Fish Records Mailer Issue 16 (Oct/Nov 2001) Following the previous mailer was never going to be easy, but the new release schedule picked up in the late summer, and there are some fantastic albums around. The Pierce Pettis album is a superb piece of work, and there are big new releases from Alison Krauss, Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky. |
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Pierce Pettis - State of Grace Pierce's last album 'Everything Matters' is one of the very best discs we carry - it was reviewed on our first every mailer, and almost 3 years on it's a disc we still play regularly. 'State of Grace' certainly has a lot to live up to.... full review |
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Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite While Krauss's last album 'Forget About It' was a restrained and polished collection, she is better known for her more traditional bluegrass recordings. This new disc takes the best elements from both styles.... full review |
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Lucy Kaplansky - Every Single Day In March 1999, we made Lucy's 'Ten Year Night' release our album of the month, and with this new release she becomes the first artist to have a second album used as our lead item. Her new album, 'Every Single Day'.... full review |
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Dar Williams - Out There Live Almost exactly a year after 'The Green World' was released, this new live album captures Dar and band at their very best over three dates from the subsequent tour. Taking its material from all four of Dar's solo albums.... full review |
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Emily Slade - Shire Boy Debut albums from artists drop through our doors on a regular basis, but there are very few that make as big an impact as 'Shire Boy' did on first listen. Emily is a young English performer and songwriter with distinct talents.... full review |
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Bob Harris Presents - Volume 2 While many of the names on this new low priced compilation will be familiar to Fish Records' regulars, the 15 varied tracks mean that you're bound to be hearing some of these artists for the first time. This is a superb.... full review |
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Tom Paxton & Anne Hills - Under American Skies While protest songs were prominent feature of folk music of the 60s and 70s, many of them have been forgotten as the events that inspired them have faded from memory. Eight of the fourteen tracks on this disc.... full review |
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Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer - When I Go Following on from the enormous success of last month's superb lead album, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer's 'Drum Hat Buddha', we have been able to secure stocks of their 1998 self-released album 'When I Go'.... full review |
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Roger McGuinn - Treasures from the Folkden |
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Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem - Cocktail Swing Member of the excellent roots/trad band 'Salamander Crossing' this album goes off on a tangent from their work, and has a quirky acoustic swing theme. While this may be a little out of our remit, it doesn't take itself too.... full review |















