teaching resource is his 2003 book of traditional tunes, English Choice, and two accompanying CDs. He has recently started to perform with accordion wizard Chris Parkinson as the Sultans of Squeeze, and the pair have released one album. He is remarried. One of his sons, Benji Kirkpatrick, is a member of Faustus, a former member of Bellowhead and Magpie Lane, and has recorded as a solo guitarist. He has succeeded his father as a member of Steeleye Span. All four of his sons do morris dancing. As a composer, choreographer and musical director, Kirkpatrick has contributed to over 60 plays in the theatre and on radio. Kirkpatrick was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to folk music. Discography Solo albums Jump at the Sun (1972) Going Spare (1978) Three in a Row (1983) Blue Balloon (1987) Sheepskins (1988) Earthling (1994) One Man and His Box (1999) Mazurka Berzerker (2001) The Duck Race (2004) A Short History of John Kirkpatrick (anthology) (1994) Make No Bones (2 CDs) (2007) Dance of the Demon Daffodils (2009) God Speed the Plough (2011) Every Mortal Place (2013) Tunes from the Trenches (2015) Coat Tails Flying (2017) John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris The Rose of Britain's Isle (1974) Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band (1976) Shreds and Patches (1977) Facing the Music (1980) Ballad of the Black Country (1981) Stolen Ground (1989) Ashley Hutchings with John Kirkpatrick Morris On (1972) The Compleat Dancing Master (1974) John Kirkpatrick and Martin Carthy Plain Capers (1976) With the Albion Band Battle of the Field (1976) Lark Rise To Candleford (1980) The BBC Sessions (1998) (tracks 1 – 4, recorded 1973) With John Raven and Sue Harris The English Canals (1975) [reissued in 1999 as The Bold Navigators – The Story of England's Canals in Song] With Steeleye Span Storm Force Ten (1977) Live at Last! (1978) With Brass Monkey Brass Monkey (1983) See How it Runs (1986) Sound and Rumour (1999) Going And Staying (2001) Flame of Fire (2004) The Complete Brass Monkey (anthology) John Kirkpatrick Band Force of Habit (1997) Welcome To Hell (1997) With Umps and Dumps The Moon's in a Fit (1980) John Kirkpatrick, Maddy Prior and Sydney Carter Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter (1981) Kepa Junkera, Riccardo Tesi, John Kirkpatrick Trans-Europe Diatonique