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Tag Archives: English folk rock
Fairport Convention Goes Dutch
Koen Hottentot wrote this review. Theatre De Kom, Nieuwegein, Holland, December 12, 1999 Yesterday must have been one of the most bizarre Fairport gigs in recent years. Half the audience demanded their money back. The other half went home very, … Continue reading
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Fairport Convention’s The Cropredy Box
Pamela Murray Winters contributed this review. A few days ago the Folk Tales staff was discussing whether The Cropredy Box warranted a review. Someone opined that the three-CD set featuring Fairport Convention at its 30th anniversary concert in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, … Continue reading
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Nuker’s Hamta
The debut album Hamta by Buryat ethno rock band Nuker explores traditional Buryat music fused with the raw energy of rock and heavy metal. From the very first track, it becomes clear that Nuker isn’t just another ethnic fusion band; … Continue reading
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Assembly Players’ A Kynaston Ball, Various artists’ Strange Coincidences in Speciality Tea Trading, Mary Humphreys & Anahata’s Sharp Practice, and Tickled Pink’s Terpsichore Polyhymnia
These four CDs represent things you might hear around the folk clubs, sessions and festivals this summer. There are plenty of people around telling you what you should read this summer, so think of this as your summer listening. The … Continue reading
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Steeleye Span’s Back in Line, and Lark in the Morning
Recording 101: How To Wreck A Good CD With Bad Production Well, damn it. I’ve just finished a complete listen to Steeleye Span’s 1986 Back In Line, and I’m cranky. Frankly, I want to take the producer out behind Maddy … Continue reading
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Richard Thompson’s all request show, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
Dear Richard, Please Will You Play…? Three shows, three settings, one happy woman Saturday night in Saratoga, California and for the third time in as many months, I’m gearing up to let an evening of music make me very, very … Continue reading
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Linda Thompson’s Won’t Be Long Now
Add my voice to the chorus that is hailing Linda Thompson’s third solo album of her revived career as a contemporary folk delight. Won’t Be Long Now is an intimate recording featuring many members of her family that masterfully mixes … Continue reading
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Linda Thompson’s Proxy Music
What do you do when you have a heart (and a notebook) full of songs but can’t sing them yourself? Well, if you’re Linda Thompson and you have connections to (and are beloved by) several generations of musicians on both … Continue reading
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The Bushburys’ Trying to Catch the Sun
The Bushburys were formed in 1994 as The New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils. Since then they have been touring extensively and released seven albums, of which this is their sixth. Though they are an English group you can easily detect American … Continue reading
Richard & Linda Thompson’s Hokey Pokey
It’s probably going too far to say that Hokey Pokey is an overlooked gem in the Richard Thompson catalog. But this, the second of six studio albums released by Richard and Linda Thompson between 1974 and 1982, generally doesn’t receive … Continue reading
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