English
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** English national ide ...
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
and
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
from
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, who has performed with Swåp and The Kate Rusby Band.
He learned to play mouth organ at the age of three before going on to learn piano, piano accordion and rock guitar at the age of 13, since when he has developed his highly original style of accompaniment. He cites one of his many influences as
Peerie Willie Johnson
"Peerie" Willie Johnson (William Henry Johnson) (10 December 1920 in Yell, Shetland – 22 May 2007 in Lerwick, Shetland) was a Scottish folk guitarist and bassist. He was respected as an influential and innovative musician in the Shetland folk ...
.
Until the late 1990s, Carr was a part of The Kathryn Tickell Band.
He plays a Collings acoustic guitar in both standard and dropped-D tunings."Swimming Upstream. Profile of Celtic guitarist Ian Carr". ''Acoustic Guitar'', October 2000, No. 94
Selected discography
Solo
*''Who He?'' - Ian Carr & The Various Artists (2013) Dalakollektivet Receords/ Reveal
*''I Like Your Taste In Music'' -Ian Carr & The Various Artists (2020) Dalakollektivet Records
With others
*''Syncopace'' – Syncopace (1990) Black Crow Records CRO CD 226
*''Hootz!'' - Ian Carr and
Simon Thoumire
Simon Thoumire is a Scottish musician and an English concertina virtuoso.
Thoumire has played all over the world. A winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition Award in 1989,The Kathryn Tickell Band (1991) Black Crow Records CRO CD 227
*''Signs'' – The Kathryn Tickell Band (1993) Black Crow Records CRO CD 230
*''Shhh'' – Ian Carr &
(1995) Hypertension HYCD 200 147
*''New Directions In The Old'' - Roy Bailey (1997) Fuse
*''Fyace'' – Ian Carr & Karen Tweed (1997) Fyasco FYASCD001
*''The Gathering'' – The Kathryn Tickell Band (1997) Park Records PRKCD39
*''SWÅP'' – Swåp (1997) Amigo AMCD735
*''
Hourglass
An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, sand clock or egg timer) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance (historically sand) ...
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Kate Rusby
Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973) is an English English folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Sometimes called the "Barnsley Nightingale", she has headlined various British folk festivals, an ...
(1997) Pure Records PRCD02
*''The Northumberland Collection'' – Kathryn Tickell and friends (1998) Park Records PRKCD42
*''Cowsong'' – Kate Rusby (1998) Pure Records PRCD04
*''ic/nowiki>'' – Swåp (1999) NorthSide NSD6042
*''Half As Happy As We'' – The Two Duos Quartet (1999) Ruf Records RUFCD07
*''Knock John'' – Chris Wood and
Andy Cutting
Andy Cutting (born 18 March 1969) is an English folk musician and composer. He plays melodeon and is best known for writing and performing traditional English folk and his own original compositions which combine English and French traditions ...
(1999) Ruf Records RUFCD08
*'' Sleepless'' – Kate Rusby (1999) Pure Records PRCD06
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Little Lights
''Little Lights'' is an album by British folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 2001.
Track listing
All songs by Kate Rusby unless otherwise stated.
#"Playing of Ball" (Words trad., music Rusby) – 3:31
#"I Courted a Sailor" – 3:58
#"With ...
'' – Kate Rusby (2001) Pure Records PRCD07
*''Mosquito Hunter'' – Swåp (2002) Amigo AMCD750
*''One Roof Under'' – Andy Cutting & Karen Tweed (2002) Fyasco records FYC004
*''Faerd'' – Faerd (2002) Tutl SHD55
*''Heartlands'' – Kate Rusby and
John McCusker
John McCusker (born 15 May 1973) is a Scottish folk musician, record producer, and composer. An accomplished fiddle player, he had a long association as a member of the Battlefield Band beginning in the 1990s and was later a band member and p ...
Eddi Reader
Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as frontwoman of Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards. In 2003, she showcased the wo ...
(2003 ) Rough Trade RTRADCDX097
*''Step on it!'' – Ian Carr & Niklas Roswall (2003) Drone Music AB DROCD035
*''Du Da'' – Swåp (2005) NorthSide NSD6085
*''Black Water'' -
Kris Drever
Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, ''Black Water''. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with ...
(2006) Reveal Records REVEAL12P
*''Timber!'' - Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr and Mikael Marin (2007) Nordic Tradition NTCD09
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Peacetime
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...
'' - Eddi Reader ( 2007) Rough Trade RTRADCD233
*'' Awkward Annie'' – Kate Rusby (2007) Pure Records PRCD23
*'' Sweet Bells'' - Kate Rusby (2008) Pure Records PRCD28
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Before the Ruin
''Before the Ruin'' is a collaborative studio album by Scottish folk musicians Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble, released on 15 September 2008 through Navigator Records. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #156 and the Scottish ...
'' - Drever, McCusker & Woomble (2008) Navigator Records NAVIGATOR1
*''Hold Your Horses'' —
Ella Edmondson
Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson (born 22 January 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.Interview with Judi Spiers on BBC Devon, 16 February 2009.
Early life
Eleanor Rose Edm ...
(2009) Monsoon MONMUCD001
*''Mark the Hard Earth'' - Kris Drever (2010) Navigator Records NAVIGATOR30
*''Levande'' - Sofia Karlsson (2011)
*''Tänk Om - Imagine If'' - Sandén-Nygårds-Carr (2012) Westpark Music
*''He Thinks He`s Invisible'' - Ian Carr and Simon Thoumire (2013) Foot Stomping'
*''Angels Without Wings'' -
Heidi Talbot
Heidi Talbot (born 1980) is an Irish folk singer from Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. Talbot is a former singer of Irish-American musical group Cherish the Ladies.
Early life and education
Born in the rural village of Kill, County Kildare, Ire ...
(2013) Compass Records
*''Vagabond'' - Eddi Reader (2014) Reveal Records
*''Regnet Faller Utan Oss'' - Sofia Karlsson (2014)
*''If Wishes Were Horses'' - Kris Drever (2016) Reveal Records
*''Natt blir dag'' - Sandén Nygårds Carr (2016) Dalakollektivet Records
* ''Time Flies'' Carr & Roswall- (2018) Dalakollektivet Records
* ''Where The World Is Thin''-Kris Drever-(2020) Reveal Records