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Reviews (2)
The guardian
d. 30. Jan. 2014
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Robin Denselow
d. 30. Jan. 2014
"There are no self-composed songs, and they all provide lead vocals on mostly bleak narrative ballads of hanging, murder and bewitchment. Some are sung unaccompanied, but with delicate harmony vocals or a quietly atmospheric backing of harp, concertina, harmonium or fiddle. From Roberts' gallows story, The Outlaw On The Hill, to Farrell and Portman's sad and exquisite reworking of Handsome Molly and Our Captain Calls, it's a quietly triumphant set".
fRoots
2014 Jan/Feb
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Colin Irwin
2014 Jan/Feb
"... finds Alasdair in the quietly involving company of Emily Portman, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton on a selection of traditional ballads that are (...) versed in tragedy, treachery and torment. It actually shows what a strong correlation there is between this material and the original songs of Roberts and Portman, whose own albums have sometimes displayed a seamless modernisation of the bloody ballad tradition ... The smiling assassin, Emily Portman's knack of unwittingly luring you into tales of poisonous intrigue is uncanny and in Roberts, Farrell and Newton her partners are smilarly adept at gently appalling you. Backings are sparse ... Understated to the point that the bones are sticking out of the skin, Lucy Farrell's very deliberate delivery of Henry Lee is particularly gripping".