Traditional English folk singer Miriam Backhouse was born in Lewes, Est Sussex, and got her professional start on the British folk circuit in the mid 1970s. Backhouse released one solo LP in 1977, and the album become an underground British folk classic. Great tunes for fiddle and other string instruments, including flute interludes as well as some mellotron. The songs are part traditionals and part originals, sometimes dark and sometimes harsh, talking about the struggle to continue living despite frequent adversities and poverty. In 1969 she married keyboardist John Erasmus and moved to South Africa where she continues to compose and play music drawing on both British folk and South African tradition.
Miriam Backhouse - vocals, acoustic guitar, string nylon guitar.
Brian Etheridge - string bass, bowed bass, mellotron, rhythm guitar, vocals.
Julia Ethridge - piano, vocals, fiddle, percussion.
Stephan Galt - dulcimer.
Far away Tom.
The widow.
The farmers have gone East.
Long Lankin.
Nasty spider.
The dark side of the moon.
John Riley.
Keys of Canterbury.
Gypsy without a road.
Miriam Backhouse - vocals, acoustic guitar, string nylon guitar.
Brian Etheridge - string bass, bowed bass, mellotron, rhythm guitar, vocals.
Julia Ethridge - piano, vocals, fiddle, percussion.
Stephan Galt - dulcimer.
Far away Tom.
The widow.
The farmers have gone East.
Long Lankin.
Nasty spider.
The dark side of the moon.
John Riley.
Keys of Canterbury.
Gypsy without a road.
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