Long term Londoner and Alternative Country godfather Sid Griffin’s twenty-first century bluegrass blueprint is a nostalgic negotiation with his native Kentucky’s indigenous music.
Producer John Wood brokered Fairport Convention’s sixties deals with British folk, and now he carves common ground between Carla Frey’s fleet Western Swing fiddle, Griffin’s mandolin, and his Scottish lieutenant Neil Robert Herd’s Celtic flavoured songwriting contributions.
Bowie’s Heroes breathes anew as a stately banjo-driven cover, and the whirling reel Betsey Trotwood fairly ignites, but a sitar spangled Paint It, Black smacks of novelty.
The Coal Porters walk a fine line with bold barefacedness.
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube