Fish Records Mailer Issue 24 (Apr/May 2003)

The wonderful start to 2003 is continued in to the Spring with an excellent set of new releases from both established and new names to our catalogues.
The discs from Stephen Fearing, Dan Bern and Kreg Visselman are three of the best discs you could wish to hear – anyone of them could have been the lead review, and these discs should be seriously considered by all fans of quality singer/songwriters. Add to this strong discs from Richard Thompson, Martina Sorbara and Cheryl Wheeler, and it all makes for a fantastic selection of albums. Enjoy!

Stephen Fearing – That’s How I Walk

This is Canadian Fearing’s sixth solo album, and although the previous five have all been well respected and ‘solid’ albums, this is the one where everything has come together – the songwriting and musicianship are.... full review

£13.49

Dan Bern – Fleeting Days

Dan Bern’s previous album ‘New American Language’ is one of the best contemporary singer/songwriter discs of the past few years, full of witty, literate and catchy songs and it certainly gives this new disc something to live up to.... full review

£13.49

Martina Sorbara – The Cure for Bad Deeds

Originally released in her native Canada in 2002, it’s taken almost 12 months for the disc to see a UK release, during this period there has been lots of excellent press, and the disc has quietly built up momentum and.... full review

£13.49

Kreg Viesselman - Kreg Viesselman

Colorado-based folk-blues exponent Viesselman's independently-released 2000 CD, 'Many Rivers', was a wiry, spontaneous debut, the fruits of six months on the road, driving, hitching, and writing. It introduced a writer.... full review

£13.49

Amy Rigby – Til the Wheels Fall Off

Since her solo debut, 1996s ‘Diary of a Mod Housewife’ her albums have all been critical successes, this, her fourth album is her most rounded, and the one most likely to bring her wider recognition. Her country/pop/folk tinged portraits.... full review

£12.99

Equation – Return to Me

Originally recorded in the winter of 95/96, this disc was a big budget recording for Warner Bros., everything was set for release and a single had even been issued in advance of the albums release, but at the last minute the album.... full review

£13.49

Cheryl Wheeler – Different Stripe

This is a compilation from one of the finest and most respected acoustic singer/songwriters around, it’s been a while since the last album was released (‘Sylivia Hotel’ in 1999), so this career-spanning compilation is especially welcome.... full review

£13.49

Richard Thompson – Old Kit Bag

There’s a pattern to the release of Richard Thompson albums, every 3 years sees a new studio album, but the difference this time is that it’s released on the small, but significant Cooking Vinyl label, and is a little more restrained.... full review

£12.99

Various – Bob Harris Presents Volume 4

Fourth disc in the excellent compilation series from Bob Harris, once again this features tracks from some of the best artists and albums around.... full review

£11.99