Fish Records Mailer - Issue 35 (June/July 2005)

This mailer contains an excellent group of new albums from a broad range of artists– we have a strong collection of American singer/songwriter albums from Ellis Paul, Jonatha Brooke and John Prine, alongside new releases that have a distinctly English feel from Martin Simpson and Martha Tilston. This collection of albums continues the strong set of releases that have made up the first 6 months of 2005 and the tentative list for the remainder of the year looks equally interesting. Hope you find something amongst this strong list of albums to help you through the coming summer!

Ellis Paul - American Jukebox Fables

Ellis Paul is one of the more dynamic folk singer/songwriters around one with a stylistically varied back catalogue that ranges from the trad Boston folk of ‘Say Something’ through to the experimental ‘Sweet Mistakes’; even armed with the knowledge.... full review

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Jess Klein - Strawberry Lover

Almost five years after her excellent ‘Draw them Near’ album, Jess has returned with another striking disc – ‘Strawberry Lover’ follows her move from Boston to Brooklyn, and this relocation is matched by a subtle change in sound.... full review

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Martin Simpson - Kind Letters

Simpson’s 2001 album ‘The Bramble Briar’ is one of the best traditional folk albums of the past 10 years so it was inevitable that another trad. arr. Simpson disc would arrive. Although comparisons to the earlier disc are easy to make this.... full review

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Jonatha Brooke - Back in the Circus

Although best known for her work with Jennifer Kimball in ‘The Story’, Jonatha’s solo albums are all excellent and she’s certainly worthy of her reputation as one of the best contemporary singer/songwriters around..... full review

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John Prine - Fair & Square

There’s been a nine year interval between albums of new material from John Prine, but fortunately ‘Fair & Square’ more than lives up to expectations and the 14 songs here collectively rank as strong as anything that’s gone before.... full review

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Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm

While Aimee Mann may be a Grammy and Oscar nominated artist, her output over the last few years has been as strong as any of the celebrated independent singer/songwriters around. ‘The Forgotten Arm’ sees Aimee treading.... full review

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Corinne West - Bound for the Living

Corinne West is a singer/songwriter originally from California whose music could be best described as contemporary folk with an Americana feel; over the 13 songs she provides considered lyrics wrapped in a variety of acoustic styles.... full review

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Caroline Herring - Twilight

This is Caroline’s debut album from late 2001; it’s an album we should have carried at the time, but a lost box of discs in a house move meant the album was never reviewed and never carried by Fish Records. We set the record.... full review

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Martha Tilston - Bimbling

This is Martha's debut solo album - it's a quiet, intimate and personal collection of 13 songs (plus a number of 'hidden' tracks).
Her roots are obviously in folk music, and while the disc is a collection of her own compositions.... full review

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Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream (UK plus 3 extra tracks)

The UK release of Patty’s excellent ‘Impossible Dream’ album contains 3 extra tracks unavailable elsewhere, live versions of ‘Rain’, ‘Chief’ and ‘Truth’ are added to the 11 songs that make up the main body of the disc. The live tracks really add.... full review

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