You know, Detectorists is my fabourite show by far and you man have done a beautiful job bringing this song to the layman. Thank you immensely!

Gary and Craig cover New Age Girl, the song written by Lance in the BBC tv show Detectorists, and performed by Lance and Andy at The Two Brewers Open Mic Night.
Gary on guitar and vocals and Craig on mandolin and vocals.  Recorded late at night to test a new Tascam DP-006 digital pocket studio!

New Age Girl (Cover)

The inspiration for this song comes from a couple of places. The first was our old manuscript from which we took our 'Birdsong' lyrics. Quite a bit of 'Winter King' is inspired by the lyrics to another song in this collection, called 'Wren'.

The second bit of inspiration is the wren's position in British folklore. Until recently, it was a long-standing tradition to send 'wren-boys' into the woods on Boxing Day to hunt one of the birds and then parade it through the streets of the town or village. Being symbolic of the 'King of Winter', the death of the wren was seen as a celebration heralding the onset of longer days and the coming Spring. All well and good -unless you're the wren!

'Winter King' is a song inspired by this tradition, though we wrote it from the perspective of someone who hears the sweet call of her ‘Winter Lord' and hopes that he'll manage to escape...

Winter King

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Back in 1996 Richard and Phill recorded this backing track for fun. Having just discovered it in the tape library we thought it might be fun to dust it off and overdub some vocals with the assistance of Laurie Biagini.  Especially for valentine's week , "I Got You Babe" by Laurie and Rich!

I Got You Babe Richard Snow & The Inlaws feat. Laurie Biagini

Based on the life of Doctor James Barry, a true pioneer. Taken from 'The Innocent Left', released on Navigator Records, 2012.
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Doctor James

English Folk Duo: Traditional, modern and original songs with an indie edge.

New Age Girl (Cover)

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