| A Maid and her Music 112 pages 120 photographs for only £12.50
(plus £1.50 p&p UK) If you want to order or for more info e-mail: pmvia@forest-tracks.co.uk In "A MAID AND HER MUSIC" I tell Ruth's story, based on interviews and photographs from her family album and shared musical experiences over a thirty year friendship.
There is a brief history of the melodeon. Plus profiles of her collection with unique photographs and descriptions of the instruments (and some of the people who originally played them) in Ruth's own words. Ruth Askew, now of Swanmore, has played the melodeon since her early childhood back in Chagford, Devon. She has played with Bob Cann, Oscar Woods and many other traditional players but is best known for her unlikely musical partnership with George Privett of Shedfield. They played together for over thirty years. George also played melodeon and sang a little but he was best known for his exuburant spoons playing. | 
