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Jennie Stearns – Sing Desire Although I was vaguely aware of Jennie Stearns (she was a founding member of ‘Donna the Buffalo’), I hadn’t heard any of her material so when a couple of her albums arrived I was really looking forward to hearing them.... full review £13.49 |
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Josh Ritter – Hello Starling Josh’s previous release ‘Golden Age of Radio’ is one of my personal favourites from the past couple of years, and it deservedly continues to find new listeners as his profile increases, this was certainly helped by a song from.... full review £13.49 |
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Caroline Herring - Wellspring Caroline created a real stir with her debut album ‘Twilight’ in 2001, receiving ‘Best New Artist’ awards and deserved critical success on the strength of the disc. The follow-up album ‘Wellspring’ is here, and it takes the intelligent.... full review £13.49 |
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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Two Over the past few years Kathryn & Sean’s debut duo disc (‘One’) has never been far away from my CD player, and it’s probably the album I’ve listened to more than any other over this period – so the arrival of this second disc is very.... full review £11.99 |
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Bill McGarvey – Tell Your Mother This was the first disc to drop through the door in 2003, and it’s so impressive it’s a cast iron certainty that it will make our ‘best of’ end of year list. Hoboken based singer/songwriter McGarvey has been part of a few bands.... full review £13.49 |
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Kris Delmhorst - Songs for a Hurricane Kris’ last album ‘Five Stories’ was one of the best releases of 2001, a distinct singer/songwriter album that’s creative and edgy as well as being melodically and lyrically excellent – ‘Songs for a Hurricane’ is all this and much.... full review £13.49 |
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Oh Susanna – Oh Susanna Oh Susanna (the stage name of Canadian singer/songwriter Suzie Ungerleider) has released two previous albums both of which have been covered in our catalogues over the past 4 years – the dark and brooding debut ‘Johnstown’.... full review £13.49 |
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Seth Lakeman – The Punch Bowl This disc has been around our office CD player for a few months now and has had plenty of plays, but it missed out on a review because we’ve had the Equation discs in the last few mailers. Despite this, it’s selling steadily.... full review £13.49 |
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Clare Burson – The In-Between The press release that accompanies this self released singer/songwriter disc provides real illumination into the album and offers markers as to how the distinct feel of the disc was developed. In brief, Clare grew.... full review £13.49 |
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Mary Lee’s Corvette – 700 Miles While her excellent live interpretation of Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ was the disc that brought Mary Lee Kortes and her band to a wider audience, her real strength lies in her own acoustic based singer/songwriter material.... full review £13.49 |
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Tom Russell – Modern Art All Tom’s albums are exceptionally strong, he’s one of the finest contemporary folk singer/songwriters around, but the release of ‘Modern Art’ sees him at his strongest, which makes this an important release.... full review £13.49 |
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Kathleen Edwards – Failer ‘Failer’ is Canadian Edwards’ debut album, which was originally independently released in 2002, and then picked up by an established US label for a wider release in 2003. One listen through is all you need to see why the.... full review £13.49 |
