The Flow (álbum Of DJ Nelson)
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''The Flow'' is an album by
Chris Leslie Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the La ...
released in 1997. This album is mostly instrumental. Although Chris Leslie is best known for his
fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...
playing in
Fairport Convention Fairport Convention are an English British folk rock, folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Marti ...
, these cuts sound nothing like Fairport or any of his other prior musical projects. The album demonstrates Leslie's breadth of
musicality Musicality (''music -al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousnes ...
, influence and inspiration from across the globe. Tracks 2 and 6 produced by Simon Mayor. Other tracks produced by Tim Healey. Recorded by Mark Tucker.


Track listing

# "Ballydesmond/ Scartaglen" (Traditional) # "Eliz Iza/ Derobee de Guingamp" (Traditional / Traditional) # "Aignish" (Traditional) # "The Witch of the Glen" (Traditional) # "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (Words: Thomas Moore; Tune: Traditional) # "Lime Rock" (Traditional) # "The Old Blackbird" (Traditional) # "The Flow" (Chris Leslie) # "Niel Gow's Lament for Abercairney" (Niel Gow) # "Paddy Ryan's Dream/ The Inimitable Reel/ The Macroom Lassies" (Traditional) # "Kishmul's Galley" (Traditional) # "Tune for the Land of Snows" (Chris Leslie)


Personnel

* Chris Leslie – violins, tingshaws, singing bowl, electric tambura *
Maartin Allcock Maartin Allcock (born Martin Allcock; 5 January 1957 – 16 September 2018) was an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Biography Born in Middleton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England, Allcock studied music at Hudder ...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Simon Mayor – mandola, mandocello, mandolin * Margaret Knight – concert harp * Anne-Marie Doyle – Irish step-dancing *
Martin Simpson Martin Stewart Simpson (born 5 May 1953) is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in Britain, Ireland, America and beyond. He builds a purposeful, often upbeat voi ...
– acoustic guitar *
Ric Sanders Richard Sanders (born 8 December 1952) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. Biography Sanders' first experience with a professional band was in the sum ...
– electric violin, viola, cello


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flow, The Chris Leslie (folk musician) albums 1997 debut albums