Fish Records Mailer Issue 15 (Jun/Jul 01) This is possibly the strongest mailer we've ever had - the Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer disc 'Drum Hat Buddha' is certainly the best album we've covered in the 15 issues, and the remaining discs are of superb quality across a broad range of styles. |
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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Drum Hat Buddha 'Drum Hat Buddha' is an astonishing album - in a year when many of the big folk and singer/songwriter names are releasing albums, this disc looks likely to tower above them all. The follow up to last years excellent 'Tanglewood Tree'.... full review £12.99 |
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Heather Eatman - Real Almost exactly 2 years since we made Heather's self released 'Candy & Dirt' our album of the month, she's back with a new album, only this time with the backing of an established record label. As with her previous.... full review £13.49 |
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Martin Simpson - The Bramble Briar Although now living in the USA, Martin Simpson certainly had his grounding in English folk music, and this collection of 13 exclusively English songs sees him return to his roots in some style. £12.99 |
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Bill Morrissey - Something I Saw or Thought I Saw It's five years since Bill's last album of new material, in the intervening years he's released a novel and a tribute album to Mississippi John Hurt, but this album sees him return to what he does best; writing and performing his own songs.... full review £13.49 |
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Bill Jones - Panchpuran Following quickly on the heels of her first album 'Turn to Me', this new disc not only picks up where that one left off, but it adds to and improves upon it in every respect. The strength of Bill's ability was.... full review £12.99 |
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The Kennedys - Positively Live! While last year's 'Evolver' was a more produced album than those that had gone before it, this disc sees them together as a duo, just two guitars and their two voices. The fourteen tracks (including 7 never previously released).... full review £12.49 |
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Christine Collister - An Equal Love This mixture of self written tracks and well chosen covers is a departure from her usual acoustic based material, it has a big, produced sound with lots of instrumental layers. £12.99 |
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Mary Gauthier - Drag Queens in Limousines Stripped down, acoustic country singer/songwriter with a real eye for detail - the songs are striking, filled with characters and situations that have a genuine ring of truth about them. This disc is in the same vein as.... full review £13.49 |
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Tarras - Walking Down Mainstreet Second album from this young British band at the cutting edge of contemporary folk. A mixture of self written and 'Trad Arr' songs, the whole album is full of energy - there's some fantastic performances from all involved.... full review £12.99 |
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Fred Eaglesmith - Ralph's Last Show Double live album from that captures the fun and fury of one of Fred's shows. It's a high-energy mix of country and folk, and contains some excellent guitar and mandolin work, as well as fine vocals from Fred. This is good.... full review £14.99 |
