New album out now: https://aishaorazbayeva.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-violin-alone

All songs written and arranged by Fred Thomas

Ellie Rose Rusbridge – voice and backing vocals
Dave Shulman – clarinet and bass clarinet
Liam Byrne – treble and bass viola da gamba
Malte Hager – electric bass (on 'The NIght Wind')
Fred Thomas – guitars, percussion, double-bass, organ, cello, 
piano & prepared piano, backing vocals, voice on CD1 tracks 11 & 12.



All the poems on this CD can be found at www.fred-thomas.co.uk/poems


“The Beguilers create a mellifluous, graceful sound that entirely justifies their band name. Rose has a touching, pure, sweet voice, well suited to the affecting melodies Thomas writes, and Shulman provides just the right amount of textural and tonal variety.The Beguilers plough a singularly rich furrow and clearly entranced an attentive Vortex audience.” – Chris Parker (London Jazz)

“The Beguilers took William Blake’s poetry and wove a rich tapestry of intricate acoustic guitar and clarinet, over which Ellie Rose’s exquisite vocals were allowed to shine. Blake’s work was given new life with this simple but textured approach, which made these classic works come to life” - The Liminal

“The Beguilers start with songs based on some of the greatest poetry in the English language, but it’s the combination of Ellie Rose’s haunting voice with Fred Thomas’s beautiful compositions that give this band its unique and unclassifiable quality – a treat equally for lovers of poetry, jazz, classical music and folksong” - Peter Slavid (UK Jazz Radio)

“The Beguilers’ version of Blake’s ‘London’ is the finest setting of the poem that I know – the human ear adorned with manacles more beautiful than any earring” - Tim Heath, Chair of the Blake Society


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