Sue Harris
Sue Harris | |
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![]() Harris on stage at Greenwich, London, 1982 | |
Background information | |
Instrument(s) | oboe, hammered dulcimer, voice |
Website | Facebook page |
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Sue Harris is an English musician classically trained as an oboeist, but best known for her folk music performances with the hammered dulcimer.[1][2]
Biography
Harris is fluent in reading and writing music and switched from her original instrument, the oboe, to the dulcimer 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 virtuoso in England, was pregnant with their first son, and found herself unable to maintain the breath control needed to play the oboe.[citation needed]
She performed on both instruments with the Albion Country Band on their debut album Battle of the Field (1976), and also recorded and performed as one half of a duet with Kirkpatrick. Harris has also performed with Richard and Linda Thompson, and has been a composer for the BBC on various broadcast plays, as well as for live theatre. She is also a singer and has written music for choral groups.[citation needed]
More recently, in 2008 she was leader of the "Wild Angels Community Choir" in Welshpool, Powys, Wales.[3]
Following the World Dulcimer Congress held in Malvern, Worcestershire in 2015, Harris formed the English Dulcimer Duo with Lisa Warburton. The duo has toured extensively, performing a repertoire of English and Welsh tunes.[4]
Discography
Solo albums
- Hammers and Tongues (Free Reed Records FRR 020, 1978)[5]
- Pastorela (Beautiful Jo Records, 2002)[6]
Albion Country Band
- Battle of the Field (Island Records, 1973)[7]
The English Country Blues Band
- No Rules (1982)[8]
- Unruly (2014)[9]
John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
- The Rose of Britain's Isle (1974)[10]
- The Bold Navigators (with Jon Raven) (1975)[11]
- Plain Capers - Morris Dance Tunes From the Cotswolds (1976)[12]
- Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band (1976)[13]
- The English Canals Songs, Narration, Contemporary Extracts (with Jon Raven) (1976)[14]
- Shreds and Patches (1977)[15]
- Facing the Music (1980)[16][17]
- Ballad Of The Black Country (1981)[18]
- Stolen Ground (1989)[19]
In 2009 Topic Records included in their 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten 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)[20]
- Across The Line (1986)[21]
Various artists – Sue Harris, Old Swan Band et al.
- This Label is Not Removable (2007)https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/thislabelisnotremovable.html
Tufty Swift
- Hammers, Tongues And A Bakewell Tart (2007) (CD reissue of Hammers and Tongues)[22]
See also
References
- ^ "bejo.co.uk". www.bejo.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Biography: Sue Harris". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "Introducing TASC: Traditional Arts Support in the Community" (PDF). tradartsupport.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "English Dulcimer Duo | Folk Band | Gig Listings - Artist Listed on Folk and Honey". www.folkandhoney.co.uk.
- ^ "Sue Harris: Hammers & Tongues". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Pastorela". 6 April 2002 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Albion Country Band: Battle of the Field". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "The English Country Blues Band". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ Pownceby, Clive. "The English Country Blues Band "Unruly" (review)". The Living Tradition. No. 49.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris: The Rose of Britain's Isle". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Songs of the Inland Waterways : The Bold Navigators". www.waterwaysongs.info.
- ^ "Plain Capers: Morris Dance Tunes from the Cotswolds by John Kirkpatrick, Martin Carthy, Sue Harris, Martin Brinsford, Fi Fraser on The Session". 30 January 2014 – via thesession.org.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris: Among the Many Attractions at the Show Will Be a Really High Class Band". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "Songs of the Inland Waterways : The English Canals". www.waterwaysongs.info.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris - Shreds And Patches". Topic Records.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris - Facing The Music". Topic Records.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris: Facing the Music". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "Ballad of Black Country - John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris | User Reviews | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris: Stolen Ground". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "Martyn Wyndham-Read et al.: The Old Songs". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "Martyn Wyndham-Read: Across the Line". mainlynorfolk.info.
- ^ "Hammers, Tongues and a Bakewell Tart - Tufty Swift | Release Credits". AllMusic.
External links
- Pastorela
- Choir leader
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- Steve Ashley
- Phil Beer
- Bill Caddick
- Martin Carthy
- Dolly Collins
- Shirley Collins
- Lol Coxhill
- Sue Draheim
- Barry Dransfield
- Blair Dunlop
- Howard Evans
- Trevor Foster
- Sue Harris
- Nic Jones
- John Kirkpatrick
- Chris Leslie
- Cathy Lesurf
- Dave Mattacks
- Julie Matthews
- Ken Nicol
- Simon Nicol
- Philip Pickett
- Maddy Prior
- Brian Protheroe
- Tim Renwick
- Colin Ross
- Ric Sanders
- Martin Simpson
- Roger Swallow
- John Tams
- Graeme Taylor
- Linda Thompson
- Richard Thompson
- Lal and Mike Waterson
- Chris While
- Kellie While
- Pete Zorn
- No Roses (1971)
- Battle of the Field (1976)
- The Prospect Before Us (1977)
- Rise Up Like the Sun (1978)
- Yuletracks (1986)
- Acousticity (1993)
- Albion Heart (1995)
- Ridgeriders (1999)
- "Ridgeriders" In Concert (2001)