A second snapshot of the English folk scene right now - from seasoned professionals to folk club singers, everyone is equal. Recorded on location, in front rooms and kitchens with two pairs of microphones, capturing immediate, intimate performances. For this second volume, we cast our net wider. From old Northumbrian kingdoms, through the Midlands, way over to the Welsh border, with an expanding set of experimental and traditional musicians interpreting the music that roots them, in their own unique ways. This is not the collecting of songs - rather, the documenting of a continuum that thrives, flourishes and persists in this country. This is each artist’s response to what From Here means to them, by way of identity or place, feeling, reflection or memory: “this is who I am, this is where I’m from”. COMPLETE WITH BONUS TRACKS

1/ gan tae the kye/peacock followed the hen NANCY KERR 2/ the sandgate dandling song RACHEL UNTHANK 3/ cottenham medley C JOYNES 4/ the almsgiver RICHARD DAWSON 5/ ladle/richmond CATH & PHIL TYLER 6/ barbera allen MARY HUMPHREYS & ANAHATA 7/ the king of rome JUNE TABOR 8/ adieu sweet lovely nancy LAURA SMYTH & TED KEMP 9/ two lovely black eyes COHEN BRAITHWAITE-KILCOYNE 10/ a young woman’s tale GRACE PETRIE 11/ nightingales BELINDA KEMPSTER 12/ bonnie pit laddie/lads of alnwick KATHRYN TICKELL 13/ so much to defend CHRIS WOOD 14/ nancy clough SANDRA & NANCY KERR 15/ poverty knock BRYONY GRIFFITH 16/ lord lovell MARY HUMPHREYS & ANAHATA 17/ lily FRANKIE ARMSTRONG 18/ drink old england dry COHEN BRAITHWAITE-KILCOYNE 19/ can we afford the doctor? SANDRA KERR 20/ amazing grace WILL POUND

In 2016, following their ground-breaking debut album release, radical folk band Stick In The Wheel began a field recording project with some of the best loved names in folk music. Recorded on location, produced and curated by Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, these brand new recordings offer a different way to hear some distinguished folk names alongside lesser known artists. Renowned for music that's true and unadorned, they invited the musicians to think about what 'From Here' means to them - by way of place or geography, or as a way of exploring their musical origins - 'here's what I am, this is where I'm from'. An investigation not only of the past, but also of cultural identity; what it means to be making folk music now. "Our aim is to connect folk music to a wider audience whilst challenging the perception of what it is - here are important artists, performing in the most traditional way possible - raw and powerful." This carefully curated collection is a snapshot of English Folk music right now, connecting the old to the new, the past to the present. It's an intense, intimate experience for both artist and listener.

Tracklisting:

1. Jack Sharp - Bedfordshire May Carol
2. Eliza Carthy - The Sea
3. John Kirkpatrick - Here's Adieu to Old England
4. Bella Hardy - The Ballad of Hugh Stenson
5. Martin Carthy - The Bedmaking
6. Nicola Kearey - Georgie
7. Jon Boden - Fathom the Bowl
8. Lisa Knapp - Lavender Song
9. Spiro - Lost in Fishponds
10. Samuel Lee - The Wild Rover
11. Stew Simpson - Eh Aww Ah Cud Hew
12. Fran Foote - The Irish Girl
13. Sam Sweeney - Bagpipers/Mount Hill
14. Fay Hield - Bonny Boy
15. Peta Webb & Ken Hall - Just a Note/Wild Wild Whiskey
16. Rob Harbron - Young Collins/Getting Up Stairs
17. Men Diamler - 1848 (Sunset Beauregard)