Stories still untold

"There's something timelessly reassuring about Ewan McLennan. An outstanding singer and fine guitarist who embodies proper values - a Scottish singer revelling in the riches of the tradition, drawing respectfully on folk music history to forge a style that neatly blends old and new ... He's gone out of his way here to unearth unfamiliar material such as Prince Robert, a little-known Child ballad he believes hasn't been recorded before (...), and the Irish rebel song Henry Joy, proving his worth as a compassionate storyteller ... An interesting arrangement of Song Of The Working Classes (...) underlines the political soul that gives the album so much of its muscle ... If there is a disappointment here it's that [we only get] three original songs ... McLennan's [own] tunes and lyrics are so well-crafted you feel it's inevitable that this aspect of him will at some point roar more forcefully to the fore and project him slap band into the front line".