Fish Records Mailer (Feb/Mar 2004) 2004 has got off to a flying start with a significant release from Lucy Kaplansky (it’s easily her best album yet), and the line up for the coming year includes albums from some of the best artists in the contemporary folk and singer/songwriter fields. |
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Lucy Kaplansky – The Red Thread Over her previous four albums Lucy has proved that she’s both an excellent writer and a good judge of others’ work as she’s presented collections that feature strong originals and inspired covers. This formula continues on.... full review £13.49 |
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Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay ‘Kitty Jay’ is a collection of songs written and inspired by the stories and legends of Seth’s birthplace and home of Dartmoor – it’s an ambitious disc that attempts to capture the spirit and atmosphere of the wilderness of the moor.... full review £11.99 |
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Nerissa & Katryna Nields - This Town is Wrong £13.49 |
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Lisa Redford – Slipstream Whilst we often celebrate the independent singer/songwriter scene, there are few UK artists that compare favourably to their American contemporaries, so my first listen to Lisa’s album proved to be a real surprise.... full review £10.99 |
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Mark Erelli – Hillbilly Pilgrim Over his last 3 discs Mark has established himself as one of the most versatile singer/songwriters around and his songs seamlessly cover a broad range of styles, ‘Hillbilly Pilgrim’ takes the Americana aspect of his work and looks.... full review £13.49 |
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Various – Just Because I’m A Woman (Songs of Dolly Parton) To celebrate the 35th anniversary of her debut album, Sugar Hill Records have put together an album of both leading and up-coming female artists covering the songs of Dolly Parton. Not being familiar with her much.... full review £13.49 |
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Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert – Side of the Road Ellis and Vance have been friends since they started their careers in the Boston folk-scene of the late ’80s, and they’ve gone on to be recognised as two of the finest singer/songwriters around – this is their first project together.... full review £13.49 |
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Rosie Thomas – Only With Laughter Can You Win Rosie’s second album is a natural progression from her excellent debut ‘When We Were Small’, like its predecessor it’s restrained, gentle and with an intimate and natural feel. On both discs she manages to successfully write personal songs focusing.... full review £13.49 |
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Emily Slade – Fretless ‘Fretless’ follows Emily’s excellent debut album ‘Shire Boy’ and while there are similarities in approach as they’re both relaxed collections mixing her own songs, contemporary covers and trad material, this is a more substantial disc in every area..... full review £12.99 |
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Lori McKenna - The Kitchen Tapes Solo, acoustic disc of 11 new songs (plus a cover of Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees') recorded by Lori at home - it's a little rough around the edges in places as the songs are presented as they were recorded with no effort.... full review £12.99 |
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Kathleen Edwards – Live at the Bowery Ballroom This is a unique two-sided, budget priced disc that features 3 standard CD audio songs on one side, and 2 DVD video tracks on the other. Side one is an audio CD of three live performances from New York’s Bowery BallrooM.... full review £7.49 |
