The Sillertides (Doug Huggins and Linn Phipps) are a transatlantic duo singing traditional songs in a conversation style.
The track “Braw Sailing” from our debut CD “Silk and Leather” (bandcamp sillertides.bandcamp.com ) was played on Judy & Dennis Cook (Oberlin, Ohio)’s weekly radio programme https://ceimd.com/Glad4Trad/ on 3 January 2024.
Some of our latest Youtube videos are:
Johnny ma man (dedicated to our friend Lisa Null).
Sovay
Lovely Joan
For Lovely Joan, we have recorded Bob Lewis’s version with his kind permission, and dedicated our recording to him.
We recorded the version of our friend Niamh Parsons for The Banks of the Nile https://youtu.be/5BZ7CsEw0sI
Our most complex song yet is The Fair Flower of Northumberland: https://youtu.be/3RdIV0uoOZI
Thank you to Les Sullivan for permission to record Jutland (Les Sullivan) https://youtu.be/6u6Ct3gusLM about the WW1 Battle of Jutland.
Thank you to Corinne Gahan for her image which illustrates our Lady Margaret and William https://youtu.be/a0h-1zcAbgY (which we have dedicated to our friend Casey Casebeer)
Le mariage secret: https://youtu.be/f4Ri4Q8DOCY with Benoit Lemiegre .
Scarborough Fair (dedicated to Lynn Noel) https://youtu.be/zd5KwrgVMS8
The Dark Eyed Sailor: https://youtu.be/1y5XogfOP-s (dedicated to Doug’s Dad)
The Frog’s wedding (dedicated to our friend Annette O’Connell, with the kind permission of Cathal McConnell for his version) https://youtu.be/-HkmRIT7SvE
The Moorlough Shore (dedicated to our friend Alice Farrell) https://youtu.be/V5Wj2qVK–Y
When my love and I parted: https://youtu.be/HkyEs7l6GJQ
Lovely Molly https://youtu.be/z9wczJd_ygs (dedicated to our friend and Guest singer David Ingerson)
John Dead – Grey Goose Gone Home (dedicated to Linn’s friend Ronald Graham): https://youtu.be/hK8QpHgVW0M
Over the hills and far away https://youtu.be/SD-pKTJCk5I (dedicated to Ruth & John Yule)
Please see Sillertides webpage https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk/sillertides/ and YouTube channel https://bit.ly/3hzmYNC for other Sillertides videos; and debut CD “Silk and Leather” on bandcamp sillertides.bandcamp.com