For Honour & For Gain, by Finest Kind

For Honour & For Gain

by Finest Kind

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1.	Bay of Biscay 03:14	info	buy track
2.	She Thinks I Still Care 03:25	info	buy track
3.	Claudy Banks 03:02	info	buy track
4.	Short Life of Trouble 02:50	info	buy track
5.	Thomas and Nancy 03:44	info	buy track
6.	Bully in the Alley 03:13	info	buy track
7.	He Comes Like Rain (Like Wind He Goes) 03:32	info	buy track
8.	Song of the Lower Classes 04:17	info	buy track
9.	Lowlands Low 03:58	info	buy track
10.	John Barleycorn Deconstructed 03:00	info	buy track
11.	Why Should I Be Lonely? 03:38	info	buy track
12.	Tenting on the Old Camp Ground 02:50	info	buy track
13.	Christmas Trilogy 03:17	info	buy track
14.	The Lass That Loved a Sailor 02:36	info	buy track
15.	From Dover to Calais 02:04	info	buy track
16.	The Riley Boys 04:17	info	buy track
17.	Farm! Farm! 05:14	info	buy track
18.	By the Green Groves 02:07	info	buy track

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On Finest Kind's fifth CD, Ian, Ann, and Shelley show what nearly two decades of singing together sounds like: brilliant harmonies, innovative arrangements, and immaculate performances that range over a vast expanse of repertoire--old ballads and country classics, fun parodies, songs of protest and heartbreak, and a cool, new Christmas carol.

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released August 1, 2010

Vocals: Ann Downey, Shelley Posen, Ian Robb
Guitar: Shelley Posen
Bass, Banjo: Ann Downey
Concertinas: Ian Robb
Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin: James Stephens
Fiddle (track 2): Michael Ball
Piano: Jeff McClintock
Sousaphone, Mellophone, Trombone, Pocket Cornet: Brian Sanderson
Triangle: Jody Benjamin
Recorded by James Stephens at Stove Studios, Chelsea, QC
Mixed by James Stephens and David Bignell at Heat of Sound, Ottawa
Mastered by David Cain at Soundmaster Studios, Ottawa
Cover illustration by Marilyn Koop

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Ian Robb Ottawa, Ontario

Self-described “singer and writer of old songs”, Ian Robb started out singing in English folk clubs in the 1960s, before emigrating to Canada in 1970. Since then, he has sung with Finest Kind, The Friends of Fiddler’s Green, Jiig, Arrowsmith:Robb Trio and most recently, with James Stephens. In 2005 he was awarded one of the first Canadian Folk Music Awards for “Best Singer: Traditional”. ... more

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