Description

shoes of the skin of a bird is the second album from Corvus, the duo comprising Mike Billington and Bill Pook.

The album comprises predominantly Bill’s own compositions accompanied by such diverse instruments as guitar, Appalachian dulcimer, bowed psaltery, recorders, dudy bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, piano, keyboards, kalimbas, Indian harmonium and a variety of percussion including the Hungarian utogardon.

1. Maggie, Millie, Molly and May (ee.cummings/Pook)
2. Bless The Child (Pook)
3. Mariner’s Revenge (Meloy)
4. Men’s String Vests (Pook)
5. Gardening With Numbers (Pook)
6. Twa Corbies/Bouree des Dindes (Trad.)
7. Billy Eats Fingers (Pook)
8. Shankhill Butchers (Melos)
9. Bartek And The Flies (Pook)
10. False Knight On The Road (Trad.)
11. Go And Sit Upon The Grass (Cutler)
12. Poison Be My Friend (Pook)
13. Lament To The Goats Of Santorini/Lady Poem (Billington/Pook)
14. A Nice Cup Of Tea (Billington/Pook)