Album released 15th December 2006

This new web site is still under construction

Site last updated on 10th July 2008. 

(This & all future updates by Stacy Faulkner & Lee Edmead)

The objectives of this project were:

1) To create an album of Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk and Acoustic based music, from  in & around Somerset. Even though music is unique to certain areas, the music does not stop at county boundaries as it flows.
2) To make an album as a fundraiser & to find a worthy cause for the proceeds to go to.  In the end, the Somerset Wildlife Trust (SWT) were chosen to benefit from this first album.

This started as a Wellington based project, then spread out across Somerset and into the surrounding areas.  In the future, I hope  to create a ‘Somerset & Friends 2’, reaching out to give the opportunity to other new and established artists in & around the county to contribute & share their music, in a another fundraiser.                                 

I hope you enjoy this album of traditional, contemporary folk & acoustic based music & poetry, whilst also helping to support and protect Somerset’s wildlife and habitats.

Lee Edmead, Wellington, Somerset, September 2006.

SWT’s mission statement is: Somerset Wildlife Trust has one simple aim – to safeguard the county’s wildlife and wild places for present and future generations.

‘Somerset & Friends’

 Folk & Acoustic album.

Track No:	Title.	Artist/s
1. 2. 3.                 4.                  5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.        22 23. 24. 25.	Storm Gold (part 1.)                  (P Bird) Child of the Universe                  (T Simon) When you walk away                 (N Brace)                                        Drowsy Maggie                          (Traditional Arr.  Lucy Lastic) Fool                                           (S Merchant) Arthur Crabtree                          (T Salter) Carhampton Wassail                   (Traditional ) No care for life                           (S Merchant) Leave her Johnny, leave her        (Traditional) Rose of Raby                             (D Shepherd) Holly’s Song                              (J Lovell) The Journeyman                         (Traditional) The Padstow Farewell                (Traditional) Falling Away                              (M Bartlett) Carhampton Orchard                  (M Babb) Grey Skies                                  (M Lyons) The Seeds of Love                      (Traditional arr. T Batten) High Hills Lament                        (T Simon) Parlour Dance                             (D Clarke) Someone in Somerset                  (Traditional) SWT song                                   (T Faulkner, N Storey, C Clegg                                                            & L Williams) SWT poems (part 1,2,3 & 4)      (T Faulkner, N Storey, C Clegg                                                            & L Williams)               Gilderoy                                      (Traditional arr. Lucy Lastic) The Land Remains                      (G Withers) Storm Gold ( part 2.)                   (P Bird)	Phil Bird Seize the Day Risky Chicks                              The Lucy Lastic Band             Sue Merchant Tim Salter Jim Binding Viv Lynham & Chris Foden Old Spice Boys Stephen Snow Jamie Lovell Eddie Upton Old Spice Boys The Visitors Martyn Babb Margaret Lyons Tony Batten Seize The Day Pressgang George Withers The Six Silly Sods                                                The Six Silly Sods                                               The Lucy Lastic Band George Withers Phil Bird