Publications and CD's

Frankie’s Albums

Available from main and specialist record shops, or by mail order from Frankie.
CDs - £12.00 + 50p each for p+p. click on images for track lisings and samples.

Encouragement Frankie Armstrong vocals Bob Evans crwth Anthony Ingle piano accordian and vocals Sarah Harman vocals (track10) (Fellside Records; FECD 208 ). (Enquiries/Mail Order: Paul Adams, Fellside Records. 01900 61556 www.fellside.com).
Roy Harris, The Living Tradition "Frankie Armstrong, indomitable woman, inspirational teacher and great, great singer has been a force on the Folk Scene for many years, bringing her searchlight of a voice to a corpus of songs ranging from Child Ballads to Brecht and back again...Frankie Armstrong lives the songs she sings."	Martin Graebe, English Dance and Song "Encouragement. Courage at the heart. To give people courage. The idea is central to this CD as it is to the sound track of Frankie Armstrong's life....and of course we are talking mainly about the courage of women......This is another enjoyable and thought provoking CD from one of the revival's stalwarts."
*The Garden of Love’* with vocal and instrumental accompaniment by John Kirkpatrick, Joan Mills, Brian Pearson and Leon Rosselson (Fellside Records; FECD 144). (Enquiries/Mail Order: Paul Adams, Fellside Records. 01900 61556 www.fellside.com).
*‘Till the Grass O’ergrew the Corn’* (Traditional Ballads), with John Kirkpatrick & Maddy Prior on some tracks (FECD 116). Fellside
*‘Lovely on the Water’* a reissue of Frankie’s first solo LP, with extra tracks from the 60s & 70s (FECD 151).Fellside
she sings "Banks of Green Willow" on ‘*Voices – English Traditional Song’*, a Fellside compilation disc (FECD 87);
"Tam Lin" on ‘*Ballads’* (a Fellside compilation of singers performing traditional ballads – FECD 110).
Frankie has two CDs (with Joan Mills) on Harbourtown Records ‘*The Fair Moon Rejoices’* with Cardiff musicians – HARCD 027
*Darkest Before Dawn* Frankie with Sarah Harman and Shanee Taylor. Songs of defiance, peace, hope, fear and fun. We three formed our trio to sing at benefits for the Peace Movement, especially The Campaign Against The Arms Trade, so this clearly influenced our selection of songs. Harbourtown HARCD 045
‘*Ways of Seeing’* (solo, duo and group acapella women’s voices – HARCD 009) Enquiries and Mail Order: Gordon Jones, Harbourtown Records, 01229 588 290; harbourtown
*‘I Heard a Woman Singing’* a reissue by Rounder Records, USA (CD FF 332) of an early 80s LP of Frankie’s, is distributed in Britain by Topic Records.
Frankie is on a Topic reissue ‘*Bird in the Bush – An amorous and erotic song collection’* with other singers (TSCD 479);	e
and is also featured on a Topic compilation ‘*Round Cape Horn – Traditional Songs of Sailors, Ships and the Sea’* (TSCD 499). .

Frankie’s Books

Frankie’s autobiography *‘As Far as The Eye Can Sing’* edited by Jenny Pearson, published by Women’s Press in 1992 (ISBN 0 7043 4294 4)
*‘Well Tuned Women – Growing Strong through Voice Work’* the exciting new book that Frankie co-edited with Jenny Pearson, containing essays from leading international women voice trainers and artists, is also published by Women’s Press (ISBN 0 7043 4649 4)