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The songs on the album include: "Stitch in Time" by [[Mike Waterson]]; "Maids When You're Young", a [[Folk music#Traditional folk music|traditional]] song which was popularised by [[The Dubliners]]; [[Child ballad]] [[The Twa Sisters| "The Two Sisters"]]; and "Death (Rock Me to Sleep)", based on a poem said to have been written by [[Anne Boleyn]],<ref>Sources differ whether [http://www.elfinspell.com/Boleynstyle.html George or Anne Boleyn] wrote [http://www.poetry-online.org/boleyn_anne_o_death_rock_me_asleep.htm "O Death Rock Me Asleep"] but the consensus is that Anne wrote it – see [http://jack-of-all-trades.ca/meandmine/advance6.html Fatal conspiracies: O Death Rock Me Asleep (Me and Mine website about the life and times of Anne Boleyn).]</ref>set to a tune by Lucy Ward.
The songs on the album include: "Stitch in Time" by [[Mike Waterson]]; "Maids When You're Young", a [[Folk music#Traditional folk music|traditional]] song which was popularised by [[The Dubliners]]; [[Child ballad]] [[The Twa Sisters| "The Two Sisters"]]; and "Death (Rock Me to Sleep)", based on a poem said to have been written by [[Anne Boleyn]],<ref>Sources differ whether [http://www.elfinspell.com/Boleynstyle.html George or Anne Boleyn] wrote [http://www.poetry-online.org/boleyn_anne_o_death_rock_me_asleep.htm "O Death Rock Me Asleep"] but the consensus is that Anne wrote it – see [http://jack-of-all-trades.ca/meandmine/advance6.html Fatal conspiracies: O Death Rock Me Asleep (Me and Mine website about the life and times of Anne Boleyn).]</ref>set to a tune by Lucy Ward.


"Alice in the Bacon Box", a song written by Ward in the style of a traditional folk song, tells the story of [[Derbyshire]] [[hermit]] Alice Grace (1867–1927)[http://www.derbyshireuk.net/alice_grace.jpg] from [[Little Eaton]] who, on being evicted from her cottage, lived in a box previously used for storing bacon, which had been given to her by the local butcher.<ref name= "Folk Radio UK"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/little_eaton.html |title=Little Eaton|publisher=Derbyshire UK: Guide to Derbyshire & the Peak District|date=2011|accessdate= 25 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A737679|title= Old Alice in the Bacon Box – the Little Eaton Hermit |publisher=[[h2g2]] |date=21 April 2004 |accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref>
"Alice in the Bacon Box", a song written by Ward in the style of a traditional folk song, tells the story of [[Derbyshire]] [[hermit]] Alice Grace (1867–1927)[http://www.derbyshireuk.net/alice_grace.jpg] from [[Little Eaton]] who, on being evicted from her cottage, lived in a box previously used for storing bacon, which had been given to her by the local butcher.<ref>{{cite journal|url= http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/1622|title=Album Review: Lucy Ward – Adelphi Has To Fly (Navigator)|author=Allan Wilkinson |journal=Northern Sky Music Magazine|date= 1 July 2011|accessdate= 11 October 2011}}</ref><ref name= "Folk Radio UK"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/little_eaton.html |title=Little Eaton|publisher=Derbyshire UK: Guide to Derbyshire & the Peak District|date=2011|accessdate= 25 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A737679|title= Old Alice in the Bacon Box – the Little Eaton Hermit |publisher=[[h2g2]] |date=21 April 2004 |accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref>


The album was critically acclaimed<ref name= "Folk Radio UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2011/06/lucy-ward-adelphi-has-to-fly/|title=Lucy Ward – Adelphi Has to Fly|author=Alex Gallacher|publisher=[[Folk Radio UK]]|date= 21 June 2011|accessdate= 25 July 2011}}</ref> and received a four-starred review in ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/16/lucy-ward-adelphi-has-to-fly-review|title=Lucy Ward: Adelphi Has to Fly – review|author= [[Robin Denselow]]|journal=[[The Guardian]]|date= 16 June 2011 |accessdate= 17 June 2011}}</ref>
===''Single Flame''===
===''Single Flame''===
On 7 August 2013, in a concert at [[St Pancras Old Church]], [[London]], she launched her second album, ''Single Flame''. Produced by Stu Hanna, it was released by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013.<ref name="Zierke 3"/>
On 7 August 2013, in a concert at [[St Pancras Old Church]], [[London]], she launched her second album, ''Single Flame''. Produced by Stu Hanna, it was released by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013.<ref name="Zierke 3"/>
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The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned [[protest song]], which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young". This was again produced by Stu Hanna, who also performs on the two tracks, with his wife Debbie Hanna providing backing vocals.
The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned [[protest song]], which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young". This was again produced by Stu Hanna, who also performs on the two tracks, with his wife Debbie Hanna providing backing vocals.


In a four-starred review for ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Robin Denselow]] said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".<ref name="Impressive">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/15/lucy-ward-single-flame-review | title=Lucy Ward: Single Flame – review | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=15 August 2013 | accessdate=27 August 2013 | author=[[Robin Denselow]]}}</ref>
In a four-starred review for ''The Guardian'', [[Robin Denselow]] said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".<ref name="Impressive">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/15/lucy-ward-single-flame-review | title=Lucy Ward: Single Flame – review | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=15 August 2013 | accessdate=27 August 2013 | author=[[Robin Denselow]]}}</ref>


===Other work===
===Other work===

Revision as of 18:50, 11 February 2015

Lucy Ward
Background information
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)
Derby, Derbyshire, England
GenresFolk, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)vocal, guitar, concertina
LabelsNavigator Records
Websitewww.lucywardsings.com

Lucy Ward (born 12 December 1989)[citation needed] is a British singer, guitarist and concertina player from Derby. She performs, with a voice described as expressive and powerful,[1] traditional English folk songs as well as her own material. Her two albums, Adelphi Has to Fly and Single Flame (Navigator Records), have been critically acclaimed.[2][3][4][5]

Professional career

Adelphi Has to Fly

On Adelphi Has to Fly, which is produced by Stu Hanna from Megson, Lucy Ward is accompanied by Sam Pegg, Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow from O'Hooley & Tidow and by Debbie and Stu Hanna.

The songs on the album include: "Stitch in Time" by Mike Waterson; "Maids When You're Young", a traditional song which was popularised by The Dubliners; Child ballad "The Two Sisters"; and "Death (Rock Me to Sleep)", based on a poem said to have been written by Anne Boleyn,[6]set to a tune by Lucy Ward.

"Alice in the Bacon Box", a song written by Ward in the style of a traditional folk song, tells the story of Derbyshire hermit Alice Grace (1867–1927)[1] from Little Eaton who, on being evicted from her cottage, lived in a box previously used for storing bacon, which had been given to her by the local butcher.[7][3][8][9]

The album was critically acclaimed[3] and received a four-starred review in The Guardian.[10]

Single Flame

On 7 August 2013, in a concert at St Pancras Old Church, London, she launched her second album, Single Flame. Produced by Stu Hanna, it was released by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013.[11]

The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned protest song, which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young". This was again produced by Stu Hanna, who also performs on the two tracks, with his wife Debbie Hanna providing backing vocals.

In a four-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".[5]

Other work

Lucy Ward's music has been used as the soundtrack for award winning director Kim Hopkins' documentary film Folie à Deux – madness made of two.[12][13] The film soundtrack uses "For the Dead Men", some new original material and some cover songs played by Lucy Ward and Hungarian fiddle player Barnabas Balázs.[14] The film, which shows the human cost of the banking crisis, premiered in November 2012 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam[15] and was broadcast on BBC Four in its Storyville international documentary series on 11 November 2013.[16]

Lucy Ward has also written songs and music for Robin Hood by the touring theatre company Oddsocks [2].

She has performed and recorded with the Cupola trio (Doug Eunson, Sarah Matthews and Oli Matthews)[17] as Cupola:Ward, releasing in 2012 the EP Four.

She provided vocals on one of the tracks – "Gospel of the Sun" – on David Gibb's 2011 album There Are Birds in My Garden[18][19] and on a track – "There's a Dragon in My Bedroom" – on Gibb's 2014 album Letters Through Your Door.[20] She also provided backing vocals on three of the tracks on Marc Block's album The Hawthorn Spring, released on 15 April 2014.[21]

She was commissioned by BBC Radio 3's The Verb to write a song based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel "North and South". Ward's live performance of her new song "Creatures and Demons" was included in a special programme on Mrs Gaskell, broadcast on 3 October 2014.[22]

Awards and recognition

Lucy Ward was a Young Folk Award finalist in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards[23][24] where she performed "Stitch in Time" by Mike Waterson. The song was included on the third CD of the album BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009[25] and a longer recording appeared on her 2011 album Adelphi Has to Fly.

In the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards she won the Horizon award (for best newcomer). Her recording of "Maids When You’re Young", which was subsequently included on the first CD of the album BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012,[26] was nominated as best traditional track.[27]

In 2014 Lucy was nominated for the prestigious "Folk Singer of the Year" award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards making her one of the youngest ever nominees for the award.

Discography

Lucy Ward

Album Release date Label
Adelphi Has to Fly 13 June 2011 Navigator Records (Navigator 47)[28]
Single Flame 19 August 2013 Navigator Records (Navigator 083)[11]
Single Release date Label
"For the Dead Men" (Lucy Ward) /
"Maids When You're Young" (remix) (traditional, arranged Lucy Ward) 		29 January 2012 Navigator Records (Navigator 070)[28]

Cupola:Ward

EP Release date Label
Four
"Cotton Mills of Cromford" (traditional) / "The Bone Lace Weaver" (Leonard Wheatcroft, Roy Harris) /
"When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart" (Alison Krauss) / "King of Rome" (David Sudbury) 		2012 Coth Records[29]

With James Findlay, Bella Hardy and Brian Peters

Album Release date Label
The Liberty to Choose: A Selection of Songs from The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs 10 June 2013 Fellside Recordings[30](FECD257)

Personal life

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Paul Rhodes (8 March 2011). "Review: Idgy Vaughn, House Concert (Near York)". The Press (York). Retrieved 23 October 2011."Ward has an expressive, powerful voice. She also has an outsize personality, like a latter-day Judy Henske, and a well honed ability to work an audience."
  2. ^ Robin Denselow (16 June 2011). "Lucy Ward: Adelphi Has to Fly – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Alex Gallacher (21 June 2011). "Lucy Ward – Adelphi Has to Fly". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Cite error: The named reference "Folk Radio UK" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ Allan Wilkinson (1 July 2011). "Album Review: Lucy Ward – Adelphi Has To Fly (Navigator)". Northern Sky Music Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b Robin Denselow (15 August 2013). "Lucy Ward: Single Flame – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ Sources differ whether George or Anne Boleyn wrote "O Death Rock Me Asleep" but the consensus is that Anne wrote it – see Fatal conspiracies: O Death Rock Me Asleep (Me and Mine website about the life and times of Anne Boleyn).
  7. ^ Allan Wilkinson (1 July 2011). "Album Review: Lucy Ward – Adelphi Has To Fly (Navigator)". Northern Sky Music Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Little Eaton". Derbyshire UK: Guide to Derbyshire & the Peak District. 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Old Alice in the Bacon Box – the Little Eaton Hermit". h2g2. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  10. ^ Robin Denselow (16 June 2011). "Lucy Ward: Adelphi Has to Fly – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  11. ^ a b Reinhard Zierke (18 July 2013). "Single Flame". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Folie à Deux – Madness made of two (2012)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Folie à Deux – Madness Made of Two". British Films Directory. British Council. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  14. ^ "Lucy Ward writes and records film soundtrack, theatre score and new album on the way". Navigator Records. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  15. ^ Simon Holland (5 August 2013). "Lucy Ward – Single Flame". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  16. ^ Kim Hopkins (18 September 2013). "Grief at Gray's Court: acclaimed film chronicles York property nightmare". Cinema Preview. York Mix. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  17. ^ "Lucy Ward's Cupola link is taking root". Derby Telegraph. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  18. ^ Alex Gallacher (4 July 2011). "David Gibb – There Are Birds in my Garden". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  19. ^ Reinhard Zierke (2014). "There Are Birds in My Garden". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  20. ^ Reinhard Zierk (2014). "Letters Through Your Door". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  21. ^ Reinhard Zierke (2014). "Marc Block: The Hawthorn Spring". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  22. ^ "Elizabeth Gaskell Special". The Verb. BBC. October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  23. ^ "Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2009". BBC Radio 2 website. December 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  24. ^ Louise Parmakis (2011). "Adelphi Has to Fly – Lucy Ward: the bright young folk review". Bright Young Folk. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  25. ^ Reinhard Zierke (15 September 2014). "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  26. ^ Reinhard Zierke (15 September 2014). "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  27. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Wednesday 8 February 2012". BBC Radio 2 website. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  28. ^ a b Reinhard Zierke (18 July 2013). "Adelphi Has to Fly". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  29. ^ Reinhard Zierke (18 July 2013). "Cupola:Ward: Four". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  30. ^ Reinhard Zierke. "The Liberty to Choose". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  31. ^ Ally Walsh (20 August 2014). "VIDEO: Derby folk star Lucy Ward launches new album". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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