Don't Call Her After Midnight
Date: 2004
Don’t Call Her After Midnight is a collection of 13 eclectic songs and tunes played by The Michèle Welborn Band. The album reflects their current live performance and repertoire. The pieces reflect both the contemporary and traditional musical backgrounds of the players, and move easily through vibrant rhythm, flowing lyricism and haunting melody.
The title track which opens the album clearly defines the quality and individuality of the contemporary material you are about to hear. Later tracks such as 'Stand Up Song', 'On Saturday' and 'A Fine Madness' verify the musical integrity of the band’s performance.
Traditional material such as 'Johnny’s Gone For A Soldier' and 'Rolling Of The Stone', alongside 'Mad Head' and 'When My Morning Comes Around' illustrate the band’s ability to move comfortably between musical styles.
Track List...
- Don’t Call Her After Midnight
- Johnny’s Gone For A Soldier
- Stand Up Song
- Rolling Of The Stone/Goat’s Head Brawl
- Fly
- Breakfast Time
- Mad Head
- Forest Song
- On Saturday
- When My Morning Comes Around/Canal En Octobre
- A Fine Madness
- Silver Bourrée/The Jeweller’s Song
- Cotton Mill Girls
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Tongue And Groove MWCD01
Date: 1998
Tongue And Groove is Michèle’s first solo album, produced by Andy Glass. This is a collection of traditional and contemporary songs including some of Michèle’s own pieces: ‘If These Walls Had Ears’, ‘Song For A Dead Lover’ (preceding
Charlie’s Jig by Sarah Malleson), and ‘My Man’.
The musicians on the album are Stéafán Hannigan,
Chris Walshaw, Phil Harnett, Chris Jewell and Andy Glass.
Track List...
- Cold And Raw
- If These Walls Had Ears
- Bad Wine
- Dowie Dens Of Yarrow
- My Man
- Blacksmith
- Mathew Hooper
- Song For A Dead Lover/Charlie’s Jig
- Blue Cockade
- No Courage In Him
- Sligo Fair
- River Rising
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Jigby 79-99
Date: 1999
A reunion album in memoriam to the late band member Jim Brough who was also a founder member of the Holmfirth Folk Festival. Michèle sings ‘Benjamin Bowmaneer’, ‘Geordie’, ‘Cotton Mill Girls’ and ‘Jock Stewart’.
The other musicians are Huw Evans, Pete Jones,
Peter Pozman and Lindsay Wilson, who live, and play music, in and around the Holmfirth and Huddersfield area.
Track List...
- A Dalesman’s Litany
- Benjamin Bowmaneer
- The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite
- Trombone Song
- Flash Company
- Geordie
- Innocent Hare
- The Man From Uncle (Kuriakin/Lumps Of Plum Pudding)
- Little Piecener
- The Hermit’s Prophecy/Thro ‘t’ Shuttle Ee
- Cotton Mill Girls
- Jock Stewart
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