A Ballad Of Swords & Shields

The story of the 19th Century Durham arsenic poisoner, Mary Ann Cotton.

Mary Ann Cotton

Swallow Song

Tin Tabernacle was inspired by a ramshackle rusty old building in the centre of Dunsdale village (St Oswald's Chapel). Dunsdale was once a mining community when the iron ore industry was booming on Teesside in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In small mining villages you may spot these small chapels built with corrugated iron. These are called tin tabernacles and were put together by local communities, generally in the late nineteenth century. They were bought from a catalogue, arrived 'flat pack' and the villagers would work together to construct it giving them a meeting place and small church.

Tin Tabernacle

A little bluesy song about Ursula Sontheil, aka, Old Mother Shipton who was born in a cave beside the River Nidd in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire in the fifteenth century. The Dropping Well beside the cave turns objects to stone...

Soothsayer, witch or prophetess..?

http://www.mothershipton.co.uk

Girl From The Nidd (Old Mother Shipton's Blues)

A cover of Billie Holiday's God Bless the Child.

God Bless The Child

A cover of Miss Celie's Blues which was performed in the juke joint in the film The Color Purple.

Written by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie.

This arrangement:

Sara Dennis (Vocals)
Ian Bartholomew (Guitar)
Dan Pettitt (Studio Technician)

Miss Celie's Blues (Demo)

A cover of I Ain't got Nothing but the Blues, made famous by the fabulous Billie Holiday.

I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues(Demo)

Gershwin's beautiful song. The most covered song in history!

This is our (demo)version

Summertime

Written by Ian Bartholomew and arranged by Peg Powler.

A jaunt down Rose Street, Edinburgh during the festive season :)

Be Mine ( This Christmas Time ) e.p

Rose Street Serenade

Originally written by S Dennis and G Wood.

Arranged by Peg Powler.

Be Mine ( This Christmas Time )

Christina Rossetti's beautiful poem, In the Bleak Midwinter set to an original tune with an additional, original verse.

In The Bleak Midwinter

Peg Powler: Spirit of the Tees

Sara Dennis - Vocals/Ukulele/Harmonium/Guitar

@saradennismusic

Former Members:

Ian Bartholomew(Guitar/Vocals)
Graham Brotton (Double Bass)
Margaret Forward (Fiddle/Vocals)
David Pratt (Percussion, BVs)
Mike Wallbank (guitars/mandolin/bouzouki)

Socials:
@pegpowlerband

Email contact:
saradennis@live.co.uk

Peg Powler

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