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NEW RELEASES - MAY 2007
A selection of new CD, DVD and book releases from the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.
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NIAMH NÍ CHARRA: ÓN DÁ THAOBH (FROM BOTH SIDES)
Imeartas Records IMCD001 | Artist website
Major debut album from Riverdance fiddle/concertina player (& top musician chums). Eclectic trad and original tunes, played with exquisite virtuosity, heart and charm.
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THE CARTER FAMILY: COUNTRY FOLK
Proper PROPERBOX 127 | Artist website
103 songs in four CDs from the family whose music had a profound impact on the American and British folk revivals of the 1960s and laid the foundations for modern country music.
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INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: EVERYTHING'S FINE
Secret Records CRIDE74 | Artist website
Salford, September 2003: Heron, Palmer, Dando & Fluff revisit the ISB's '60s repertoire. Pretty much the whole gig on two CDs, intros, tuning-up, warts 'n' all.
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FINLAY MACDONALD BAND: ReECHO
Greentrax CDTRAX299 | Artist website
Ace piper/flutist's high-pedigree band with an exhilarating clutch of trad/contemporary tunes bursting with dancey, jazz/funk rhythm & grooves.
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MADDY PRIOR & THE CARNIVAL BAND: PARADISE FOUND
Park Records PRKCD94 | Artist website
Maddy and the band take a stately procession through a selection of hymns by eighteenth-century religious composer Charles Wesley.
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RICHARD THOMPSON: SWEET WARRIOR
Proper PRPCD032 | Artist website
Combat in love and war is the theme for this blistering return to classic electric Thompson. Fourteen stunning original masterpieces.
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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III: STRANGE WEIRDOS
Concord 7230301 | Artist website
Subtitled 'Music from and inspired by the film Knocked Up', this exceptional album is the soundtrack to Judd Apatow’s comedy. Also features Richard Thompson, Van Dyke Park & more.
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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III: T SHIRT/FINAL EXAM
Acadia ACAD8143 | Artist website
A timely resurfacing of two 'lost' 1970s albums, remastered and on CD for the first time, containing some classic Wainwright.
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KATHRYN TICKELL BAND: INSTRUMENTAL
Park Records PRKCD92 | Artist website
Arresting composition and delivery in these beautifully rich, uplifting and evocative tunes from superb musicians.
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JEZ LOWE: JACK COMMON'S ANTHEM
Tantobie TTRCD109 | Artist website
Inspired and inspirational songs saluting workers and poets; produced, engineered and contributed to by Steve Knightley and Phil Beer.
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BERT JANSCH: FRESH AS A SWEET SUNDAY MORNING
Secret Records CRIDE71 | Artist website
The seminal guitarist/songwriter recorded live in April 2006 at Sheffield Memorial Hall. Two CDs of classic Jansch.
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STEVE KNIGHTLEY: CRUEL RIVER
Hands On Music HMCD26 | Artist website
Knightley solo, bar a few tasteful chums, with his latest batch of committed and distinctive songs of conscience, love and history. Spare and powerful.
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ANAÏS MITCHELL: THE BRIGHTNESS
Righteous Babe RBR053-D | Artist website
Feisty, child-voiced Vermont songwriter's third album - sparse, emotional, journalistic, it amply repays the close listening required of its literate lyrics.
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RORY MCLEOD: SONGS FOR BIG LITTLE PEOPLE
Talkative Music TALK003 | Artist website
21 songs, tunes and tales mostly about wind and breath full of McLeod's wily words, multi-instrumental talent, upbeat energy and unique spirit.
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CYRIL TAWNEY: THE SONG GOES ON
ADA Recordings ADA108CD | Artist website
Double CD compilation of the important and much-loved ex-submariner and song collector whose own songs matched the great repertoire of traditional ballads he sang for over 50 years.
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CYRIL TAWNEY: LIVE AT HOLSTEINS
ADA Recordings ADA109CD | Artist website
Beautiful performance from Tawney in his heyday, regaling an appreciative audience with relaxed tales and songs at Holstein's folk club, Chicago, in 1981.
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TIM EDEY BAND: FARRAGO
Gnatbite Records GR04 | Artist website
Abundant display of virtuosity, fun and a unique combo sound from multi-instrumentalist Edey, harmonica hero Brendan Power and excellent percussionist Lucy Randall.
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WATERSONS: FROST AND FIRE
Topic TSCD563 | Artist website
Remastered reissue of the 1965 debut Waterson album of ritual and magical songs: truly magical, and harmony singing was never the same again.
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WATERSONS: SOUND, SOUND YOUR INSTRUMENTS OF JOY
Topic TSCD564 | Artist website
Remastered reissue of 1977's classic sacred song album, from meeting-house hymns and wassails to vernacular carols and the Sacred Harp tradition.
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