A unique blend of folk, roots and jazz
A unique blend of folk, roots and jazz
Another collaboration with Fiona’s choir Dark Sky Voices, who came up to our recording studio during the Summer of 2025. As well as the underlying guitar and piano, listen out for the lap steel, bass and electric guitar, all hand built by Paul! Here’s a little sampler. Please visit our BANDCAMP PAGE to download the track.
All proceeds until March 1st 2026 will go to SHELTER in support of homelessness.
Listen to a short audio sampler.
An eight track studio album featuring Fiona’s choir Dark Sky Voices.
This is a very different album for us…but then life has been very different this last couple of years!
The album includes four brand new Landermason songs, a moody instrumental, an arrangement of a song by Jonathan Kelly, and two of our favourite covers that we’ve been wanting to record in a long while by Joni Mitchell and Tori Amos.
“Absolutely splendid stuff!” Genevieve Tudor – BBC Radio Shropshire.
1. Born to Sing
2. This I Believe
3. Hitcher
4. The Ballad of Cursed Anna
5. Over and Over Again
6. Woodstock
7. The Last Tribe
8. Winter
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Available from November 13th
We wrote a song during lockdown! We also made a video to accompany it and invited some of our musician friends to take part….virtually of course! The video is on our Youtube channel but you can download the high quality audio file (recently featured on BBC Introducing, Radio 4 and Sky News) for as little as £1 on our Bandcamp page!
A brand new festive song for mixed choir and piano written by Fiona Lander. This soulful, reflective song sends out a powerful message about the pressures of unnecessary spending at Christmas time. It features 12 singers from Queen Elizabeth High School (past and present!) in Hexham, Northumberland. All proceeds raised help to support youth projects in the rural North Tyne community. The CD includes another choral work ‘Holy Infant Child’ which was commissioned by North East award-winning chamber choir Voices of Hope in 2018.
For more details about Fiona’s choral and instrumental scores please visit her composer website.
Here’s a little sampler of the song. To buy the single as a download please click here
A ten track studio album containing eight original songs by Landermason plus two new jazz arrangements of classic well loved songs.
“There is a very likeable character in Fiona Lander and Paul Mason’s music. The songs on Stand Together are well written and performed by the duo who provide all the varied instruments, from guitar to clarinet, piano to percussion. Smoothly jazzy renditions of folk tune ‘The Water of Tyne’ and jazz standard ‘In the Wee Small Hours’ sit alongside equally eclectic originals.” RocknReel
“Thanks for sending a copy of your fantastic new CD! It’s now on heavy rotation in the car!” JIM TOMLINSON (Jazz musician, composer, producer)
“This is mood music at it’s best, a worthy successor to the previous five albums and eminently suitable for those quiet evenings in front of the fire with a glass of something warm and inviting.” LIVING TRADITION Issue 126
“Quite unlike anything else you will hear on the scene today. Beautiful, honest, simple and direct. And if you let it, it will make your world a better place.” FATEA MAGAZINE
“If you buy only one CD this year, make it “Stand Together”. In the depths of winter it will put a spring in your step!” HEXHAM COURANT
“Their latest album features eight fabulous original songs and a couple of beautiful covers: The Water of Tyne (given a lightly jazzy arrangement) and the Sinatra classic In The Wee Small Hours. The duo dovetail together expertly with an appealing mix of folk, blues, jazz, country and pop with a sound that is rootsy Northumbrian and running the full gamut from breezy to haunting. Bravo!” THE CRACK MAGAZINE
“Though leaning more towards their lighter jazzy-folk than previous sets, it retains the duo’s trademark accessibility and accomplishment.” fROOTS
“Your best album yet!” Peter Ryder archeologist
OR to download the complete album or individual tracks please click here.
Also available to buy at CORE MUSIC and BELLINGHAM HERITAGE CENTRE.
Listen to a short excerpt of each track here…
This is a lovely CD….really super!” GENEVIEVE TUDOR (BBC Radio Shropshire)
“Landermason once again prove their imagination, their tastefulness and their natural ability to hook their audiences in and keep them enchanted.” LIVING TRADITION
“An album rich in sight, sound and history of both the North East and the Lake District.” FATEA MAGAZINE
“Heartfelt, great fun and continuing in a fine local tradition” THE CRACK MAGAZINE
“Good stuff!…congratulations” CLIVE GREGSON
“A thing of beauty” HEXHAM COURANT
An 11 track studio album of songs and tunes inspired by people, places and events in the North East and Cumbria.
1. The Shoemakker – a unique take on this traditional song from the Geordie Song Book.
2. Bellingham Stomp – an energising instrumental written for a session down the local pub when The Folk Trail stopped off in Bellingham on route from Lands End to John O’Groats.
3. The Bywell Baby – inspired by the remarkable story of Mary Leighton (the Bywell Baby). This epic piece captures the drama of the great storm and flood of 1771.
4. It’s a Dog’s Life – a light hearted jazz track that all came together whilst Fiona was out on a run!
5. They Never Knew – drawn on our personal experience relating to the tragic events that took place in Cumbria (June 2012)
6. Kielder Water – a sumptous arrangement based on the wonderful tune written by our friend Mike Bennett following his trip to the Northumberland National Park.
7. Baby Can I Watch You Sleeping – a foot tapping, jazzy number taking in Swing, Gypsy and Dixieland jazz along the way! Words by Mike Naylor.
8. Whittington Jig – a short lively jig for penny whistle named after the charming little Northumbrian village the duo once lived.
9. Can Crusher – The device created by Paul for the last Bellingham All Acoustic Music Festival created so much intrigue…a song just had to be written. Very tongue in cheek!
10. Hey! Mr Weatherman – a fun and annoyingly catchy little song about the weather!
11. Riverdale – a chill out track to end the album for ukelele and low G whistle. This relaxing tune captures the mood of a rare late summer day along the North Tyne.
“A really lovely carol, very uplifting. I’m a big fan!” ANNA FOSTER BBC Radio Newcastle
“Our favourite festive song!” SING UP
“Really Beautiful” LIANE CARROLL Jazz singer
“Absolutely Beautiful” YVONNE LYON Scottish songwriter
“Love the CD! MARY ANN ROGERS Northumberland artist
“We were really delighted to have the opportunity to perform your beautiful carol with you, and it was a real treat for the kids to meet a composer like you, and to get to travel all the way to Newcastle for a performance!” KIM EDGAR Conductor of ‘The BIG Sing’ Edinburgh
A brand new choral work for upper voices written by Fiona Lander. A glorious celebration of Winter featuring singers from Northumberland schools. Words and music by Fiona. Production by Landermason. The CD includes another new work composed by Fiona for solo piano.
For more details about Fiona’s choral and instrumental scores go to www.fionalander.com
An original score written to accompany a brand new production for Up-Front Puppet Theatre of ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin‘ based on Michael Morpurgos’ re-telling of the classic tale.
1. Overture to The Pied Piper of Hamelin
2. Sad Theme
3. Hint of Menace
4. Rat Song
5. Call of the Rats
6. Call of the Children
7. Sad Theme (reprise)
8. Rebuilding of Hamelin Town
9. Sad Town
10. The Call (at the cave)
11. Return to Hamelin
12. Arrival into Town
13. Goodbye Mr Piper Man
14. The Busker
“This new album is absolutely stunning. Beautifully produced. Truly a landmark for Landermason“. Hexham Courant
Tree of Souls: Working Man: Broken: Shipbuilding: The Lambton Worm: Stay With Me: Scrap Book: Living on a Shoestring: One For the Road: Sunday
This new album consists of 10 very contrasting songs. The title track itself ‘Tree of Souls’ is a contemporary folk song, which came about when the duo spotted an unusual roadside tree. The tree has provided inspiration not just for the song but also for the album cover design which is hand drawn by Paul. Other tracks include the bluesy guitar driven ‘Working Man’ and ‘Shipbuilding’ a reflective, mainly instrumental piece featuring classical style guitar and sexy alto saxophone. There’s a fun version of ‘The Lambton Worm’ together with quirky songs about their lives as musicians. After a contemplative piano based ‘One For The Road’ which suddenly explodes into a high energy feel good folk song, the album concludes beautifully with a lazy tango titled ‘Sunday’.
“Great album!” Lucy Duran BBC Radio 3
“A sparkly, supremely confident statement. This is one for the connoiseur”. Living Tradition
“Landermason have created a fascinating and compelling album...” Folking.com
I Know There’s a Reason: XYZ: When The Boat Come’s In / Dance to Your Daddy: Drummer Man: Words Unsaid: Me Too:
First Past the Post: Please Yourself: All Roads: Somalia: The Mirror: Sweep’s Song: Dance To Your Daddy Reprise
A 14 track album which skilfully encompasses both the folk and jazz genres. The mood of the CD is ever changing as beautiful songs are interspersed with lively jigs and catchy up tempo jazz tracks. All material on the album on the album is original with the exception of track 4, a striking arrangement of the traditional North East song ‘When the Boat Comes In’. Guest musicians include Peter Tickell, Sarah and David Jones, Geoff Hutchinson, Kathryn Davidson and Mike Tickell. The CD, manufactured entirely in the UK, comes presented in a 6 page quality card case accompanied by a 16 page full colour booklet containing original artwork of Northumbrian landscapes by David B Robson.