"Pat always does a wonderful evening and her choice of songs are excellent."
Ali O'Brien
(Greater Manchester Radio)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
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THE JUDAS TRAP
Pat Ryan & Ken Howard
RIVCD053
Release Date: March 2006

Released to coincide with their 2006 Australian tour The Judas Trap is a fine example of Pat & Ken's artistry. The list of guest musicians is also testament to the respect that they have gained in the British Folk music scene over the years.
Musicians: John Munro, Emma Luker, Kat Kraus, Pete Titchener, Jenna Bonavita, Malcolm Gibbons, Clive Leyland.

Tracks:
Orion * Best O' The Barley * The Ballad of Charles Devonport * Lancashire Fusilier * Some Dreams * Annachie Gordon* The Judas Trap * The Year of The Drum * The Winter It Is Past * Bless This House * Spey Bay *Innocent New Year *


ANTICLOCKWISE
Pat Ryan
RIVRCD030
Release Date: 1st March 2004

This is a retrospective CD covering 30 years of Pat's recordings. All the tracks have been re-mastered and are taken from recordings that are no longer available. Backing musicians include: Phil Beer, Bernard Wrigley, Chris Parkinson, Malc Gibbons, Chris Pollington, Ken Howard and Paul Downes.

Tracks:
Lovers Heart * Trouble in these Fields * Isle of Eigg * Bewcastle * Leaving the Land * Sun and the Moon * Leaboy’s Lassie * Southern Soldier Boy * The Old Simplicity * Black is the Colour * The Bergan *Port of Call * The Village Fool * Starting all over again * This Love will Carry

GENTLE REMINDERS
Pat Ryan and Ken Howard
RIVCD104
Release Date: 20th March 2004
Although Pat and Ken have worked together for a long time, this is the first CD they have released as a duo. The CD is a mixture of traditional material and contemporary songs arranged with a traditional feel. Pat and Ken are joined on the CD by Chris While on Vocals, Julie Matthews on Keyboards and Accordion, Nick Keir on Whistles and Mandolin, Bernard Wrigley on Concertina and Bass and Malcolm Gibbons on Vocals. The CD includes songs by Stuart Marson, Dougie Maclean, Ken Howard, Graham Moore, Bernard Carney and a Longfellow poem put to music.

Tracks:
Lancashire Lads * Broom of the Cowdenknowes *Tolpuddle Man * No Use for Him * Gallant Poachers
Hide in the Wind * The Light Dragoon * From this Land * I heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Too close to the Wind * Feathers and Tributes * Over the Lancashire Hills


Barefoot Over Stones
Pat Ryan
RIVCD048
Release Date: April 2002
Pat and Ken's first CD release as a duo. The CD has a more traditional feel than previous recordings
Tracks:
The Snows they Melt the Soonest * Shipyard Apprentice * Hold Back the Tide * Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears * Polly Parker * Farewell He * Lost Soldier * The Last of the Widows * Cock of the North * Logie O Buchan * You’ll never be the Sun *
Golden Golden


 

'and who's to say'
Pat Ryan/Ken Howard/Malcolm Gibbons
RIVCD097
Release Date: May 1997

First CD release as a trio with Malcolm Gibbons from the band Strawhead. It has a mixture of traditional, contemporary and original songs. (Only limited numbers left)


Further and Further
Pat Ryan/Ken Howard/Malcolm Gibbons
RIVCD099
Release Date: June 1999

2nd CD as a trio. It has a mixture of contemporary, original and traditional songs. (SOLD OUT)