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01. I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak
02. Honey
03. The Last Pirouette
04. Icarus
05. Velvet Sky
06. Rites of Man
07. The Consequence
08. Lord I Don't Want To Be In The Storm
09. For the Dead Men
10. Marching Through the Green Grass
11. Ink
12. Shellback

Lucy Ward's new album is released on 19 August 2013 but is available in stock and available to despatch now.

This is a very mature and confident album and is strongly recommended.

The Guardian 4 Star Review

Lucy Ward, now 23, has changed her hair colour and image, and proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has To fly, her much-praised debut album from two years ago. This followup is a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in. Again, the production is by Stu Hanna of Megson fame, who adds guitar, banjo, fiddle and keyboards to Ward's dark, considered vocals, guitar and concertina work. She sets the mood with I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak, which tackles the failure of 1960s idealism, and returns to political issues with For the Dead Men. The sense of impending disaster is heightened by her own Icarus and the menacing treatment of the traditional Lord I Don't Want to Die in the Storm. Impressive and original.

Robin Denselow 15 August 2013

For her much-anticipated second album (the follow up to the 2011 début Adelphi Has To Fly), the 23-year old singer, guitarist, ukulele and concertina player Lucy Ward delivers a finely tuned synthesis of original and traditionally arranged material. Production is again by Stu Hanna (of acclaimed folk duo Megson, both of whom also sing and play here). There, however, the similarities end as the new album - Single Flame - finds Lucy organically broadening her musical palette whilst remaining firmly rooted in a folk tradition that gives shape and form to her sound. Balancing the contemporary and the traditional is never an easy act to achieve but Lucy does it with a natural gift and flair. Her songwriting creates the kind of original songs that you think you've heard somewhere before ? on an old folk recording or the radio; a testament to the quality of her lyrics, melodies and 'hooks'. Collectively, the songs here showcase Lucy Ward's consummate performance and creative songwriting abilities, her genuine and sparkling personality and stunning voice. The new album Single Flame is a shining statement of how far her talent has grown and developed in such a short time.

Lucy Ward - Single Flame

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