Where Umber Flows

Classic songs by these major figures of the English club scene – Primarily West Country songs, the album also includes some more modern material and two instrumental tracks.

Tom and Barbara returned to their beloved West Country in 1998 and now live in the village of Combe Martin on the North coast of Exmoor. The CDs title derives from the River Umber which flows down the valley to the sea, past the bottom of their garden. As a result of both local research and involvement in the extant singing traditions of Devon and Cornwall, their performance repertoire has always been diverse and unusual ranging from humourous dialect items to the classic ballads. Tom and Barbara are each soloists in their own right but also join in harmony and use accompaniment where they feel it is appropriate. Tom plays concertina, guitar, melodeon and mandola – also featuring the talents of Keith Kendrick concertina, Charlie Yarwood bones and vocals, Chris Bartram fiddle and Keith Holloway melodeon