England - Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

I had forgotten to make a stop in Leeds, where 1970's folk rock band Mr. Fox started out from.  Initially they were billed as the new Fairport Convention, but after a few mediocre live performances and some personal differences, they only lasted 2 years until 1972, producing just 2 albums during that time.  The two albums were later re-released together as Join Us in Our Game.  Here are a couple of tracks from this album.  First Leaving the Dales with some photos I took a few years ago hiking around the Yorkshire Dales:

The next one is them singing about a different part of the country, Salisbury Plain:

Even earlier family band The Watersons burst onto the scene in Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) in the mid 1960's.  They performed on and off until 2009 covering mostly traditional material in a capello.  Most of their most popular songs were published on their 2004 album For Pence and Spicy Ale.  This song, The Good Old Way, features on that album:

Moving on to Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, where Folk singer, guitarist and banjo player Martin Simpson hails from although he has since absconded to the USA.  In his long and prolific career he has been nominated for and won numerous awards including best folk album of the year in 2008 for his album Prodigal Son.  This is a song from this album called Never Any Good:

Apart from many solo albums Martin Simpson has also participated in many collaborations including with his long-term wife Jessica Radcliffe, originally from Los Angeles, and Lisa Ekstrom.  They recorded 2 albums for the summer and winter solstices.  Whilst we are closer now to the summer solstice, this is a track from their 2000 winter solstice Album Beautiful Darkness.  It's called Give Me the Moon:

Another collaboration was with Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr, both great folk musicians in their own right, with whom he recorded the 2015 album Murmurs. This is an instrumental track from that album called Seven Years:

That's it for today.  Next up we explore the Midlands of England.  As usual you can follow my virtual journey on my Tripline map.