Discography:

Cape Ann By Sea (2008):

This compilation of 12 songs about New England and the sea,  includes selections from 3 of our CDs. It's called "Cape Ann By Sea", and is available at Gaybrook Garage, Russell Orchards, and Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Folks who want just the maritime material can have the salt, can skip the pepper.

Grist for the Mill (2008):

This disc reflects the songs and tunes Daisy and Stan have been working on for the past few years, with some old favorites going back quite a few years. Lois Lyman's Wiscasset Schooner song has been in Daisy & Stan's repertoire for a decade or more, but has just now been recorded by the duo and their band, Pat Conlon of Gloucester and Steve Wainwright of Marblehead. The title track, Grist for the Mill, is based on the story of the Gloucester Marine Railway's origins at the site of the old Gloucester grist mill.
For Daisy Nell, a life in music has been enriched by personal experiences and regional changes that have all been what she calls “grist for the mill”. Her husband Stan Collinson has crafted two songs on this album, one about his time as a farmer, The Saga of Jerry Hayes, and another about his sense of the family of mankind, Behold the Family Circle. A banjo tune from the minstrel show era of the mid-1800's is introduced by a southern sea chantey called Dance Gals, Gimme the Banjo, while another rousing riverboat chantey was collected in Mississippi, called Brother Noah Built the Ark. A beautiful ballad from songwriter Dillon Bustin, Yet My Life Needs You, tell the tale of a captain's wife who urges them to push on after their whaling ship is encased in the Arctic ice. For Daisy and Stan making an album is an opportunity to reflect on their music and their lives together, whether it's performing their songs or, as The Song of the Veery suggests, sitting on the porch in the old green chair, pickin' on the banjo, surrounded by the sounds of the woods, embraced by the morning air.
            All of these CDs are available at Gaybrook Garage in Essex, MA, and Russell Orchards, in Ipswich, MA. A complete calendar of appearances locally and throughout New England can be seen at www.daisynell.com/calendar.php .

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Bought Me a Rooster; Old Folk Songs for Young Folks (2004)
Winner of the Parent's Choice 2004 Silver Award (Review)

Heartbeat From the Sea (2002)
This collection focuses on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and our lives here: working, playing music, and, hopefully, sharing it with you! Although we try to take our listeners to far away places with our music, we often find universal themes right in our own lives, our own roots. The sea around us often dominates our music, but family life and ties to the shore are very strong for both of us.
Crabgrass Band: Andy Woolf (fiddle, vocals); Pat Conlon (mandolin, blues harp, vocals); Steve Wainwright (bass, vocals).

Heartbeat From the Sea is $10.00. Buy Now!

Time Has Made a Change in Me (1999) is still available!! The eclectic group of songs includes old folk songs, gospel, and contemporary folk music. For this recording project, Daisy and Stan teamed up with their regular crew of musician friends, Jack Schwartz (bass), Pat Conlon (mandolin), and Andy Woolf (fiddle) to form the group known as Crabgrass. The name is much like the band itself: a blend of bluegrass mixed with a large grain of salt, bringing sea chanteys and shipboard ditties to new depths. The album features Stan on Guitar and dobro, with Daisy singing lead and playing guitar and banjo. Daisy's daughter Miranda Russell is a guest performer featured on a few of the cuts, as well as the album's title track. Local famous favorites Bill and Sarah Smith also lend their talent on a couple of ripping tunes.

Time Has Made a Change in Me is $10.00. Buy Now!

Or: send a check or money order to: 67R Pond St. Essex, MA 01929. Email Daisy for details on other purchase methods.

Sweet Chariot Music Festival
Appearing as part of ensemble and in solo numbers in discs Volumes 1 and 2.