Record reviews

[Album review] Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight – The Days That Shaped Me (One Little Indian Records, March 2011)

Waterson and Knight are the children of the late Lal Waterson, and the Waterson/ Carthy  influence is very evident in the musical, vocal and lyrical phrasing of this charmingly nostalgic debut. The album starts gently, with guitar and voice tracks peppered lightly with violin, piano and harmony voices – those on ‘Father Us’ provided by…
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Efterklang & Vincent Moon  present An Island (and invite you to do the same!) Last year Efterklang collaborated with filmmaker Vincent Moon for their film project An Island, the film will be shown before each show on their European tour (see below for dates). In addition, the band and Mr Moon have announced details of ‘public-private’ screenings…
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James Yorkston wants your Haikus!

Scottish Folk gent James Yorkston releases a limited edition 7″ single of ‘Martinmas Time’ on August 3rd. This is taken from his forthcoming ‘Folk Songs’ album (in collaboration with The Big Eyes Famiy Players) to be released on August 10th on Domino. Yorkston has sent out blank record sleeves, which the likes of Steve Mason, The Lone…
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