The Yellow House All-Star Band

A special one-off, limited run album, brought together by Yellow House Booking, Denmark to celebrate 10 years of the agency. Featuring:

Ainsley Hamill - vocals, harmonium
Sam Kelly - vocals, bouzouki, guitar
Toby Shaer - fiddle, flute, whistles
Jack Badcock - vocals, guitar
Ciarán Ryan - banjo, fiddle, mandolin

1.
The King's Shilling 03:56
ABOUT THIS TRACK
A song dealing with the ancient tradition of pressing young men into joining the army to go off to fight some king's war in far-off lands.

CREDITS
John Sinclair

2.
The Big Ribbon Puirt 04:20
ABOUT THIS TRACK
Gheibh Sinn Ribinnean Mòra Mòra / Dhannsamaid le Ailean
Two driving puirt à beul, Gaelic mouth music songs

CREDITS
trad. arr. Hamill, Shaer, Kelly, Badcock, Ryan

3.
The Weeping Willow Tree 05:10
ABOUT THIS TRACK
A Carter family classic about thwarted love.

CREDITS
trad. arr. Hamill, Shaer, Kelly, Badcock, Ryan

4.
Yellow House Reels 04:59
CREDITS
trad. arr. Hamill, Shaer, Kelly, Badcock, Ryan (PRS/MCPS)
Additional writing: Toby Shaer

5.
The Unquiet Grave 04:39
ABOUT THIS TRACK
Child Ballad #78, a British version of a folk song thought to date back to around 1400, in which a young man mourns his dead love so much that he prevents her from resting in peace.

CREDITS
trad. arr. Hamill, Shaer, Kelly, Badcock, Ryan