{"product_id":"robb-johnson-roger-watson-six-of-one-and-half-a-dozen-of-the-other-cd","title":"Robb Johnson \u0026 Roger Watson - Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: IRR135CD\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5060749891104\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 13 Nov 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobb \u0026amp; Roger first started working together in 1989. Roger had established a formidable reputation in the world of traditional folk music, whereas Robb was primarily viewed as a post-punk singer-songwriter. They got on like a house on fire. In 2010 Roger suffered a stroke whilst awaiting heart surgery that left him apparently unable to perform. Undaunted, Roger has steadily recovered his strengths, \u0026amp; this album, the first new full recording project, is the result.\u003cbr\u003eRobb contributes six songs, including album opener ‘Evergreen’, their first collaboration in 1989, and two unreleased tracks ‘The Battle of South Street’ and ‘Mrs Blake’. Roger contributes two tunes from the English tradition, the songs ‘Miners’ Lifeguard’ and ‘Seafarers’, and two of Roger’s original compositions, the sublime ‘Bengal Rounds’ \u0026amp; the album’s triumphant concluding track, ‘The Malthouse’.\u003cbr\u003eSix of One and Half a Dozen of the Other is an album about folk music and folk process, creative cooperation, the condition of England, what passes and what persists, \u0026amp; a musical conversation performed by acoustic guitar, melodeon and an enduring friendship.\u003cbr\u003eRobb’s “An English original” (Robin Denselow, The Guardian), “a national treasure” (Mike Harding), “one of this country’s most important songwriters” (fROOTS), “one of the best songwriters this country has produced … the appellation National Treasure is often over-used, but in Robb’s case it is entirely appropriate” (St Edith’s Folk)\u003cbr\u003eRoger’s “influence and work as a professional folk musician has been immense and definitive: a bandleader, solo singer, instrumentalist, dance caller, songwriter, vocal arranger, inter-cultural activist, linguist, writer, thinker and folk animateur” (EFDS Gold Badge citation). (Not going to be available as a fucking thieving digital download).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr\u003e1 Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e2 The Big Ship\u003cbr\u003e3 The Battle of South Street\u003cbr\u003e4 Melon Juice\u003cbr\u003e5 A Postcard From Blackpool\u003cbr\u003e6 The Miners’ Lifeguard\u003cbr\u003e7 Union Train\u003cbr\u003e8 Bengal Rounds\u003cbr\u003e9 Saturday Night in Albion\u003cbr\u003e10 Seafarers\u003cbr\u003e11 Mrs Blake\u003cbr\u003e12 The Malthouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IRREGULAR RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48161946075292,"sku":"IRR135CD","price":15.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/RobbJohnson_RogerWatson-SixofOne.....jpg?v=1793355021","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/robb-johnson-roger-watson-six-of-one-and-half-a-dozen-of-the-other-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}