A double cd packed of 23 tracks from artists, many of whom are at the start of their musical careers. This comes less than a year after the First Folk rising, a single cd and serves to demonstrate the strength of the new generation folk scene here in the UK.
" In all my years of running folk clubs, booking festivals and listening to the music we call folk, I can't remember a time when there was such an abundance of exciting, young and genuine talent" Alan Bearman echoed by Colin Irwin in the sleeve notes: "They say youth is wasted on the young. Not in this case."
I hope that people can get past the cheap and rather nasty looking cd cover because if like me you can't get round to all the folk festivals, this compilation is excellent way to make some new aquaintences and uncover some real gems.
There are the more familiar names of Last Orders, Young Folk Award Winners 2007 wo handed the crown to Jeana Leslie & Siobman Miller, in 2008, also with a track on the album. The compilation gave the opportunity to hear a Mawkin-Causley track, one band I have been desperate to see live but thus far things conspire to thwart my endevours. Their track is followed by cuts from Ruth Notman and Bella Hardy making a strong opening for the compilation.
Some enjoyable new discoveries for me have been Ember, Sam Carter, Ruth Theodore, Grant Campbell Jenna Reid (should have lisened to the First Folk Rising) and Rosie Doonan.
The compilation comes with a handy little booklet giving details of the tracks, their respective albums & labels alongside those all important,invaluable quotes from those in the know giving a little extra momentum.
All in all an excellent compilation, which kept my interest going to the end and will undoubtedly keep the Proper Distribution machine busy for months to come.
Track Listing
CD One
1. Mawkin Causley - Come My Lads (from the album Cold Ruin)
2. Ruth Notman - Limbo (from Threads)
3. Bella Hardy - Down In Yon Forest (from Night Visiting)
4. Zoox - Reverse Antics (from 88)
5. Ember - Far From Home (from Open All The Doors)
6. Sam Carter - Next Of Kin (from the EP Here In The Ground)
7. The Askew Sisters - The Old Virginia Lowlands (from All In A Garden Green)
8. The Gloworms - The Battered Hake Polka; Jon O' Grouts (from Running Joak)
9. Ruth Theodore - Murray's Wives (from Worm Food)
10. Calum Stuart - Looking At A Rainbow Through A Dirty Window (from Earlywood) Tiny Tin Lady - Love Is A Duel (from Ridiculous Bohemia )
CD Two
1. Mary Hampton - Free Grace (from the album My Mother's Children)
2. Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller - The Burning of Auchendoon; Pint Of Wine (from Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller)
3. Kim Edgar - Heavy Skies (from Butterflies And Broken Glass)
4. Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys - Quiet The Child (from Light Up All The Beacons)The Maerlock - Bide Lady Bide (from Sofa)
5. Grant Campbell - Bowery Beat (from Beyond Below)
6. Jenna Reid - Trip To Miriams; Tom's New Fiddle; The Laughing Girl (from Laughing Girl)
7. Kate Doubleday - Eucalyptus (from Belonging)
8. Tom Kitching & Gren Bartley - Window (from Rushes)
9. Rosie Doonan - Moving On (from Moving On)
10. Pillowfish - Seven Stolen Stars (from Common Knowledge)
11. Last Orders - Polkas: Camptown Races; Glen Cottage; O'Keefe's Polka (from Last Orders)
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