself - mirroring the unpredictable, yet beautifully flowing, rolling hills and valleys of his hometown, the Aire Valley in West Yorkshire.
RnR Magazine - ★★★★★
Shindig! Magazine -★★★★
"guitar virtuosity and confident song-craft"
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shows
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Oct 21Halifax, UK
discography
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Nov 2021 -
Jul 2019 -
Nov 2018 -
Jun 2017
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