Songs for the Voiceless

Sheffield, GB

'Songs for the Voiceless' is an album project aiming to bring some of the unknown stories of World War I to light. This album will be about the people the War impacted, men, women and children, soldiers and civilians.

Michael J Tinker had the idea in 2012 of gathering a number of folk musicians from around the country to write and record an album to tell some of these stories for the centenary commemorations in 2014. Jon Boden of Bellowhead has already contributed a track and he was followed by Gilmore & Roberts, The Young'uns, Tom Oakes and Ian Stephenson of KAN who all agreed to get into the studio with Michael in early 2014 to put this album together. Producer Andy Bell then came on board to produce and Haystack Records have agreed to put the album out. Our aim is to have an album of 10 to 12 songs with different vocalists and musicians from the 'house band' taking the lead on each track. We will be sourcing material from the vast wealth of poetry and songs already written as well as writing our own work inspired by the stories of real people.

This album will not be about taking 'sides' in the debate about the validity of WWI, but rather will focus on the people impacted, throughout the world and through different walks of life. We want to sing the songs of the voiceless.

We have already raised enough money through Kickstarter to mean the album will definitely happen, but the more we can raise, the better the album will be. This particular campaign will enable us to gather the musicians together (there are a lot of us!) to work on material in one place to create a better collaboration. Plus we had some rewards left over that we want you to have!

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Download of the Album

£8.00 or more : Get the...ummm... download of the album!

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CD

£12.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD. Featuring Jon Boden, Gilmore & Roberts, Tom Oakes, Ian Stephenson, The Young'uns and Michael J Tinker. Produced by Andy Bell. (Includes postage and packing)

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CD (international shipping option)

£14.00 or more : INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING OPTION Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD. Featuring Jon Boden, Gilmore & Roberts, Tom Oakes, Ian Stephenson, The Young'uns and Michael J Tinker. Produced by Andy Bell. (Includes postage and packing)

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CD + 'Man I feel like a Young'un'

£23.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD plus a signed copy of 'Man I Feel Like a Young'un' by the Young'uns. (Includes postage and packing)

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CD + 'Line Up'

£23.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD plus a signed copy of 'Line Up' by Ian Stephenson (Includes postage costs). (Includes postage and packing)

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CD + 'Shores of Amerikay'

£23.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD plus a signed copy of the limited edition 'Shores of Amerikay' by Michael J Tinker (includes bonus track 'Shenandoah' featuring Damien O'Kane). (Includes postage and packing)

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CD + 'Shores of Amerikay'

£23.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD plus a signed copy of the limited edition 'Shores of Amerikay' by Michael J Tinker (includes bonus track 'Shenandoah' featuring Damien O'Kane). (Includes postage and packing)

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CD + 'Auvo Quartet'

£23.00 or more : Pre-release copy of the complete album on CD plus a signed copy of The Auvo Quartet album (featuring Tom Oakes). (Includes postage and packing)

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Signed CD

£30.00 or more : Signed pre-release CD plus signed launch-show poster.

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CD + Bumper Pack

£85.00 or more : Bumber CD pack! Pre-release album plus Haystack Records' back catalogue: Gavin Davenport - The Bone Orchard, Brief Lives; Jen Ord - Many the Mile (EP); Maz O'Connor - On Leaves or on Sand (EP - limited edition!); Bruce Wilson - M'appen I May - a Collection of Cumbrian Songs (CD and Book); The Teacups - One for the Pot

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CD + Dedicate a Song

£100.00 or more : Signed pre-release CD, plus song dedicated to someone you knew or a relation from WWI.

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