The Folk Song Society is very pleased to present Roy Harris & Michael O'Leary Johns in concert. Roy Harris is considered to be one of the "elder statesman" of the folk revival in Britain, and continues to create performances that audiences don't forget, full of yarns, humor, and mixes of traditional and contemporary songs. This concert marks his twenty-first year of singing in the United States.

Roy is joined by his friend Michael O'Leary-Johns. Welsh born, Mike comes from an Irish singing family and adds a big voice to the duo. His repertoire comes from all parts of the British Isles, and he is fond of songs of the sea. Both he and Roy, along with Tony Fraser, make up the shanty group, "Mainbrace".

It's quite a treat having them join us for a concert. We hope you can join us too!

Discography for Roy Harris

• The Bitter & The Sweet [ Topic Records, TOPIC 12TS217 ]
• Champions of Folly [ Topic Records, TOPIC 12TS256 ]
• Sandbank Fields [ Topic Records, TOPIC 12TS327 ]
• The Valient Salor [ (with A.L. Loyyd, Alistair Anderson, Martyn Wyndham-Read, & Bernard Wrigley) Topic Records, TOPIC 12TS232 ]
• Sea Shanties [ (with A.L. Loyyd, Alistair Anderson, Martyn Wyndham-Read, & Bernard Wrigley) Topic Records, TOPIC 12TS234 ]
• The Rambling Soldier [ Fellside Records, FE 017 ]
• Utter Simplicity [ Fellside Records, FE 044A ]
• Selection from the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs [ (with Martin Carthy, Jez Lowe, Linda Adams &John Bowden) Fellside Records, FE 047 ]
• Flash Company [ Fellside Records (sampler), FE 050 ]
• Voices [ Fellside Records, FE 087 ]
• A Tale of Ale [ (with Robin & Barry Dransfield, Peter Bellamy & more) Free Reed Records, FRRD 023/24 ]

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