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"Fantastic album" - Folker! (Germany)
"Even more vigorous and full of life" - NetRhythms
" It’s this forceful, take no prisoners attitude that drives the album along at a fair pace and although not without its subtleties the recording doesn’t flounder like so many other artists I can think of featuring a similar line-up."
- Pete Fyfe
"Robust vocals on powerful songs, both traditional and self-composed"
- fRoots

Track listing:

Binnorie / Disco Reels / The Factory Lad / Banks of the Dee-Harbour Reel / Under the Rug / This Happy Marriage / Collier’s March- Brave Dudley Boys / Clipboard Lassies / The Blind Fiddler / Miner’s Ghost / Driftwood Guitar / Begging Song

"Under the Rug" is Broom Bezzums' hotly awaited second album, emerging 15 months after their critically acclaimed debut CD "Arise you sons of freedom…"

Retaining the political stance set out in its predecessor, "Under the Rug" features tracks such as the traditional Black Country song Collier's March, delivered with Mark Bloomer's trademark vocal passion and sturdy guitar, augmented with Andrew Cadie's rousing harmonies and rapid Northumbrian pipes flourishes.

Fiddle-singing features strongly as both singers unfold the ballad of "Binnorie" on the opening track, over a fiddle and guitar groove which builds up over time with mandola and bowed double bass. This line-up is revisited in "Banks of the Dee", a pitman's lament set to a swaggering accompaniment. Instrumental sets punctuate the track list, with numbers such as the raucous "Disco Reels" and the quirky title-track "Under the Rug".

Original songs from Andrew Cadie this time include "This Happy Marriage", an ode to Anglo-Scots relations over several centuries; "Miner's Ghost", which charts changes in Northumberland through a real life ghost story and "Clipboard Lassies", a 'come all ye' warning about the woes of easy credit.

12 tracks of honest traditional music loaded with energy, genuine emotion and inevitable humour.

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Arise you sons of freedom ...
(Steeplejack Music 2007)

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" Andrew and Mark complement each other admirably on any instrumental combination they choose to employ." - Living Tradition
“Andrew Cadie and Mark Bloomer are both accomplished folk musicians, but it's the joyful exuberance of their music which sets it apart." - Roots Music
“The whole album is well crafted and signposts great things for Broom Bezzums.” - Folking.com

Track listing:

Working Men of England-West End Reel / The Blackleg Miner / The Peacock Followed the Hen-Kiss Her Under the Coverlet-The Balck and the Grey / Bonny Brown Hair / Crooked Jack / Shearer’s No 9-Cahir’s Kitchen / Here’s the Tender Coming / Auf Wiedersehen Pet / Oakey Strike Evictions / Rigs of the Times / The Cold House-Bagie Lantern / Chains of Tyranny

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The 12-track debut CD contains material from several centuries, mostly charting the struggles of the common man against cruel rulers and greedy factory owners. Alongside traditional miners' songs and Northumbrian dance tunes are contemporary numbers penned with a strong feel for the tradition.

Shearer's #9, a haunting football themed slow reel (!) composed by Mark Bloomer, contrasts with the closing track Chains of Tyranny, Andrew Cadie's modern-day mantra about increasing corporate tampering in global politics. "Arise you sons of freedom" was recorded live in the studio in order to capture the electric atmosphere of Bloomer and Cadie's live performances, which are fast gathering a devoted following in their adopted home of Germany, and are set to do the same on their maiden visit to England early next year.

The pair combine close harmony singing, fiddle, guitars, mandolin and Northumbrian pipes in densely-sculpted arrangements, balancing proficient playing with an explosive punk edge. German weekly Die Rheinpfalz described Broom Bezzums music as crafted, honest and absolutely authentic...very soulful...a breathtaking fireworks display of technically impressive playing.

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Andrew Cadie
The Snow Tree
(Border Fray 2006)


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“this is a great album” – Irish Music Magazine (Eire)
“a very pleasing record” – fRoots (GB)
“a solid collection of songs and tunes” – Dirty Linen (USA)
“These soulful, evocative, lyrically convincing songs sit very comfortably within the English folk genre.” – The Living Tradition (GB)
“consistent and impressive from start to finish.” – Folker! (D)

Andrew's solo CD, featuring some of the songs Broom Bezzums now perform live.

Track listing:

1. Emigrant's Song (Cadie)
2. O My Lady (Cadie)
3. Sandgate Dandling Song (trad.)
4. Seven Streets/Express Jig/The Litty Jig (Cadie)
5. Jock O' Hazeldean (trad.)
6. Widow's Walk (Cadie)
7. Devilstick Dawson/Christine's Hornpipe (Cadie)
8. If You Should Be/Mush Pies (Cadie)
9. Love is Pleasing (trad.)
10. Swept Astray (Cadie)
11. The Snow Tree/Atlantic Storm Reel (Cadie)
12. Lilting Lullabies (Cadie)

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