Tag Archives: Ashley Hutchings

ASHLEY HUTCHINGS – Million Dollar Ash

July 4, 2025

Talking Elephant 2025 A studio-sourced souvenir of festivities honoring one of the most venerable movers in the realm of roots music. How else would you celebrate the occasion of English folk-rock’s father figure becoming octogenarian if not with a public … Continue reading →

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RAINBOW CHASERS – Written In The Stars

March 10, 2024

Talking Elephant 2005-2006 / 2023 Stellar spectacle of generations-spanning respect for English traditional song as reflected through fresh creative prism. Perhaps, the least prominent of Ashley Hutchings’ multiple folk-interpreting enterprises, this collective of friends came into existence in 2004, after … Continue reading →

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THE ALBION CHRISTMAS BAND – All Are Safely Gathered In

December 1, 2022

Talking Elephant 2022 Veterans of folklore travels delve into tradition and novelty to let their fellowship shine ever so brightly. Mistletoe doesn’t have a scent yet if it did that’s the aroma this album would exude, as the ensemble whose … Continue reading →

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THE ALBION BAND Embrace The Season Once Again

October 10, 2022

Putting out Christmas albums may be a longtime, and often annoying, tradition, but creating entire ensembles for Yuletide is rather rare, and successfully pulling such a trick is an art unto itself. Still, THE ALBION BAND, an offshoot of sorts … Continue reading →

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ASHLEY HUTCHINGS – More Songs From The Shows

August 27, 2022

Talking Elephant 2022 Eminent English explorer of tunes’ traditional values serves up riveting roundup of his latter-day onstage imagery. When THE ALBION BAND released “Songs From The Shows” back in 1990, it was more than a mere summary of their … Continue reading →

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