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Michael Rossiter

arcane songs and other relics

About Me



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My Dearest Dear (Folk Theatre 2008) £5 + £1 p+p (UK based - email below for other countries)

11 songs for you:


Nameless Lick
Jack Went A-Sailing
My Dearest Dear
Davy Lowston
Kitty Alone and I
Edward
Beautiful His Feet
Come My Little Roving Sailor
Love Henry
The Betrayed Maiden
Goodnight Kate
Also available on-line from Norman Records
and Jumbo Records, Leeds.
"The best local record we've heard this fortnight" The Leeds Guide, July 2008
"Is poised to take his turn in the spotlight" Subba Cultcha
Email: [email protected]

Listen to my sister if you have a moment:
www.myspace.com/jackandel
and find me on here: Last.FM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/27/2005
Band Website: michaelrossiter.co.uk
Influences: John Fahey, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Martin Carthy, Harry Cox, Pete Seeger, Mississippi John Hurt, Alan Lomax, Ewan McColl, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Coppard, Sam Larner, Ali Farke Toure, Dock Boggs, Cyril Tawney, Burl Ives, Charley Patton, Etta Baker, Eliza Carthy, George Formby, James P Johnson, Isla St Clair, Johnny Cash, John Jacob Niles, John Kirkpatrick, Leonard Cohen, Taraf De Haidouks, Kitty Wells, Moondog, Karen Dalton, Joseph Spence, Little Richard, Kocani Orkestar, Otis Redding, Pentangle, Old Swan Band, Skip James, Roy Orbison, Shirley Collins, Shelagh McDonald, Sandy Bull, Sam McGee, Roscoe Holcomb, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Claude Debussy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, Blind Willie McTell, Dick Gaughan, Bela Bartok, Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family, the Incredible String Band, Terrea Lea, Tim Hart and Maddie Prior, Tiny Parham, Tiny Tim, Tom Waits, the Dubliners, Mrs Maud Long, Mike Yates, Jeannie Robertson, Son Jarocho, Les Barker, Nino Rota, Utah Phillips, Anne Briggs, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Rev. Gary Davis, and Serge Prokoviev.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Folk Theatre and tired of trying.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Control Magazine - "My Dearest Dear" Review

Michael Rossiter  My Dearest Dear (Folk Theatre)Michael Rossiter is part of a really vibrant and exciting folk scene in Leeds right now. I should know, I live there. But where some try to re-invent t...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:48:00 PST

Instruments for sale! Good stuff.

For Sale: Oakwood 'Irish' model Tenor Banjo. Includes fitted pickup, custom hard case, leather strap & spare Newtone strings.£700 o.n.o Oakwood 'Original' model Mandolin. Includes fitted pickup &a...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:01:00 PST

"My Dearest Dear" Review from Subba Cultcha

Welsh born Rossiter keeps it simple as he plays some traditional sounding folk. Michael Rossiter is clearly a Woody Guthrie fan, which is far from being a bad thing. Like Woody, Rossiter's songs are s...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:50:00 PST

Jumbo Records, "My Dearest Dear"

"Serious new local 'folk' talent who can mix it with lots of more famous/traditional musicians, and features some great guitar playing, please come in and check this highly recommended album." Jumbo R...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:38:00 PST

Album review - Leeds Guide

In better news, the best local record we've heard this fortnight is Michael Rossiter's My Dearest Dear (Folk Theatre). It's a stunning collection of traditional folk songs, with a few of his own compo...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PST

"My Dearest Dear" on Norman Records

Michael Rossiter is a new name to me. He sent us his CD and I was so impressed I mailed him straight back to buy the company (or something). He didn't want to sell but he did want us to stock his new ...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:29:00 PST

African Drumming

Something I wrote many moons ago with the help of a great website: http://home.acceleration.net/clark/papervu/Rossiter.htm Cheers. Michael....
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:24:00 PST

Sandman review of La Charge

Michael Rossiter - La ChargeGiven that he's such a key cog in the same Leeds folk machine which has churned out such luminaries as Benjamin Wetherill, Fran Rodgers and Paul Marshall in recent years, t...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:06:00 PST

High Voltage Demo Review

Michael Rossiter - Michael Rossiter plays:Based in Leeds, Michael Rossiter appears to be developing a reputation as a fine purveyor of gentle acoustic playing. And I mean gentle in it's most literal s...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

Carter Night Review. Student Guru.

Upon entering the Common Place at dusk you wander into a safe and cosy darkness under the fairy-lights; return to the en-masse sitting on the carpet of childhood days, and naturally you..re eager for ...
Posted by Michael Rossiter on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:22:00 PST