The UK folk establishment has been enthusing about this band, the members of which are graduates from the Newcastle folk degree course, and about this CD.

I asked my daughter to get it for me for my birthday and it arrived (belatedly, not her fault, the sender's) today, so I have been listening to it repeatedly as I thump the computer.

Yes, it's English traditional, and yes, it's harmony, and yes, it's fairly nice, but it seems rather twee. I could almost get the impression that the band members have listened to an awful lot of Kate Rusby, Kathryn Tickell, and Bill Jones.

The passion, fire, and even savagery of the Young Tradition (or some MacColl/Seeger stuff, mostly contemporary) is not even hinted at.

Promising, but must put in more effort....


I expect others will differ. Please do so!