Fish Records Mailer - Issue 48

Another excellent month of new releases across a broad range of styles; in particular, the releases from Adrienne Young, Martin Simpson and Sarah Borges are all excellent and will appeal to a wide range of tastes and for those looking for something a little different.
We’ve also updated our ‘essentials’ list on our website – there’s not room here for the full list, but there are details of a handful of the best discs we carry.

Adrienne Young - Room to Grow

Although Florida born, Nashville based Adrienne Young will be a new name to many, we carried her excellent debut album on release, and in the intervening couple of years she has gone on to develop her rustic Americana roots sound.... full review

£13.49

Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son

While Martin Simpson is, without question, one of the world’s finest finger-style guitar players, his last few folk albums have been as memorable for the quality of the arrangements as they have been for the guitar work. ‘Prodigal Son’ reinforces..... full review

£12.99

Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles - Diamonds in the Dark

Some of the albums that come through our doors require time and application from the listener to really appreciate their charms, ‘Diamonds in the Dark’ isn’t one of them – from the opening strains of ‘The Day We Met’ it’s obvious that this is a collection..... full review

£13.49

The Pines - Sparrow in the Bell

Iowa born duo of Benson Ramsey and David Huckfelt’s approach to music carries a number of identifiable influences; the rustic Americana feel echoes elements of fellow Iowan Greg Brown (although much less bluesy); the lyrical and melodic..... full review

£13.49

Eliza Gilkyson - Your Town Tonight

Live recording taken from shows in Texas, Massachusetts and Amsterdam, the album features 17 tracks (14 songs, 3 spoken introductions), the songs cover the full range of her career and the introductions give excellent insight into the related.... full review

£13.49

Fish Records Essentials

The following albums are the 'best of the best', we consider these to be the strongest albums available through Fish Records. The discs listed below are superb in every area, and are among the most important singer/songwriter albums released since the mid 1990s. Where possible we've used the original reviews.... more details