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Type
Cd (musik)
Format
1 cd, 1 kommentarbilag
Sprog
engelsk
Genre
folkemusik
Emneord
Emnetal
78.73
Bidragsydere
Indhold
I Wandered by the BrooksideGoose & CommonThe Wounded HussarGeorgieThe ZodiacJoy After SorrowMinowayMy Father Built Me a Pretty TowerThe Firr TreeLondon's LoyaltyHeady DaysCastle by the SeaMoorfields
Forlag
Emily and Hazel AskewOakmere Music
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer
Anmeldelser
fRoots, 2019 Summer
"The disc exudes a freshness and joy in its music-making, a deligt in creating something new and relevant from entirely traditional original sources. Emplying no guest musicians, the sisters support their charismatic singing by creating a richly textured backdrop of fiddle, melodeon, cello, concertina and shruti. A major element in the album's signature is the deployment of pizzicato fiddle and cello, either to provide a ground bass (...) or as a gritty, driven source of momentum ... The sisters skilfully exploit the expressive possibilities of the storytelling with forthright selnsitivity, but they also make each ballad their own by highlighting resonances with contemporary issues ... "Enclosure" proves an intensely satisfying experience"
Songlines, 2019 July
"The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery and Coven; Emily's folk-meets-early-music album Alchemy, her fiddle trio Alma, and work for Shakespeare's Globe; as well as their three albums as a duo, including the Spiral Earth Best Traditional Album of 2015, In the Air or the Earth. "Enclosure" takes its themes from the land enclosures of the 18th and 19th centuries, and is a metaphor for disconnection, captivity, place"