Sue Harris
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Instrument(s) | oboe, hammered dulcimer, voice |
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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
[edit]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. On getting pregnant with their first son, she 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
[edit]Solo albums
[edit]Albion Country Band
[edit]- Battle of the Field (Island Records, 1973)[7]
The English Country Blues Band
[edit]John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
[edit]- 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
[edit]Various artists – Sue Harris, Old Swan Band et al.
[edit]- This Label is Not Removable (2007)https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/thislabelisnotremovable.html
Tufty Swift
[edit]- Hammers, Tongues And A Bakewell Tart (2007) (CD reissue of Hammers and Tongues)[22]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.