Fish Records Mailer Issue 26 (Oct /Nov 2003) The summer months may have been a quiet time for new releases, but September has more than made up for it with at least 6 significant releases, and some of the best albums of the year. Our lead album, Josh Ritter’s ‘Hello Starling’ is a tremendous piece of work; intelligent, musical, easy to enjoy and with broad appeal – it looks certain to reach a wider audience over the coming months. The new Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman is also excellent, as are the discs from Kate Rusby, John Gorka, Kris Delmhorst and the debut album from Canadian singer/songwriter Linda McLean. These discs cover the full range of styles we carry, and it should be easy for anyone to find a great disc in whatever style they choose. Enjoy! |
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Josh Ritter – Hello Starling Josh’s previous release ‘Golden Age of Radio’ is one of my personal favourites from the past couple of years, and it deservedly continues to find new listeners as his profile increases, this was certainly helped by a song from the.... full review £13.49 |
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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Two Over the past few years Kathryn & Sean’s debut duo disc (‘One’) has never been far away from my CD player, and it’s probably the album I’ve listened to more than any other over this period – so the arrival of this second disc is.... full review £11.99 |
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Linda McLean – Betty’s Room A chance conversation with a distributor resulted in a copy of this disc arriving the next day – no press sheet, no biography, just the disc; searches for reviews and background information on Linda have proved fairly fruitless.... full review £13.49 |
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Kris Delmhorst - Songs for a Hurricane Kris’ last album ‘Five Stories’ was one of the best releases of 2001, a distinct singer/songwriter album that’s creative and edgy as well as being melodically and lyrically excellent – ‘Songs for a Hurricane’ is all this and much.... full review £13.49 |
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Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars £13.49 |
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John Gorka – Old Futures Gone John Gorka was one of the leading lights in the 80s New Folk movement that directly influenced most of the US singer/songwriters we carry, and his own output since then has been uniformly strong – so this follow up to.... full review £13.49 |
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Clare Burson – The In-Between The press release that accompanies this self released singer/songwriter disc provides real illumination into the album and offers markers as to how the distinct feel of the disc was developed.... full review £13.49 |
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Claire Holley – Dandelion Claire Holley’s fourth album ‘Dandelion’ has a wonderful atmosphere to it, it’s easy going, relaxed and has a natural feel and flow that works from the very first listen. Much of this is down to her vocals – she has a warm and pure voice.... full review £13.49 |
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Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem – Gambling Eden Rani fronted the excellent ‘Salamander Crossing’ in the 90s, and this is her second album with her band ‘Daisy Mayhem’, a group of three men, rather than a second female artist as the name suggests. Describing the.... full review £12.99 |
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Bill Jones – Two Year Winter After her first two enjoyable and promising studio albums, this new disc is where her obvious talent and the past few years experience have come together – resulting in a stronger, more mature, and consistently.... full review |
