2016 Album made with full trad band "Stray Hens". hens Tshirts are also available, as is an eponymous Stray hens Album from 2014.
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Song of the Inland Rain is a poem by Jack Sorenson, first put to music by Roger Montgomery. We thank Roger for his permission to record and distribute the song.
Ryan Tews (Drums, Keys, Vocals) arranged the song for the Hens and added a tune of his own at the end, which became the title track of the album. You can hear the quiet and the loud and the silent power of rain on the parched Australian landscape in this tune. As with his Photography and his visual arts, Tews has provided a work most evocative of nature and environment.
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The Confluence is a 12 track album featuring Sally Taylor, Richard Grace, Ryan Tews, Carmen O'Brien and Mandy Connell.
Each artist leads a song (Vocals) and the CD features
Tom Paine's Bones (Graham Moore
Mad Tom of Bedlam (Arr Stray Hens. Tune by Nick Jones and Dave Moran)
Diamantina Drover (Hugh McDonald)
Song of the Inland Rain (Roger Montgomery / Jack Sorenson)
(With Tune "The Confluence" by Ryan Tews
The Dreadful End of Mariana For Sorcery (Karine Polwart)
The Cruel Mother (Trad Arr Mandy Connell)
Pot & Tinker... more
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Written by Jack Sorenson (Australian Poet) and put to music by Roger Montgomery (Dingos Breakfast), this song is led by Ryan Tews on vocals and piano.
The recording uses the beautiful piano from the Echidna Studios (Christmas Hills, Victoria) and features a tune written by Tews for the arrangement.
All the hens had a certain amount of input on the music for this piece.
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from The Confluence,
track released December 2, 2016
Arranged by Stray Hens Richard Grace, Mandy Connell, Carmen O'Brien, Ryan Tews, Sally Taylor
Recorded by the Stray Hens at Echidna Studios (Christmas Hills, VIC)
Recorded and Mixed by Luke Plumb.
Mastered by Mattie Foulds (UK)
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from The Confluence, released December 2, 2016
Ryan Tews (Drums)
Mandy Connell (Vocal and Guitar)
Carmen O'Brien (Fiddle and Vocals)
Sally Taylor (Lead Vocals)
Richard Grace (Double Bass
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