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NEW RELEASES - APRIL 2007
A selection of new CD, DVD and book releases from the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.
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RALPH McTELL: GATES OF EDEN
Leola Music TPGcd26 | Artist website
First official release of McTell (& band)'s 2006 excellent tribute to his heroes - songs by Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Reverend Gary Davis, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie etc.
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ALBION DANCE BAND: DANCING DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
Talking Elephant TECD106A | Albions' MySpace
Double CD of vintage folk-rock dance music from the seminal English Band. Live at Festival Halls 1976 plus new-to-CD studio tunes 1983.
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VARIOUS: ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO FOLK
Union Square Music ESGCD313
Guaranteed good compilation by expert folk journalist Colin Irwin, this good-listening, well-rounded 3-CD set traces the journey through 'Roots', 'Folk Rocks!' and 'New Routes'.
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION: LIVE AT THE BBC
Universal-Island 9845385 | Artist website
Throw out the bootlegs! This four-CD box set contains tracks released elsewhere but majors on unreleased BBC session material with a ton of vocal and instrumental highlights, nicely packaged in a glossy illustrated book format.
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JOHN KIRKPATRICK: MAKE NO BONES
Fledg'ling FLED3065 | Artist website
The (double) CD version of a gig from the squeezebox master: JK, some boxes and a variety of trad and original songs and tunes. Straight-up, (mostly) English, lovely.
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OYSTERBAND: MEET YOU THERE
Westpark Music WM87141 | Artist website
The Oysters refresh their trademark rooted, rocky anthems and wry politics with a cohesively strong, chunky sound.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: A TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL
Nonesuch 122620 | Special website
Joni deconstructed, reinvented and celebrated with 12 variously fab and weird hommages by McLachlan, Costello, Taylor, Veloso, Lennox, Prince, Björk, k.d., Emmylou ...
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GILLIAN MITCHELL: THE NORTH AMERICAN FOLK REVIVAL (Book)
ISBN 978-0-7546-5756-9 | Author profile
Subtitled 'Nation and Identity in the United States and Canada, 1945-1980', this intelligent academic study based on original research explores the revival's cultural and musical history, politics and diversity and has much to interest the folk fan.
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CHRISTY MOORE: BURNING TIMES (Expanded edition)
Sony BMG 88697087882 | Artist website
October 2006's compelling CD reissued with bonus CD containing live versions of six of the tracks plus new studio recording Barrowland.
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JUNE TABOR: APPLES
Topic Records TSCD568 | Artist website
Songs of tradition, old and new, from the sombre folk diva, beautifully accompanied by Andy Cutting, Mark Emerson and Tim Harries.
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