Fish Records Mailer Issue 11 (Oct/Nov 2000) Welcome to the Oct/Nov issue. Late summer always brings the best releases of the year, and this year is no exception. This mailer has the best selection of discs we've ever had in one issue; from the superb Dar Williams disc down, all the albums reviewed are the best in their respective fields. There's nothing here that would be out of place in anybody's collection, but the Chuck Brodsky and Oh Susanna albums are worthy of special note, in any other month any one of these could have been the lead album. |
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Dar Williams - The Green World Rightly known as one of the most gifted and creative singer/songwriters around today, Dar has steadily built on her reputation with her 3 solo albums and the excellent Cry Cry Cry collaboration.... full review £13.49 |
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Chuck Brodsky - Last of the Old Time This album, Chuck's fourth, takes up the reins from where his last album, the excellent 'Radio' left off, and continues his sharp and personal look at American life. Chuck's writing is full of wit and honesty - often likened.... full review £12.99 |
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Oh Susanna - Johnstown 'Johnstown' is the debut release from the Canadian based singer/songwriter Suzie Ungerleider; this release has been picking up critical acclaim in the US where she has been likened to Julie Miller and Gillian Welch.... full review £12.99 |
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Erin McKeown - Distillation Distillation follows two hugely successful cassette releases, but this is Erin's first CD and it is definitely the release to launch her into a wider market, and to the recognition she deserves. She has a percussive guitar style.... full review £12.99 |
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Diane Zeigler - These Are The Roots It's 5 years since Diane's excellent album 'Sting of the Honeybee' on Philo - in the intervening time she has raised her young family and written and recorded the 14 songs on this disc. Her song writing is as sharp as ever.... full review £12.99 |
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Carrie Newcomer - The Age of Possibility Carrie is an artist who has quietly producing quality albums since 1994, never picking up huge amounts of press, but picking up musical converts with each new release and through enthusing fans. £13.49 |
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Greg Brown - Covenant It's almost three years since Greg's last studio recording; this album sees him returning on top form. Covenant is the latest in a long line of high quality folk/blues discs from Brown - but this disc has a more acoustic.... full review £12.99 |
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Niamh Parsons - In My Prime Following on from the excellent 'Blackbirds & Thrushes', Niamh has returned with another superb album that show cases her stunning voice. The twelve tracks on the disc are all ballads in the true sense of the word in that they.... full review £13.49 |
