Much has been made of Vashti Bunyan’s 1969 unheard-at-the-time Just Another Diamond Day. Produced by Joe Boyd, it featured the singer and songwriter backed by a small string quartet. Discouraged by the sleazy ethics of the music biz, she retired and concentrated on raising a family, gardening, and other productive matters. The set was re-released on CD in …
Since its birth in 1996, Solas (meaning “light” in Gaelic) has been loudly proclaimed the most popular, influential and exciting Celtic band to emerge from the US. Solas celebrates their 10 year anniversary with this spectacular concert performance DVD/CD package that features all current and past members. Featuring a one hour, 45 minute DVD o the reunion, interviews …
Career-spanning four CD box set from the British Folk Rock legend spanning the years 1969-2009. The songs chosen for this selection of his work were carefully assembled and aim to provide a real sense of Richard Thompson, as well as to celebrate the diversity of his music – Rock ‘n’ Roll with Folk, Jazz, Rockabilly and the …
For over a decade, Solas has been hailed as the leading Irish-American supergroup. Through line-up changes and experiments with style and technology, the band has pushed the boundaries of but never strayed too far from their Irish roots. Now, as Máiréad Phelan, an exciting young singer from Kilkenny, steps up to lend her exquisite vocals to the existing …
2007 rarities collection from one of the most influential UK Folk artists of all time. Family Tree tells the story of Nick Drake’s musical development in the years prior to his debut album Five Leaves Left in 1969. It features lo-fi recordings made on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at his home, Far Leys in Tanworth In Arden, as …
2005 Digitally re-mastered re-issue that features 13 bonus tracks ‘Snakeskin’, ‘Lauretta’s Cousin Laurinda’, ‘The Swan’ (Lord of the Reedy River), ‘A Poor Man’s Sunshine’ (Nativity), ‘New Years Resolution’ (Donovan’s Celtic Jam), ‘Runaway’ (Demo), ‘Sweet Beverley’ (Demo), ‘Marjorie’ (Margarine) (Demo), ‘Little White Flower’ (Demo), ‘Good Morning Mr. Wind’ (Demo), ‘Palais Girl’ (Demo), ‘Lord of the Universe’ (Demo). on Barabajagal, …
2005 Digitally re-mastered re-issue features six bonus tracks ‘Poor Cow’, ‘Lalena’, ‘Aye My Love’, ‘What a Beautiful Creature You Are’ ‘Colours’ and ‘Catch the Wind’. The album forshadows the coming discontent which eventually drove Donovan out of the music business. The title song, ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man,’ combines what are upbeat lyrics with a very dark performance. This ambivalence …
Digitally remastered, “Hokey Pokey” was originally released in March 1975 on Island. This album, along with “I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight” and “Pour Down Like Silver” form a trio of definitive English folk-rock classics of incredible beauty and stellar musicianship. This edition also includes a pair of previously unreleased live performances captured at …