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Lion rampant

Wilson & Swarbrick

Reviews (2)

Mojo

2014 July

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Colin Irwin

2014 July

"This giddying folk/reggae/jazz/blues/punk mish-mash - with guest appearances by Martin Carthy, Peggy Seeger and the Bevvy Sisters - is rich in wonder and invention. Blending My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose with No Woman No Cry, for one, is a touch of genius".

fRoots

2014 May

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Ken Hunt

2014 May

"On the face of it, a strange pairing ... Wilson is a Scottish-Canadian reggae artist. Swarbrick is a musician so embedded in the British folk scene that it would take the cultural forceps of extreme prejudice to surgically remove him and his influence. Lion Rampant is far more than the sum of its parts ... Over the course of reworking Sandy Denny (John The Gun), Richard Thompson (Why Must I Plead?), Ewan MacColl (The Fish Gutters Song) and Dick Gaughan (Sail On), Wilson & Swarbrick create an entirely self-contained musical world that reaches out insidously and persuasively. Head and shoulders, the most eclectic, catholic and coherent musical banquet of 2014 thus far. Toppling unlikely".