Rose Kemp

Park Records announced Maddy’s recent tour with:

Maddy goes back to basics with this new all-female acoustic trio.

Joining Maddy are her daughter Rose Kemp, at 17 already a blossoming singer and songwriter in her own right, and Abbie Lathe on vocals, guitar, keyboards and whistle.

With an emphasis on vocal harmony, the three will be turning their talents to a variety of traditional and contemporary material—drawing on Maddy’s long and varied career, with gems from the Silly Sisters vaults, original songs from Maddy, Rose and Abbie, and a few surprises.

Recorded at Lofty Towers and The Warehouse Studios, Oxford;
Produced by Tony Poole with Maddy Prior, Rose Kemp and Abbie Lathe;
Engineered by Tony Poole and Steve Watkins;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters;
Sleeve design by Chris Sands

Musicians

Maddy Prior, Rose Kemp: vocals;
Abbie Lathe: vocals, guitar, keyboards, whistle

Tracks

1. Accappella Stella (2.17)
2. I Am the World (2.06)
3. A Stitch in Time (2.51)
4. Hush Hush (3.18)
5. Rain (4.15)
6. Sweet Thames Flow Softly (4.43)
7. Down in the Valley (1.51)
8. I Need You to Turn to (3.10)
9. Drop of Blood (3.36)
10. Sparkling Rills (1.48)
11. True Colours (3.22)

The Cotton Triangle

1. Blow Boys Blow (2.18)
2. The Dead Are Not Dead (1.06)
3. Homeless (1.46)
4. Haul Her Away (2.03)
5. Cotton Fields (3.12)
6. Blow the Man Down
7. Cropper Lads (2.51)
8. Doffin’ Mistress (1.25)
9. Liverpool Judies (4.25)

Track 1 Rick Kemp;
Tracks 2, 9 Rose Kemp;
Track 3 Mike Waterson;
Track 4 Jim McLean;
Track 5 Abbie Lathe;
Track 6 Ewan MacColl;
Track 7 Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe;
Track 8 Elton John, Bernie Taupin;
Tracks 10, 15, 18, 20 trad. arr. Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe, Poole;
Track 11 Kelly, Steinberg;
Tracks 12, 17, 19 trad. arr. Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe;
Track 13 translation from French poem “Chants d’ombre Suivis de Hosties Nores”;
Track 14 Paul Simon, Joseph Shabalala;
Track 16 Huddie Ledbetter

Produced and recorded by Tony Poole at Lofty Towers and Rooftop Studios, Oxford;
Front cover photo by Keith Barnes;
back cover and internal photography by Guy Schofield;
Design by Chris Sands

Musicians

Rose Kemp: vocals, acoustic guitar [11];
Guy Schofield: acoustic guitar [1-3, 5-10, 12], electric guitar [2];
Raph Mizraki: double bass [1, 9], oud [2], drums [3], pung [6];
Kath Sharman: cello [1, 8];
Tony Poole: keyboards [1-2], twelve-string guitar [9, 11-12], programming [1-2, 4, 6-7, 9-11];
Spike Holifield: bass [2-3, 7], electric guitar [2];
Jim Moray: piano, verse loop [2];
Mick Clack: slide guitar [3, 7], acoustic guitar [6], Paul Gibbon: acoustic guitar [4], Hammond B3 [5-7];
Giles Lewin: viola [9];
Rick Kemp: bass [10]

Tracks

1. Falls (3.15)
2. Glance (3.47)
3. Note to the Fridge (3.24)
4. No-One (3.24)
5. Hush Me Down (3.08)
6. Individual (3.29)
7. Sunsets (3.39)
8. Boy Coloured Girl (3.39)
9. Smile (3.15)
10. I Won’t Run (3.35)
11. Conscience (3.54)
12. His Music (3.11)

Tracks 1, 4, 12 Paul Gibbon, Rose Kemp;
Tracks 2, 5-8, 10 Rick Kemp, Rose Kemp;
Tracks 3, 9, 11 Rose Kemp

Produced, recorded and mixed by Charlie Francis except track 8 produced and recorded by Rose Kemp;
Additional recording by Stef Hambrook at Toybox Studios;
Mastered by Donal Whelan at Hafod Mastering;
Design by Stephen Wooley

Musicians

Rose Kemp: vocals, vocal effects [5], guitar [1-2, 4-8, 10], beat [3];
kempophonics [8], glockenspiel [8], nose flute [8];
Sean Talbot: drums [1-2, 4, 6-7];
Anton Maiof: bass [1-2, 4, 7], maiofphonics [2, 6], guitar [2], fenders [4];
Charlie Francis: rhodes [1-2];
Togan Thomas: cello [1, 4, 6];
Martin Lanchester: violin [1, 4, 6];
Steve Nicholls: guitar [2, 4, 6];
Andrew ‘Bernie’ Plain: drums [10];
Chip Bailey: drums and percussion [10];
Tim Atack: piano and harmonium [10]

Tracks

1. Little One (3.22)
2. Violence (4.57)
3. Tiny Flower (1.39)
4. Morning Music (4.27)
5. Orange Juice (3.17)
6. Dark Corners (4.53)
7. Metal Bird (6.08)
8. Skins’ Suite (5.26)
9. Sister Sleep (3.37)
10. Sheer Terror (4.21)
11. Sing Our Last Goodbye (4.24)

All tracks written by Rose Kemp

Produced by Chris Sheldon;
Recorded by Stu Matthews and Rik Dowding at State of Art Studios, Bristol;
Mixed at The Potting Shed, London;
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum, Bristol;
Illustration and graphic construction by Glyn Smith at Scrawled Design

Musicians

Rose Kemp: vocals, guitar;
Joe Garcia: bass;
James King: drums;
Dan Greysmith: keyboards;
Sue Lord, violin

Tracks

1. Dirty Glow (5.06)
2. Nanny’s World (3.22)
3. Bitter and Sweet (4.06)
4. Flawless (4.37)
5. Saturday Night (5.02)
6. Nature’s Hymn (4.41)
7. Wholeness Sounds (4.15)
8. Vacancies (5.10)
9. Milky White (3.48)
10. The Unholy (9.22)

All tracks written by Rose Kemp