Fish Records Mailer - Issue 51
A great range of discs this month covering both UK, US and Australian artists; new releases from Show of Hands, Levon Helm, Kim Richey, Bella Hardy and the Cowboy Junkies are joined by Perry Keyes’ ‘The Last Ghost Train Home’, probably the album of the year. |
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Perry Keyes - The Last Ghost Train Home
The best singer/songwriters are able to evoke a time or place within songs and give the listener a brief glimpse in the moment; but the only very best can do that and really engage the listener in the whole atmosphere around that moment in time.... full review
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Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited (CD & DVD)
20 years ago, the young Cowboy Junkies recorded the cult classic ‘The Trinity Sessions’, an album recorded in one day, on one microphone in Toronto’s Trinity Church.
With 20 years of recording and touring under .... full review
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Kim Richey - Chinese Boxes
A break of five years between releases has seen Kim Richey return with the best album of her career. Even though she’s had conspicuous critical success as a songwriter, her albums have remained a little under the radar; while the opportunity .... full review
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Bella Hardy - Night Visiting
Although ‘Night Visiting’ is Bella’s debut solo album, her name may be known to some as she was a member of ‘The Pack’ (a group that got together at the Folkworks Summer School), and she was involved in the BBC Young Folk Awards in 2004..... full review
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Show of Hands - Roots (double)
CD1 of this excellent best of compilation , ‘Short Stories’, sees the band have chosing their favourite tracks from each of the studio albums.
Live versions of three songs - ‘The Blue Cockade’ ‘Cousin Jack’ and ‘The Galway Farmer’ were included.... full review
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Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
After the break up of The Band, Levon Helm released a handful of solo albums, but this excellent disc represents his first solo disc for 25 years, and a return to his rich Southern roots. The 13 songs have a natural and organic .... full review
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Jim Causely - Lost Love Found
Over the past couple of years, Jim Causley’s star has been on the rise – a nomination for the BBC Horizon Award, a well received debut album, plus acclaim for The Devil’s Interval (of which he makes up one third), as well as a couple of.... full review
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