John Roberts (musician)

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John Roberts
Origin Cornell University
Genre(s) Traditional folk music
Years active 1969—
Label(s) Golden Hind Music
Associated acts Roberts and Barrand
Nowell Sing We Clear
Ye Mariners All
Broken String Band
Notable instrument(s)
Anglo and English concertina,
banjo, and guitar

John Roberts (b. 1940s) is an English musician residing in Schenectady, New York.

He is best known for his musical collaborations with Tony Barrand. As Roberts and Barrand, they perform a cappella and accompanied performances of traditional English folk music. They also perform and record fare such as sea shanties of the North Atlantic, and an album of traditional drinking songs. The duo is also half of the related act Nowell Sing We Clear—which in addition to a number of albums—performs an annual yuletide concert series.

Born in England, Roberts moved to the United States to study graduate level psychology at Cornell University, where he formed his ongoing music partnership with Tony Barrand.

Roberts also has a solo career, is a member of the trio Ye Mariners All (with John Rockwell and Larry Young), and performs regularly with Boston's Broken String Band.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo

Sea Fever (2003) Golden Hind Music

  1. "Campañero"
  2. "Diego's Bold Shore"
  3. "The Bonny Ship the Diamond"
  4. "Candlelight Fisherman"
  5. "Farewell Nancy"
  6. "The Weeping Willow Tree"
  7. "The Boatman's Cure"
  8. "Short Jacket and White Trousers"
  9. "Sir Patrick Spens"
  10. "Let the Bulgine Run/Sally in the Garden/Hog-Eye Man"
  11. "The Black Cook"
  12. "The Saucy Sailor"
  13. "The Old Figurehead Carver"
  14. "What Fortunes Guide a Sailor/Leave Her Johnny"

[edit] Ye Mariners All

Songs of the Sea (2003) Golden Hind Music

  1. "The 'Fame' of Salem"
  2. "Marcherot"
  3. "The Steam Packet"
  4. "Wings of a Goney"
  5. "Pique la Baleine"
  6. "Three Jolly Fishermen"
  7. "Jack Robinson"
  8. "Old Billy Riley-O"
  9. "Hourra les Filles"
  10. "Serafina"
  11. "Rolling Down to Old Maui"
  12. "Yangtse River Chantey"
  13. "The 'Balaena'"
  14. "Hullabaloo Belay"
  15. "You Gentlemen of Boston"
  16. "Nantucket Point/Off She Goes"
  17. "Noah's Ark Chantey"
  18. "The 'Jamestown' Homeward Bound"

[edit] Roberts and Barrand

Main article: Roberts and Barrand#Discography
  • Spencer the Rover is Alive and Well… (1971, 2001)
  • Across the Western Ocean (1973, 2000)
  • Mellow With Ale From the Horn (1975)
  • Dark Ships in the Forest (1977, 1997)
  • Live at Holsteins! (1983)
  • A Present from the Gentlemen (1992)
  • Naulakha Redux (1997)
  • Heartoutbursts (1998)
  • Twiddlum Twaddlum (2003)

[edit] Nowell Sing We Clear

Main article: Nowell Sing We Clear#Discography
  • Nowell Sing We Clear (1977)
  • To Welcome In The Spring (1980)
  • The Second Nowell (1981)
  • Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3 (1985)
  • Nowell Sing We Four (1988)
  • The Best of… Sing We Clear (1989)
  • Hail Smiling Morn! (1995)

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