Elgin Movements

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Elgin Movements

Elgin Movements is a collage of Delta Blues couplets, a technique common to blues musicians , fashioning their own narrative out of shared lines; an Elgin movement refers to the precise and elegant movements of an Elgin watch.

Credits: released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, piano, harmonica. Rick Burrows: Trumpet, bass and slide guitar.

St.James Infirmary

This is a fragment from an early 19th Century Irish song.

Credits: released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, piano, harmonica. Rick Burrows: Trumpet.

Hey Mr Fireman

The American Penal system is notoriously harsh; it seems peculiarly nasty to sentence someone to 99 years.

Credits: released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, piano, harmonica. Rick Burrows: Slide guitar.

Buick

Nostalgia song for the hugely formative impact music has on some teenagers.

Credits: released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, piano. Rick Burrows: flugelhorn, bass, acoustic guitar, percussion.

Jesse James

Our one protest song, contextualising the revered folk hero/outlaw as the original murderous white supremacist.

Credits: released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, Piano. Rick Burrows: Acoustic guitar.

Arch Clement

Partner song to Jesse James, told mostly from the point of view of the crazed dying psychotic killer and side-kick to Jesse James.

Credits; released July 28, 2026
Peter Wilkinson: Vocals, Piano. Rick Burrows: Trumpet, percussion