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Hannah Read
& Michael Starkey
Cross The Rolling Water
Released 3 Jun 2022
Hannah Read
& Michael Starkey
& Michael Starkey
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Following on from the release of Hannah Read’s highly acclaimed solo album Way Out I’ll Wander and after touring it to sell-out audiences in 2017/18 working with the likes of Kris Drever & Darlingside, Hannah has now joined forces with Edinburgh based musician Michael Starkey to record and release their new album Cross The Rolling Water, released on Hudson Records in June & August 2022.
Fiddler and singer-songwriter Hannah Read met banjo player Michael Starkey at an Appalachian old time session in Edinburgh in late 2019. The moment they first struck up a tune together there was an immediate meeting of musical minds. They have since become a dynamic fiddle and banjo duo, playing repertoire deep from the old time tradition as well as newly self-composed tunes and songs. Cross The Rolling Water was recorded in December 2020 between the lock-downs with Hudson Record’s own Andy Bell, Hannah and Andy first met whilst working together on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Album of the year by Songs of Separation.
Hannah is an award winning Scottish musician based in Brooklyn, NY. She moved stateside to study American fiddle styles and to immerse herself in the thriving string music scene. She has toured extensively, performing solo and collaborating with musicians far and wide including Tony Trischka, Sarah Jarosz and Jefferson Hamer, as well as being one part of the BBC Folk Award winning Songs of Separation.
Michael is a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher and old time banjo enthusiast living in Scotland. His mission as a musician is to keep things simple - clear melody lines underpinned by solid, infectious rhythm. Recent collaborations include with Wayward Jane (Edinburgh-based UK/US folk and roots music 4-piece) and 'Faultlines', a collection of Lisa Fannen's poetry set to music.
Cross The Rolling Water is available on CD, LP and Digital. This was the first Hudson Records LP pressed here in the UK at a new plant in Middlesbrough.
Tracklist
- Apple Blossom•
- Blue River•
- Charleston•
- Shenandoah•
- Rose Tree•
- North Missouri Wagoner•
- Ready For The Times•
- Waltz de la Funguy•
- Shenandoah Instrumental•
- Old Kentucky Whiskey•
- Sycamore Tea•
- Leonard’s Blues•
- Johnny Come Along
Credits
- Hannah Read Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals
- Michael Starkey Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
- Andy Bell Producer, Recorded & Mixed
- Sam Proctor Mastering
- Alx Macintosh Photography
- Robin Beatty Design
