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Fish Records Mailer Issue 13 (Feb/Mar 01)

Welcome to the first mailer of our third year - after a relatively slow release schedule to finish 2000, this year has started with some excellent releases, and the new release line up for later in the year looks equally impressive.
The Mark Erelli & Barbara Brousal discs are the pick of a very good mailer - both are top quality albums in different ways, and will appeal to everyone.
There's a good mixture of singer/songwriter and folk discs in this issue, representing all aspects of our catalogue.


Mark Erelli - Compass & Companion

'Compass & Companion' is one of the discs we've been looking forward to for a long time - Mark's self-titled 1999 debut release is a favourite of ours, it's a brilliant album that was universally well received. This new disc.... full review

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Barbara Brousal - Pose While It Pops

This, Barbara’s first full length release was the first disc to drop through our doors in the New Year, and we can only hope that it’s representative of the quality to come over the next twelve months. The immediate.... full review

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Buddy Mondlock - Poetic Justice

Although Buddy's discs have never been easily available in the UK, he is well respected and known as a songwriter's songwriter - his compositions have been covered by the likes of Nanci Griffith, Cry Cry Cry, David Wilcox.... full review

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Pete Morton - Hunting The Heart

The majority of our singer/songwriter stock is from US artists, with few discs from British performers, mainly because the US is more sympathetic to the genre. With this excellent new album, Pete Morton addresses the balance.... full review

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Bill Jones - Turn to Me

This debut release from Bill (actually Belinda) Jones missed out on the last mailer, and has had a couple of extra months to make its impression - and there's no way we could leave it out of this issue.
Bill is a young.... full review

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Susan McKeown - Lowlands

'Lowlands' is Susan's first traditional album since the strong 'Bushes & Briars' disc, but on this new album she mixes her Irish roots with some adventurous and exotic influences. Hybrid discs often fall short of the mark.... full review

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The Blazing Homesteads - Crazy Ways

From the first few notes of the first track, 'Crazy Ways', the Blazing Homesteads second album makes it's intentions clear - the next 43 minutes are going to be fun, so you might as well sit down (or more likely dance around.... full review

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Norma Waterson - Bright Shiny Morning

Norma's first two solo albums are excellent, but this release of traditional is even better - consistent across the board, with huge variety on the 12 songs.
The material is a mixture.... full review

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Bob Collum - More Tragic Songs of Life

After the success of Bob's 'Low Rent Romeo', our Xmas album of the month, we've got hold of his debut release, 'More Tragic Songs of Life'.
As the title suggests, the songs revolve around little snippets of life, he creates.... full review

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Chris While & Julie Matthews - Stages

Following on from last years excellent album 'Higher Potential' , this new 2CD (32 track) set is mainly self written material, but with a few well chosen covers thrown in. Both Chris & Julie are accomplished writers and.... full review

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