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With members simultaneously doing time in experimental hillbilly ethnologists Pelt, you might expect this collection to offer a few more obscure turns like those hinted at on The Poplar Pole. With its repetitive fiddle refrains (courtesy of…

The flute-like voice of Ireland’s Heidi Talbot is a fine instrument. Every word is clear, each note hit, yet it’s no bragging perfection. Her tones still have a whispering undertow to them. She has been around for a while: this is her fifth…

Richard Thompson is one of the few songwriters who can still invest the most pessimistic sentiments with a streak of bitter humour. Some of the songs on this amplified band set have been road-tested during the English bard’s solo acoustic…