Lesley releases her new and finest album on the 23rd April.

In the folk- inspired, classical tradition of Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst and Benjamin Britten, Lesley returns to her north country, folk music roots to record an inspired collection of British and Irish songs, with powerful authentic instrumentation providing a dramatic contemporary sound.

Reunited with music director Paul Bateman and producer James Fitzpatrick, with whom she worked on her first five hit albums, Lesley has mined more than six centuries of traditional music. She has selected sixteen songs that range from Henry VIII’s ‘Pastime With Good Company’ and John Dowland’s ‘Fine Knacks For Ladies’, the 17th century’s ‘Over The Hills And Far Away’ and title track ‘A North Country Lass’, to the more recent Welsh lullaby ‘Suo Gan’ and as a bonus the complete version of ‘On Ilkley Moor Baht‘at’ arranged for soprano, brass band and choir.

Featuring the award-winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Black Dyke Band
Symphonic Arrangements and orchestrations by some of Britain’s finest Film and Classical composers
Paul Bateman * Nic Raine * Nicholas Dodd * Mark Thomas * Paul Hart * Adam Saunders * Andrew Skeet * Julian Kershaw * Troy Donockley * Paul Englishy * Dave Heath * Steven Baker

1.THE BOLD GRENADIER (3:50) [PLAY SAMPLE]
2.ALL AROUND MY HAT (3:07) [PLAY SAMPLE]
3.ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART (5:03) [PLAY SAMPLE]
4.BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY (5:08)
5.HE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR (4:06)
6.PASTIME WITH GOOD COMPANY (4:23) [PLAY SAMPLE]
7.SUO GAN (3:57)
8.THE RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSIES (5:12)
9.THE CUCKOO (4:20)
10.THE COLLIER LAD (2:16)
11.MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE (4:01)
12.FINE KNACKS FOR LADIES (3:12)
13.A NORTH COUNTRY LASS (3:10)
14.DANCE TO YOUR DADDY (3:41)
15.OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (3:20) [PLAY SAMPLE]
BONUS TRACK
16.ON ILKLEY MOOR BAHT’AT (5:30) [PLAY SAMPLE]
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