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| Artist: Rachel Unthank And The Winterset
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 462
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099950438020
ASIN: B000T5MFBI
Release Date: August 20, 2007
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 Good, no make that very good January 14, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sleeve notes crediting the stamping of stiletto's as instruments, well that sets the tone. The girls all seem to thoroughly enjoy their music, and it is a pleasure to share their enjoyment with them.
You read so many times of artists being made to do this or that by their record company, and in so doing loosing the essence of what they are. Well that is never going to be something levelled at the Unthank girls and their band. This recording is completely real and totally unaffected by the vagaries of fashion. Well it is after all traditional music and the record industry tends to leave that well alone...thank goodness.
It is a tad dark in places, the subject matter is not conducive to sweetness and light after all. That does not mean it is without power, far from it. It is a truly excellent piece of work, I picked up on Rachels work with the Cruel Sister album, and I was astonished at her youth. The surety of vision inherent in the delivery of the songs on Cruel Sister is if anything exceeded on this offering.
Much has been made of her voice and to be fair she really is much more earthly than angelic. Comparisons to Eliza Carthy are understandable, and probably flatter the girls as they must be fans, but where Eliza is deeply grounded in a traditional delivery, there is something more edgy and modern with the Winterset. It is, as my ladyfriend says, wonderful to hear their North East accent come through, but it is more than that you can hear the girls soul in these records.
It is a thoroughly modern take on a disparate mix of songs from the self penned through the traditional on to the leftfield modern classic. I should say I loath the words FOLK. It has become anathema to so many people, the sound my grandad listens too. Not cool etc. I like to call it Roots music, and boy is this a good rootsy record.
Loath Folk Music?Give this a try anyway, it is that good
Love Folk Music?You will love it
 a beneficial gamble January 10, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i came across this album purely by accident thanks to a copy of the 'Barbican' event mailout brochure. as usual the ad for this album contained many glowing references from a variety of critics & review magazines which i usually dismiss as hollow & empty....but, for some reason i decided to make a purchase & i'm so pleased i did. reminded me a little of Brenda Wootton from up north....
Too good for words December 4, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I came across this breathtaking album by chance and am extremely happy to have done so. It is completely addictive and the CD follows me from room to room - lounge, kitchen, study, bedroom - in the car and at work. Whenever I'm away from a CD player I find myself humming the tunes. I have a collection of over 1000 CDs but think they'll soon be appearing on eBay as I now only listen to this one.
Every track is superb, it's not possible to choose a favourite, but as a pianist I must single out the playing of Belinda O'Hooley for special praise - it's quite magnificent.
Regardless of what sort of music you normally listen to, I would strongly urge anyone to give yourself a treat and buy The Bairns - I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
Wonderful! October 18, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'd eyed this CD up a few times until I finally got round to listening to some samples on the band's MySpace page, after which I went out and purchased the album. Firstly, this isn't a CD which rewards instantly if you do the quick flick throught the tracks that so many of us do when we get a pile of new discs, and its much better for it. Take the time to sit and listen to this properly and by half way through the first track you won't be able to switch it off until the last notes have played. This is folk at its absolute very best, performed in imaginative arrangements and covering the full gamut of life as only folk music can really do. It is nice too to see a Robert Wyatt song appearing on this CD as evidence that Unthank is interested not only in exploring traditional folk tales and tunes but also in extending the folk repertoire to include the best of new(ish) songwriting. Don't hesitate to buy this. It is wonderful.
the world is a better place with this music in it October 6, 2007
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
This music is both original and traditional; it is stunning and haunting; moving and inspiring. Flawlessly performed, the CD successfully represents their outstanding live performances. If you love music your life will be enriched by this CD- regardless of what "genre" of music you would ordinarily identify with.
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