Govanhill Moonshine by Poke O'Swedgers
The debut album from Poke O'Swedgers.
Two traditional folk songs and twelve original compositions for vocals and guitar.
Note: Poke O’Swedgers is a Scottish dialect phrase for a bag of sweets. Often accompanied by a bottle o’ ginger, or scoosh.
Tracklist
| 1. | Iona | 3:50 |
| 2. | Blue Cockade | 4:16 |
| 3. | Finite Difference Dream | 4:08 |
| 4. | Happier than Hemingway | 3:00 |
| 5. | Sierra Kilo Base | 4:22 |
| 6. | No to Love | 3:16 |
| 7. | Vigo Lane | 3:36 |
| 8. | Travelling Water | 3:45 |
| 9. | Inertia and Stone | 4:06 |
| 10. | The Ballad of Contrary Mary | 3:52 |
| 11. | Barnard's Star | 5:21 |
| 12. | Holy Ghost | 2:43 |
| 13. | Hipster Kiss | 3:19 |
| 14. | Bridget O'Malley | 2:30 |
Credits
released March 1, 2019
Poke O’Swedgers are:
Kev McInally - Vocal and guitar on ‘Iona’
Dave Banks - Guitars, acoustic bass and backing vocals, with a smattering of keyboards and percussion
With much-appreciated assistance from
Jenny Banks - Cajon on ‘Contrary Mary’ / ‘Travelling Water’ / ‘Holy Ghost’ / 'Iona'
Jenny Banks - Backing vocals on ‘Holy Ghost’ / ‘Travelling Water’
John Belli - Mouthorgan on ‘Hipster Kiss’
Rob Dean - Cajon on ‘Hipster Kiss’
Lorraine Lucas - Backing vocals on ‘Happier than Hemingway’
Dave Smith - Cajon on ‘Contrary Mary’ and ‘Iona’
Recorded and engineered by Steve Swallow at Ollerton. Some tracks recorded and pre-mixed at the Ashgate man-shed in Chesterfield.
Thanks to Chesterfield Folk Club for sponsoring the production of this album.
Several of the songs from this album were either written at, inspired by or cultivated as a result of friendships forged at the Glasgow Songwriting Festival 2016, held at Govanhill Baths, Glasgow. In this regard, especial thanks are due to Donna Maciocia for forcing Davie Roddie and DB to write 'Travelling Water'.
Photography by Harry Simpson and Steve Hull, with thanks.
Released by Trousers! recordings as Tro-007.
Tracks allocated ISRC codes UK-DVB-19-00001 to 00014 inclusive
Poke O’Swedgers are:
Kev McInally - Vocal and guitar on ‘Iona’
Dave Banks - Guitars, acoustic bass and backing vocals, with a smattering of keyboards and percussion
With much-appreciated assistance from
Jenny Banks - Cajon on ‘Contrary Mary’ / ‘Travelling Water’ / ‘Holy Ghost’ / 'Iona'
Jenny Banks - Backing vocals on ‘Holy Ghost’ / ‘Travelling Water’
John Belli - Mouthorgan on ‘Hipster Kiss’
Rob Dean - Cajon on ‘Hipster Kiss’
Lorraine Lucas - Backing vocals on ‘Happier than Hemingway’
Dave Smith - Cajon on ‘Contrary Mary’ and ‘Iona’
Recorded and engineered by Steve Swallow at Ollerton. Some tracks recorded and pre-mixed at the Ashgate man-shed in Chesterfield.
Thanks to Chesterfield Folk Club for sponsoring the production of this album.
Several of the songs from this album were either written at, inspired by or cultivated as a result of friendships forged at the Glasgow Songwriting Festival 2016, held at Govanhill Baths, Glasgow. In this regard, especial thanks are due to Donna Maciocia for forcing Davie Roddie and DB to write 'Travelling Water'.
Photography by Harry Simpson and Steve Hull, with thanks.
Released by Trousers! recordings as Tro-007.
Tracks allocated ISRC codes UK-DVB-19-00001 to 00014 inclusive
License
All rights reserved.
Poke O'Swedgers are Kev and Dave. Kev sings beautifully. Dave fumbles around with guitar. They write their own rhapsodies - delicate folk tales of impossible romance, computer programming and quantum physics. Their songs have a slight Scottish tang.