Episodes

  • Episode Eighteen - Valentine Special
    Feb 9 2022

    Welcome to the eighteenth episode of The Thunder Mutters, our Valentine special, giving you a taster of projects we have been involved in since the last podcast series.

    This episode features extracts of poetry from 'Love & Other Fairy Tales', written and performed by Adam Horovitz, and traditional tunes from Becky's album, 'Take Her Out and Air Her' arranged and performed by Becky Dellow on fiddles and piano, with accompaniment by Lukas Drinkwater and vocals Milly Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    Becky's album can be bought from this link: https://beckydellow.bandcamp.com

    and for Adam's book, follow this link: http://adamhorovitz.co.uk/blog/shop/love-other-fairy-tales/

    The order of play is listed below:

    Tune: Garden of Butterflies

    Poem: Some Kind of Fairy Tale

    Poem: There's a Music

    Tune: Rolling Wave

    Poem: Seed & Stone

    Poem: A Rose By Any Other Name

    Song: False, False        

    Poem: The Marriage of Consonant and Vowel

    Poem: Fragment of a Fairy Tale

    Tune: My Mind Will Never Be Easy

    Poem: Love Poem Disguised

    Poem: Stopping with a bicycle on a hill above Stroud

    Ruskin Mill

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

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    42 mins
  • Episode Seventeen - The Shepherd's Calendar - March - John Clare
    Mar 26 2021

    Welcome to the seventeenth episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'March' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    This is our final episode featuring Clare’s ‘Shepherd’s Calendar’ and we will be having a month off in April, ready to return in May with a new project.

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky has used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: St David’s Day, Way To Get Married, Kingsbridge Assembly, Capt Mackintosh, Coming Through The Rye, Archers Dance, Montrose Reel and The Irish Roodalum.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 2nd January 2021]

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    32 mins
  • Episode Sixteen - The Shepherd's Calendar - February - John Clare
    Feb 26 2021

    Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'February ' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return next month with March, our final episode from Clare’s Shepherd’s Calendar so please come back then and take a listen. 

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky has used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: Lovly Nancy [sic], New Drops of Brandy, Female Drummer, The Muses, Irish Girl, Stringers Hornpipe, Charley over the water and Hornpipe.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 2nd January 2021]

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    24 mins
  • Episode Fifteen - The Shepherd's Calendar - January - John Clare
    Jan 29 2021

    Welcome to the fifteenth episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'January' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return next month with February, so please come back then and take a listen. 

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky's used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: Wounded Huzzar, Lincolnshire Rangers, Dorset shire March, The Storm, Top sail shivers, Lord Cathcart, Scarlet and Green, Stopford’s Reel, Wars Alarms.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 2nd January 2021]

     

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    32 mins
  • Episode Fourteen - Wassail
    Dec 18 2020

    Welcome to the fourteenth episode of The Thunder Mutters, a bonus December episode featuring readings by Adam Horovitz, two acapella settings of Clare's poems composed by Jess Nock and interspersed with tunes performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return next year with January from Clare's poem 'The Shepherd's Calendar', so please come back then and take a listen. 

    Two of the tunes in this episode have been taken from Gwilym Davies and Roy Palmer's book 'Let Us Be Merry', a collection of carols from Gloucestershire. This and other sources used are listed below.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: The Lament of Swordy Well, The Cock Fled Up In The Yew Tree, The Bitter Willow, The Gloucestershire Wassail, The Mores.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Davies, G and Palmer, R, Let Us Be Merry (Cirencester: Green Branch Press, 2016)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 2nd December 2020]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Wassail

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    24 mins
  • Episode Thirteen - The Shepherd's Calendar - December - John Clare
    Dec 11 2020

    Welcome to the thirteen episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'December' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return next week for a bonus Christmas episode, so please come back then and take a listen. 

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky's used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: Roast Beef of Old England, Ashley’s Ride, Egg Hornpipe, Brighton Camp, We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 29th October 2020]

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    20 mins
  • Episode Twelve - The Shepherd's Calendar - November - John Clare
    Nov 20 2020

    Welcome to the twelfth episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'November' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return extremely shortly in ber with the next episode, so please come back then and take a listen. 

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky's used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, (using Clare’s grammar!) in order of appearance: Dull Care, Handels Gavott..(No2), Red Lyon Hornpipe, Lord Vincents Hornpipe, Peggy Band, Devils Dream, Poor Soldier. In addition to Clare’s poem, this episode also features a poem called ‘The Thunder Mutters’ by Elvis McGonagall.

     

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 29th October 2020]

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91377021?mode=transcription

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunchurch

    http://playforddances.com/dances/queens-jig/

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    26 mins
  • Episode Eleven - The Shepherd's Calendar - October - John Clare
    Oct 30 2020

    Welcome to the eleventh episode of The Thunder Mutters, featuring 'October' from John Clare's 'The Shepherd's Calendar’, performed by Adam Horovitz, and interspersed with tunes from Clare’s tune manuscripts performed by Becky Dellow.

    As usual, our Ko-fi page is open for donations to help keep the podcast up and running: www.ko-fi.com/thethundermutters. Any contributions much appreciated.

    We will return extremely shortly in November with the next episode, so please come back then and take a listen. 

    All the tunes in this episode have been taken from John Clare's tune manuscript books, and Becky's used the transcriptions provided by Marion Ross in George Deacon's book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (Sinclair Browne Ltd., 1983) as the basis for her arrangements.

    The tunes, whose histories are discussed in the show, are listed here for your convenience, in order of appearance: Daniel’s Hornpipe, Betty Brown, A Hunting We Will Go, Mother Goose, White Cockade, Kempshot Hunt and George II. In addition to Clare’s poem, this episode also features a song by Giles Watson and Simone Keane called ‘The Singing Tree’ and ‘John Clare’s Rules’ a poem by Brian Johnstone.

    The Thunder Mutters’ theme tune is The Gardengate

    References:

    Deacon, George, John Clare and the Folk Tradition (London: Frances Boutle Publishers, 2002)

    Kuntz, Andrew, and Valerio Pelliccioni, Traditional Tune Archive (2017) [Accessed 29th October 2020]

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    23 mins