A song by Whalebone Polly 2004 (me, Kate Stables of This is the Kit and violinist Virpi Kettu) from our only album Recordings with the Window Open, a collection of home recordings recorded in Bristol 2004

Sweetest In The Land

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she`s going to do next” - LAUREN LAVERNE, BBC 6Music

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7/10

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“Experimental folk multi-instrumentalist Dadd is one of the quirkiest singer songwriters on earth but
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Bounce the ball

Strike Our Scythes

Remix be Takeo Toyama artwork by Aaron Sewards

Connected to the Rock remix by Takeo Toyama

Live recording from a show in Japan at Guggenheim house where I previously recorded piano songs for Bite the Mountain. Here I am joined by some of my favorite musicians in Japan - Inada Makoto on double bass who also plays on Bite the Mountain, experimental drummer Yamagisan (and famous for her delicious handmade udon noodles), Kamei Naoko on clarinet and ICHI on Steel drum 

Tsubomi Live at the Guggenheim

This is a doodle recorded last year on the 4-track as I was making demos for Bite the Mountain. 

Our Faces - home 4-track recording

This is a cover of ICHI`s song by Whalebone Polly (me and Kate of This is the kit)  It`s from `Last Summer`- a  compilation recently released by 7ieme Ciel
www.ichimemos.blogspot.com

Wakka - A Whalebone Polly cover of ICHI`S song

The Hand are me and Will Newsome
www.myspace.com/thehandand
www.somenewwill.blogspot.com

And this amazing song is by rozi plain
http://roziplain.co.uk/

And this is on a compilation by 7iemciel
http://soundcloud.com/les-disques-du-7eme-ciel/sets/last-summer/

See My Boat - The Hand cover of Rozi Plain`s song

This is a version of Window recorded at the guggenheim, Japan, with ICHI on steel pan. It was recorded for Bite the Mountain but we chose to use the studio ukulele version instead so not many ears have heard this one

Window - banjo version

A home recording that comes as a bonus track with the Moth in the Motor piano mini album released on 10" vinyl by broken sound 
www.brokensoundmusic.com

Elaine (In the kitchen with matches)

this is from `Berries from the rubble` - a home recorded album by The Hand - me and Will Newsome

www.myspace.com/thehandand
www.somenewwill.blogspot.com

Dove Come Rain - The Hand (Rachael Dadd and Will Newsome)

a very old dusty song from the archives - me and Kate Stables (this is the kit) having fun in her Winchester kitchen about 8 years ago when we had first started out as Whalebone Polly 

www.myspace.com/whalebonepolly
www.thisisthekit.co.uk

Pigeons - a Whalebone Polly home-recording from 8 years ago

a song from `The World Outside is in a Cupboard` which I self released in the UK in 2007. It was then released in Japan on Angel`s Egg. I now sell it was a CDR at shows and from my online shop www.rachaeldadd.blogspot.com

Caught In The Weight

a home recorded song from `The World Outside is in a Cupboard` which I self released in the UK in 2007. It was then released in Japan on Angel`s Egg. I now sell it was a CDR at shows and from my online shop www.rachaeldadd.blogspot.com

O-Mend-O-Darn-O

a song from my first album Summer/Autumn Recordings recorded in the garden - self released in the UK in 2004 and later released on Angel`s Egg in Japan. I now sell it as a CDR at shows and from my online shop http://rachaeldadd.blogspot.jp/p/shop_24.html

My Wealth That Is You

recorded in KDJapan in an alcove beneath the railway. Listen to the hypnotic sounds of trains going overhead!

There is another version of this song on Elephee EP released by Broken Sound Music www.brokensoundmusic.com 

Elephants swimming - live version

song from most recent album Bite The Mountain which I recorded in Japan

Balloon

Song from my most recent album Bite The Mountain which I recorded in Japan. This song is about onigiri which is a parcel of rice wrapped in seaweed with a surprise in the middle which is usually fishy!

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