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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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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John Robins, Comedian
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com