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Sue Harris is an English
on various broadcast plays, as well as for live
PastorelaChoir leader
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Sue Living people English folk singers British folk rock musicians English composers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) The Albion Band members Topic Records artists
Sue Harris is an English musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
classically trained as an oboe
The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range.
A ...
ist, but best known for her folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
performances with the hammered dulcimer
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more trad ...
.
Biography
Harris is fluent in reading and writing music and switched from her original instrument, theoboe
The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range.
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, to the dulcimer
The word dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments.
Hammered dulcimers
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of ...
in the mid-1970s. In making that switch, she became one of the foremost performers on that folk instrument, though at the time it seemed just a matter of expediency. She was married to John Kirkpatrick, a prominent melodeon
Melodeon may refer to:
* Melodeon (accordion), a type of button accordion
*Melodeon (organ), a type of 19th-century reed organ
*Melodeon (Boston, Massachusetts), a concert hall in 19th-century Boston
* Melodeon Records, a U.S. record label in the ...
virtuoso in England, was pregnant with their first son, and found herself unable to maintain the breath control needed to play the oboe.
She performed on both instruments with the Albion Country Band
The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, and The Albion Christmas Band, were a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings. Generally considered one of the m ...
on their debut album ''Battle of the Field
''Battle of the Field'' is a folk rock album by the Albion Country Band, recorded in summer 1973 immediately prior to the band's breakup and only released in 1976 following public demand.
The album was produced and engineered by John Wood, and ...
'' (1976), and also recorded and performed as one half of a duet with Kirkpatrick. Harris has also performed with Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
and Linda Thompson, and has been a composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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...theatre
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. She is also a singer and has written music for choral
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
groups.
More recently, in 2008 she was leader of the "Wild Angels Community Choir" in Welshpool
Welshpool ( cy, Y Trallwng) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn; its Welsh language name ''Y Trallwng'' m ...
, Powys, Wales.
Following the World Dulcimer Congress held in Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dra ...
in 2015, Harris formed the English Dulcimer Duo with Lisa Warburton. The duo has toured extensively, performing a repertoire of mainly English tunes, but also including a number of jaunty 18th-century melodies and Welsh tunes.
Discography
Solo albums
* ''Hammers and Tongues'' (Free Reed Records FRR 020, 1978) * ''Pastorela'' (Beautiful Jo Records, 2002)Albion Country Band
*''Battle of the Field
''Battle of the Field'' is a folk rock album by the Albion Country Band, recorded in summer 1973 immediately prior to the band's breakup and only released in 1976 following public demand.
The album was produced and engineered by John Wood, and ...
'' (Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
, 1973)
The English Country Blues Band
* ''No Rules'' (1982) * ''Unruly'' (2014)John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
* ''The Rose of Britain's Isle'' (1974) * ''The Bold Navigators'' (withJon Raven
Jon Raven (1940–2015) was an English author and musician.
Early life
Jon Raven was the brother of author and musician Michael Raven (author), Michael Raven, father of the late Ministry (band), Ministry and Killing Joke bassist Paul Raven (mus ...
) (1975)
* ''Plain Capers - Morris Dance Tunes From the Cotswolds'' (1976)
* ''Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band'' (1976)
* ''The English Canals Songs, Narration, Contemporary Extracts'' (with Jon Raven) (1976)
* ''Shreds and Patches'' (1977)
* ''Facing the Music'' (1980)
* ''Ballad Of The Black Country'' (1981)
* ''Stolen Ground'' (1989)
In 2009 Topic Records
Topic Records is a British folk music label, which played a major role in the second British folk revival. It began as an offshoot of the Workers' Music Association in 1939, making it the oldest independent record label in the world.M. Brocken, ...
included in their 70-year anniversary boxed set ''Three Score and Ten
''Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People'' is a multi-CD box set album issued by Topic Records in 2009 to celebrate 70 years as an independent British record label.
The album consists of a hardback book containing the seven CDs and a paper ...
'' ''The Rose Of Britain’s Isle / Glorishears '' from ''The Rose Of Britain’s Isle'' as track thirteen on the second CD.
Martin Wyndham-Read, Sue Harris and Martin Carthy
* ''The Old Songs'' (1984) * ''Across The Line'' (1986)Various artists – Sue Harris, Old Swan Band et al.
* ''This Label is Not Removable'' (2007)https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/thislabelisnotremovable.htmlTufty Swift
* ''Hammers, Tongues And A Bakewell Tart'' (2007) (CD reissue of ''Hammers and Tongues'')See also
*Benji Kirkpatrick
Benji Kirkpatrick (born 1976) is an English folk singer and musician, who plays guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and tenor banjo. A son of folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris, he was brought up in Shropshire. Previously a member of Bello ...
References
External links
Pastorela
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Sue Living people English folk singers British folk rock musicians English composers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) The Albion Band members Topic Records artists