Fish Records Mailer Issue 14 (Apr/May 2001) For the first time in a mailer we ran out of space to review all the discs we wanted to - and there were four discs in the running to be our lead item. Picking one from John Gorka, Oh Susanna, Carol Noonan, and the Nod To Bob collection was almost impossible - in a normal month any one would have been the main disc, they're all exceptional. |
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John Gorka - The Company You Keep Gorka's long awaited new release is aptly titled, one look at the credits show a truly all-star cast, Lucy Kaplansky, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Patty Larkin and Ani Difranco are present on 8 of the 14 mainly acoustic tracks.... full review |
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Oh Susanna - Sleepy Little Sailor We featured Oh Susanna's (Canadian singer/songwriter Suzie Ungerleider) previous album, the excellent if very bleak and dark 'Johnstown' last year; this new release has a totally different feel, more relaxed.... full review £12.99 |
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Carol Noonan - Self Titled Carol's first three solo albums were released on Philo in the mid/late nineties, after a few years break she has returned with an album with a more acoustic feel to these earlier releases. 'Self Titled' is a balanced mix of her own.... full review £12.99 |
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Eliza Gilkyson - Hard Times in Babylon Yet another Red House release this month (along with John Gorka and the 'Nod to Bob compilation), 'Hard Times in Babylon' is described as "the diary of a season of love and loss", but the whole disc is much more fun and upbeat.... full review £12.99 |
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Brooks Williams - Skiffle Bop Following on from last years purely acoustic disc 'Little Lion', Brooks' new disc is a return to a mixture of his singer/songwriter material and instrumental tracks. It's this balance that brings all his talents to the fore, he is.... full review £12.99 |
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Various - A Nod to Bob Minnesota based Red House have one of the very best rosters of singer/songwriters around, and on this disc 14 of them have each recorded a Bob Dylan cover to celebrate his 60th birthday. 'A Nod To Bob' is a.... full review £12.99 |
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Martin Carthy - The Carthy Chronicles This important 4 CD box set compromises of over 80 tracks, a 96-page booklet, a Pete Frame family tree poster and more information than you could possibly want on Martin Carthy. The 4 discs contain mainly rare and.... full review £39.99 |
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Rodney Crowell - The Houston Kid The first new album for 4 years from grammy winning Crowell is, as expected, a real treat. The songs concentrate on the rough and ready neighbourhood Crowell grew up in, and the lasting effect it has had on its inhabitants.... full review £12.99 |
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Karan Casey - The Winds Begin to Sing Karan's last album 'Songlines' has rightly been a consistent seller for Fish Records over the past two years, and this release looks likely to be equally evergreen. Karan (ex lead singer of Solas) has a powerful and pure voice.... full review £12.99 |
