Live recording at St Dunstan's church, Woking on 7th December 2013

Lo! The Eastern Sages Rise (live)

Live recording from St Dunstan's Church, Woking on 7th December 2013. This carol is from Dave Towsends newly-published Oxfordshire Carols, a collection of Carols collected from Oxfordshire villages- more details at http://www.mellstockband.com/oxfordshire.html

Selwood Molyneux (live)

The Mother Goose set which first appeared on our 'Speed the Plough' album in 1994, here played live at the Red Lion Folk Club in Birmingham, March  2013.

Mat Green - fiddle
Andy Turner - anglo-concertina
Jon Fletcher - bouzouki
Sophie Thurman - cello
Ian Giles - percussion

Live at the Red Lion. Birmingham, March  2013

Mother Goose / The Priest in his Boots / Hopkinson's Favourite

Recorded in concert, Bampton Church, Oxfordshire, September 2013 (thanks to Jeff Dando for live sound mixing).
Sophie Thurman, Ian Giles, Andy Turner, Jon Fletcher, Mat Green - vocals

Seeds Of Love (live)

From the CD Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell

Beautiful Jo Records (2006) BEJOCD-52

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Foster (While Shepherds Watched)

Live at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, December 2013,

A perennial favourite song and tune set. Excuse the coughing - it was December after all! But note what appears to be the entire audience joining in on the chorus.

Babes in the wood (live)

Live at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, December 2013

Nowell Nowell (live)

recorded live at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, December 2013

Blow Ye Winds (live)

Recorded at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Dunstan, Woking, 7th December 2013.
With Marguerite Hutchinson - Northumbrian small pipes, vocals

Trees Are All Bare (live)

Our traditional finisher at Christmas concerts, recorded live at Grayshott Folk Club, Dec 2013.

Live at Grayshott 13 Dec 2013

The Sussex Carol (live)

From the forthcoming CD 'Three Quarter Time'
Info at http://magpielane.co.uk/ml_3quartertime.htm

Not a Natural Dancer written by Jessica Marshall.

With special guests:

Colin Fletcher - double bass
Jackie Oates - 5-string viola
Jan Morter - trumpet
Joe Turner - violin
John Spiers - melodeon
Paul Sartin - oboe
Toby Goss - clarinet

One More Dance And Then / Not A Natural Dancer / Spirit of the Dance

From the forthcoming CD 'Three Quarter Time'
Info at http://magpielane.co.uk/ml_3quartertime.htm

String quartet:
Joe Turner, Paul Sartin - violin
Jackie Oates - viola
Sophie Thurma - cello
Arranged by Joe Turner

Belfast Mountains

From the forthcoming CD 'Three Quarter Time' - info at http://magpielane.co.uk/ml_3quartertime.htm

Written by Andy Shanks and Jim Russell.

The Dancing

The Lark in the Morning / The Muffin Man

First track on the Magpie Lane CD "The Robber Bird". 

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The Lark in the Morning

Closing track on the Magpie Lane CD "The Robber Bird". 

Written by Graeme Miles.

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When the Snows of Winter Fall

Taken from The 25th - the tenth album by Magpie Lane, celebrating 25 years since the band's formation.

The 25th final mixes MP3s

The Trees Are All Bare

Gabriel's Message

Words by George Wither, published 1622.

Taken from The 25th - the tenth album by Magpie Lane, celebrating 25 years since the band's formation.

A Christmas Caroll

Written by Michael Fletcher.

Taken from The 25th - the tenth album by Magpie Lane, celebrating 25 years since the band's formation.

In Winter Time

Magpie Lane perform traditional English music and song. They combine powerful vocals 
with vigorous dance tunes - inventive arrangements on acoustic instruments.

Magpie Lane appear regularly at top national Festivals - including Sidmouth, Towersey, 
Fylde and Chippenham - and have recorded eight critically acclaimed CDs.

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