This is a new album of music from Northumberland, featuring mouth-organ player Jimmy Little and, indeed, friends on other instruments. (Jimmy was a Northumbrian pipes player early in life, but arthritis forced him to choose an instrument less taxing on the fingers.)
Anyone interested in Northumbrian music and especially those who liked the music of "the shepherds" - Will Atkinson, Willy Taylor and Joe Hutton - will most likely enjoy listening to the players here, whose repertoire has much in common with that of the aforenamed musicians.
The album, recorded by Anthony Robb, may not yet have been released (I was given a copy), so here are the relevant Internet connections:
Jimmy Little & Friends - "How Does It Gan?"
This is a new album of music from Northumberland, featuring mouth-organ player Jimmy Little and, indeed, friends on other instruments. (Jimmy was a Northumbrian pipes player early in life, but arthritis forced him to choose an instrument less taxing on the fingers.)
Anyone interested in Northumbrian music and especially those who liked the music of "the shepherds" - Will Atkinson, Willy Taylor and Joe Hutton - will most likely enjoy listening to the players here, whose repertoire has much in common with that of the aforenamed musicians.
The album, recorded by Anthony Robb, may not yet have been released (I was given a copy), so here are the relevant Internet connections:
e-mail: hookymat@robbpipes.com
website: www.robbpipes.com/HookyMatRecords
# Posted on February 13th 2010 by nicholas
Jimmy Little & Friends - "How Does It Gan?"
The musicians on this album are:
Jimmy Little - mouth organ
Robert Whitehead - piano accordion (1,3,6,8,10,13)
Malcolm Bennett - vocals (4,11) & guitar (4,7,10,11)
Alice Burn - Northumbrian pipes (9)
Anthony Robb - (Northumbrian pipes (2) & fiddle (9)
Jamie Robb - guitar (9)
# Posted on February 14th 2010 by nicholas