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Reviews (3)
The guardian
d. 6. Oct. 2016
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Robin Denselow
d. 6. Oct. 2016
"Last year was the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, and the House of Commons joined with English folk organisations to commission a set of songs to celebrate "the pursuit of democracy". Now comes the album, featuring four impressive singer-songwriters - Sam Carter, Nancy Kerr, Maz O'Connor and Martyn Joseph - and work that would surely not please both sides of the House ... The best songs are angry protests and warnings. Joseph's tribute to Bevan and the NHS includes the reminder "go break your arm and see what it costs in New Orleans"; O'Connor laments the demise of the trade union movement, while Carter's Dark Days is a bleak, bluesy comment on contemporary politics".
Folk radio UK
d. 18. Nov. 2016
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Johnny Whalley
d. 18. Nov. 2016
"I must confess to a certain wariness over albums resulting from multi-artist commissioned projects ... With Sweet Liberties, though, I need not have worried, there are so many outstanding songs (...), plus, there's a feeling of real collaboration between the musicians ... There are fourteen songs on Sweet Liberties, each one well able to stand comparison with the best of the writer's previous work. But, assembled here, they are so much more. All the sponsors of this project can be well pleased with the body of music they have enabled, music capable both of entertaining us and of reminding us of rights, privileges and liberties that we may often have taken for granted. Given the political upheavals of the last few months, the timing could hardly have been bettered".
Bright young folk
2016
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Andy McMillan
2016
"This album is excellent testament to the calibre of the artists, Martyn Joseph, Nancy Kerr, Maz O'Connor and Sam Carter, expertly supported by Patsy Reid (violin and viola) and Nick Cooke (melodeon), delivering new songs which are both musically and lyrically creative, thought-provoking and memorable ... Sweet Liberties is so much more than an historic concept album, delivering a rich variety of tracks crafted and honed to entertain and to challenge. Kerr, O'Connor, Joseph and Carter have individually and collectively excelled in delivering a fine set of new songs which not only reflect the past but also inject life, vibrancy and relevance to today's social and cultural challenges".