The Broadsides
Part one: The Gerald Street sessions, Western Australia, 2004.
The Broadsides got together in Perth in 2004 to record some American folksongs. This they did, with Josh Meggitt on piano and vocal, and Dan Erickson and Benedict Moleta sharing guitar and vocals.
Part two: The Beanbake sessions, London, 2005
In October 2005 Benedict and Josh reconvened in London. Several new songs were recorded using two guitars, a hurdy-gurdy and stereo static.
Part three: The Kingswood sessions, Perth, 2009
In 2009 Josh and Benedict hooked up again in Perth to record further material. After the sessions Josh made edits and dubs of some of the tracks.None of this material is commercially available, but all tracks are available here as downloads.
Click underlined song titles to download tracks.
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Perth 2004 Josh Meggitt: piano and singing Dan Erickson: guitar and singing Benedict Moleta: guitar and singing 1)Yellow bird (Bergman / Bergman / Luboff) 2)Swananoa tunnel (traditional) 3)Hellbound train (traditional) 4)Single girl (traditional) 5)Red river valley (traditional) London 2005 Josh Meggitt: guitar, turntable and singing Benedict Moleta: guitar, hurdy gurdy and singing 1)So long, it's been good to know you (Woodie Guthrie) 2)Theme from love story (Francis Albert Lai) 3)Little old wine drinker me (Garrett / Jennings / Mills) 4)Liberation (Tennant / Lowe)
Perth 2009
1)White Shoes (Jack Tempchin) |