Fish Records Mailer - Issue 55

We only reviewed four new discs for April 2008, but the quality was incredibly high - the Anthony Da Costa and Meg Hutchinson discs are both exceptional!

Anthony Da Costa – Typical American Tragedy

He’s a young man, and he writes in a unique style – he has a songwriting maturity well beyond his years, but also sees things through the eyes of a young man.  It’s a compelling mix, and because of his unique outlook he tackles issues .... full review

£12.99

Meg Hutchinson - Come Up Full

Over the past 9 years we’ve carried a handful albums that have proved to be breakthrough discs for artists (the early discs from Lori McKenna & Josh Ritter spring to mind). ‘Come Up Full’ has a similar feel to these discs, and, given..... full review

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Kim Edgar - Butterflies and Broken Glass

Edinburgh singer/songwriter Kim Edgar won the Burnsong songwriting competition in 2006 (a far sighted project aimed at nurturing songwriters), and with it a place in the Burnsong house, a residential alongside established artists including.... full review

£9.99

Karine Polwart - This Earthly Spell

This album completes the brace of discs that straddled 2007 and 2008 – late 2007 saw the beautiful traditional album ‘Fairest Floo’er’ and only 3 months later we have ‘This Earthly Spell’ which is Karine as most people know her, as..... full review

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