Tag Archives: English traditional music

TRADarrr’s Cautionary Tales; Further Tales of Love! Death! And Treachery!

Posted on 19th October 2017 by Lars Nilsson

Let me sum it up: TRADarrr’s debut album is one of the best first albums I have ever heard from anyone. But is it really a debut album? Three of the five members on that album (PJ Wright on guitars, … Continue reading →

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A Consumer´s Guide to Fairport Convention

Posted on 5th July 2017 by Lars Nilsson

Preliminary Note: This guide deals only with the official studio and live albums released by Fairport Convention through 1999. No samplers, collections or unofficial live albums are mentioned. The albums are graded as follows: (****) = A classic. Should be … Continue reading →

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Dave Swarbrick’s Swarb! Forty-Five years of Folk’s Finest Fiddler

Posted on 9th June 2016 by Diverse Voices

Stephen Hunt penned this review. Rejoice! My friends, for what we have here is the latest “4 -CD’s and loads of goodies” box-set from Free Reed, the folks responsible for The Carthy Chronicles and Fairport unConventional. Given that Swarbrick’s career has included spells as … Continue reading →

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