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Artisan disbanded as a full time entity in November 2005, however they've released a CD of brand new songs for the 2010 reunion tour and their CDs and DVDs are still available on mail order from Jacey Bedford. For your peace of mind you can now pay by Paypal using either your credit card or your Paypal account. In case of difficulty call Jacey on (UK) 01484 606230.

If you wish to pay by cheque, please write out your order and post it to Artisan at: 10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XW, UK. In case of query, please e-mail artisan@artisan-harmony.com or phone us in the UK on 01484 606230. Prices shown include all applicable taxes and also include postage worldwide.
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BOING1018
CD

Due 21st July 2010
A new CD from Artisan to go with their Five Year Reunion Tour. Ten new songs and a bonus poem. Includes The Weatherman, High Ground, I Am Woman, I am Man, If I Had Time and All is Fair in Love and War

£11.50

 

DVD cover

Artisan at the Paramount
DVD
PAL - UK and NTSC - US VERSIONS

Region and Format

 A complete recording of Artisan's retirement concert filmed on 20th November 2005. Great picture and exceptionally fine sound quality. All the Artisan favourite songs and inbetween bits. Especially gorgeous versions of 'Wings' and 'Breathing Space' plus 'Mary Ellen Carter' Formatted for UK and Europe (PAL) or North America (NTSC) please specify which you require. If you don't specify we will send the one appropriate for the delivery address. £19.50

Artisan Live

Artisan Live
BOING 017
CD
Listen to: What's the Use of Wings - Live version

A recording of Artisan's live to air radio concert at WFMT in Chicago in 2002, including links and audience reaction. Featuring many Arti-favourites including What's the Use of Wings and Breathing Space.

Review: Artisan Live! is both the ultimate memento of this class act and the ultimate primer for those who've... Read more...

£13.50
Searching For Yorladale

Searching for Yorladale
BOING 8801
CD
Listen to: Mad Old Mike

Artisan's first LP from 1988, reissued for the first time on CD. This contains 13 tracks of songs from the poetry of Yorkshire dales dialect poet Dorothy Una Ratcliffe - all set to music by Brian Bedford. The booklet contains a biography of the poet and pix from her family album dating back to the late 1800s

Go to to Jacey's Dorothy Una Ratcliffe page

£13.50

Dancing With Words

Dancing With Words
BOING 0007
CD
Listen to: Dancing with Words

Fourteen brilliant songs from the pen of Brian Bedford and the tonsils of Artisan. A definite contemporary flavour with jazz and gospel influences and also some of the most sumptuous harmonies you'll hear. Includes 'I Saw Another You' and 'Farewell Song' £13.50

Paper angels

Paper Angels
BOING 9806
CD
Listen to: Paper Angels

Songs from the splendiferous Artisan Stuff the Turkey Christmas Show, written by contemporary song writers. Includes 9 Brian Bedford originals. Songs silly and serious, but not a traditional carol in sight. Includes "First Christmas Away from Home," "Christmas Child," "Big Red," " The Snowman's Song" and "Christmas Eve 1914" £13.50

Breathing space

Breathing Space
BOING 9302
CD
Listen to: Breathing Space

This is classic Artisan - and still very representative of our sound. Twenty songs by Brian Bedford in Artisan's unique harmony style. There are songs about love, the environment, stupidity, breathless beauty, politics and ghosts. Some are serious, some are not! Listen to a snatch from Breathing Space £13.50

Rocing at the End of Time

Rocking at the End of Time
BOING 9103
CD
Listen to: Trivia

Half the songs on here are Brian Bedford's and half are by contemporary songwriters including Anne Lister, Pete Morton and Huw Williams. Includes Brian's much requested "What's the Use of Wings". The sound is uniquely Artisan. A blend of gutsy vocal energy and velevet harmonies. £13.50
Driving Home

Driving Home
BOING 8905
CD
Listen to: Buy and Buy

Artisan's 1989 LP digitally re-mastered and re-issued on CD. Classic early Artisan with "Mary Ellen Carter", "The Burning Times", "Unicorns" and now with three bonus tracks: 'Poverty Knock', 'Shift and Spin' and 'One More Burden'. £13.50

SLIMLINE CDs
Top quality studio produced copies in a slimline case with on-body CD print and insert/track list.

 

Christmas Is Come In

Christmas Is Come In
BOING 0211S
Slimline CD

A collection of twenty traditional carols and wassails - mostly favourites - re-recorded from earlier deleted CDs 'The Season of Holly and Ivy' and 'Bygone Christmas' with three completely new tracks. £11.50
Silver & Gold

Silver and Gold
BOING 0314
Slimline CD

Listen to: Silver and Gold

.Artisan's most recent seasonal CD featuring - mostly - songs by Brian Bedford. Including 'Holly and Mistletoe days' and 'Home for Christmas' co-written with Barnsley poet Ian McMillan £11.50
Our Back Yard

Our Back Yard
Bedspring Music
BOING 9604
Slimline CD

Listen to: Do You Remember

Songs about life in the last half century in a variety of styles-- from not-quite-nostalgia for the 50s to a strong kick up the 90s. All but one song written by Artisan's own Brian Bedford and sung in glorious harmony. Includes 'Fear' and 'NIMBY'. The one untypical track on this album is Lamb in the Jungle', hear it at the Artisan myspace site £11.50
SAMPLER CD
Wings Sampler CD

Wings
Sampler CD

Special Offer

This is the CD on the Terra Nova label which contains a nixture of tracks from Breathing Space, Rocking at the End of Time and Driving Home. It includes the track 'What's the Use of Wings'.

On its own Wings is £6.50 including postage. If you buy it with any one other item it's just £5.00. If you buy any 4 items you can order it FREE by clicking 'Add to basket' button and specifying free in the dropdown menu..

 
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Secure internet ordering direct from Artisan in England with PAYPAL

To p ay with a credit card via the paypal secure ordering site - just click add to basket. You don't need a paypal account to acees this service (though if you have one, you can pay by paypal direct from your account if you prefer). To pay by cheque or money order print your requirements clearly and post to
Jacey Bedford, 10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, England, HD8 8XW with cheques payable to Artisan.
Phone from within the UK (01484) 606230
Phone from outside the UK +44 (1484) 606230
You can contact Jacey by emailing artisan(at)artisan-harmony.com please use ALBUMS as part of the title.

All cheques/ bank drafts must be made payable to ARTISAN and must be in UK pounds sterling. We accept: Personal cheques drawn on a British bank or bank cheques or drafts in pounds sterling drawn on a British bank

Please note that we no longer take credit or debit cards other than via paypal, sorry..

 

Reviews

Artisan Live

This supreme a cappella team should need no introduction! Artisan, the dynamic trio of Jacey & Brian Bedford and Hilary Spencer, first started singing together in 1984, initially for fun - but they're still together over twenty years later. Well only just - for Artisan as a performing unit will be no more, their final concert due to take place in Penistone, South Yorkshire, only a few miles from their Birdsedge home, on 20th November; definitely a case of quitting while they're ahead! Unbelievably (in view of their incredible success as a live act and the fantastic rapport they've always achieved with their audiences), they've never released a live album, so here at the eleventh hour comes this wonderful 67-minute set (but why does the blurb state 72 minutes? - spooky!!), which consists of a transfer of the bulk of an 85-minute live-to-air radio broadcast from WFMT Radio, Chicago back in March 2002. Anyone who has at any time considered Artisan the epitome of soulless perfection will take comfort from this release, for it's truly a "warts-and-all" set, living dangerously with a one-take performance. Sure, the usual Artisan trademark of careful preparation and rehearsal is present and correct throughout, but even in the obviously scripted intros there's plenty of spontaneity and the trio's sense of fun comes across in spades. As it does in their singing, naturally. Excellent solo singing, fabulous harmonies, solid ensemble work, great technique, serious accomplishment at the service of 15 superbly crafted songs (all Brian's own compositions, running the emotional gamut from What's The Use Of Wings?, I'll Sail No More and White Horses to NIMBY, Mabel and Go With A Smile On My Face - which of course they do, and so will you!). Artisan Live! is both the ultimate memento of this class act and the ultimate primer for those who've not previously been tempted to purchase an Artisan CD but have harboured a secret admiration for the trio's craft.

David Kidman - netrhythms

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Last updated July 18th 2010