The Witches of Elswick were an English a cappella folk quartet. They were: … Read Full Bio ↴The Witches of Elswick were an English a cappella folk quartet. They were: Becky Stockwell, Gillian Tolfrey, Bryony Griffith and Fay Hield. Much of their material came from traditional music of the British Isles, including Two Sisters, Lord Randall, and Daddy Fox. They also performed more comtemporary folk material, such as Once Lived In Service (Peter Bellamy), Soldier, Soldier (Peter Bellany, based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, Bring Us A Barrel (Keith Marsden).
The Witches took their name from Elswick, Tyne and Wear, where they shared a flat, and is a play on The Witches of Eastwick.
Gillian (from Jarrow) and Becky became "drinking buddies", when Becky moved to Newcastle from Broadstairs in Kent. Bryony (from Huddersfield) became friends with the two of them when she moved to the area, to be with her boyfriend, a dancer in a traditional dance team, who practised at the local pub. They then started living in a flat together. When Fay (from Keighley) starting a degree course (a BMus in Folk and Traditional Music) in 2001, at Newcastle University, she moved into the flat, and the group formed later that year.
The group formed part of WitchNotes, a seven-part a capella group, with folk musicians Grace Notes. Bryony Griffith also sung and played fiddle in folk group The Demon Barbers, which also includes her brother Ben Griffith on drums.
Due to various committments the group parted at the end of 2007.
The Witches took their name from Elswick, Tyne and Wear, where they shared a flat, and is a play on The Witches of Eastwick.
Gillian (from Jarrow) and Becky became "drinking buddies", when Becky moved to Newcastle from Broadstairs in Kent. Bryony (from Huddersfield) became friends with the two of them when she moved to the area, to be with her boyfriend, a dancer in a traditional dance team, who practised at the local pub. They then started living in a flat together. When Fay (from Keighley) starting a degree course (a BMus in Folk and Traditional Music) in 2001, at Newcastle University, she moved into the flat, and the group formed later that year.
The group formed part of WitchNotes, a seven-part a capella group, with folk musicians Grace Notes. Bryony Griffith also sung and played fiddle in folk group The Demon Barbers, which also includes her brother Ben Griffith on drums.
Due to various committments the group parted at the end of 2007.
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I Once Lived In Service
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@Clusterfrog
@geeveemee2 Indeed it is a cover. I'm not sure if Bellamy wrote it though a lot of folk of this kind is old public domain songs that have been around for a long time. Coincindentally I was listening to this song when I got your email :D
@geeveemee2
Isn't this originally from David Bellamy's 'The Transports"?
@johntaylor7617
wehey GILLIE the voices are sublime well however its splt ya gobs clang oot sum coolNOTES love yu lots see you n co;in soon aye tazzartext
@OmegaMaxter
i can not for the life of me find a video or anything with the original song by Peter Bellamy or Norma Waterson
@ryanbusch2885
Azure Nova's Video Game Music took me a few hours to find even this version
@davecollinsmusic
Super harmonies - beautiful blend of voices. Is this their only offering on YouTube?
@Jojo-py2xs
@@eli-fremont Beautiful. Can you please let me know Gillie's wherabouts?