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Ink of the rosy morning : a sampling of folk songs from Britain and North America


Reviews (5)


Americana UK

d. 9. May 2022

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Helen Jones (musikanmelder)

d. 9. May 2022

"An artfully executed, stripped back but still enchanting collection of traditional folk songs ... Indeed, there aren't many positives from the pandemic, but one thing it taught us was the importance of reconnecting to the simple beauty around us ... Let's hope that Sanders and Savage take this relaxed method of recording that led to such lovely results with them in the years to come - a little light from the dark days that showed us more about ourselves and the beauty in the uncomplicated".


Folking.com

d. 4. Mar. 2022

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Dai Jeffries

d. 4. Mar. 2022

"I was captivated from the moment I first heard the single and opening track of this album. The powerful harmonies of 'Winter's Night' set the scene for what is to come on Ink Of The Rosy Morning. It's a fine song in any version I've heard but Hannah and Ben give it a lightness that lifts it to another level and provides a perfect introduction to an Anglo-American collection of mostly traditional songs stripped back to their essentials: just two voices and a selection of guitars ... The interplay of Hannah and Ben's voices and their instruments, including two vintage guitars, give a wonderful old-time feel to the songs. Although the majority are English in origin they have the touch of Americana that Hannah and Ben are noted for and which suggests links across the Atlantic".


Folk radio UK

d. 21. Mar. 2022

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Mike Davies

d. 21. Mar. 2022

"Created by circumstance perhaps, Ink of the Rosy Morning showcases the dexterity of Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage's guitar playing and the unaffected beauty of their voices, both individually and in harmony. This is their most immediate, beguiling and, dare I say it, finest work yet".


Mojo

2022 July

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Colin Irwin

2022 July

"Beautifully unadorned and empathetic meeting of folkie minds".


Songlines

2022 June

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Tim Cumming

2022 June

"Top of the world" - "Like a number of albums released this year, the root story behind the Cambridge duo's debut for Topic Records is wrapped up in the 2020 lockdown (...), from which this luminous, arrestingly beautiful set of mainly traditional folk songs emerges. Recorded simply and sparely in an old schoolhouse in Hastings, they lit a fire in the dining room, opened some wine, set up a few mics and started playing. They'd already had a third album ready to roll. They rolled that into the long grass, and with nothing pre-arranged - and with no thought of releasing the subsequent performances - they set down this quietly intimate set ... A line from the outstanding 'When First I Came to Caledonia' provides the album title, and their performance is a close match in emotive force to the otherwise peerless version from the late Norma Waterson. Instrumentally, it's spare, lyrical and intimate, their solo and harmonised vocals bringing each of these songs back home".