Tunes for a Monday Morning

All of today's songs are from musicians based here in Devon...

Above, Seth Lakeman, who lives on the other side of Dartmoor near Tavistock, joins up with singer Lucie Jones to perform "The Ballad of Midsomer County," a song he wrote for the Midsomer Murders television programme. (They talk about their involvement with the show here.)

Below, "The Courier" from Seth's most recent album, Word of Mouth -- featuring songs about the "hidden histories and everyday heroes" of Devon and Cornwall. (More of his music here.)

Above: "Grace" by  Wildwood Kin (Emillie Key, Beth Key, and Meghann Loney), an alt-folk trio from Exeter. The video was recorded in a woodland in south Devon for the Sidmouth Folk Festival Fringe.

Above: "The Fear" by Ben Howard, who comes from Totnes, just across the moor. The song is from his second album, I Forget Where We Were.

Below, "Old Pine," a favorite song of mine from Ben's first album, Every Kingdom, about summers on the Devon/Cornwall coast. (More of his music here.)

Devon photographs above: Hound Tor, Wistman's Wood, and Dartmoor ponies. (Photo credits in picture captions.)