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Reviews (5)
The guardian
d. 11. Dec. 2014
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Robin Denselow
d. 11. Dec. 2014
"Establishes Young as one of the most inventive performers on the British acoustic scene. She is joined by Marit Fält, a specialist in Swedish traditional styles, playing the låt-mandola lute, a percussionist adding Indian tabla and Latin cajón, plus bass clarinet and bass guitar. But it's Young who dominates with her remarkable fiddle work, acrobatic vocals and edgy, brooding songs that constantly surprise, with traditional themes mixed with Indian and Middle Eastern influences, Swedish polska dance, and Erik Satie's Trois Gnossiennes No 1 intercut with one of her own songs. A bravely original, thrilling set".
Folk radio UK
d. 26. Nov. 2014
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Helen Gregory
d. 26. Nov. 2014
"Deftly sidestepping the customary showcase approach of many first solo albums Kate has produced a work which is as impressively mature and sophisticated as it is eclectic and cohesive. At its core, Kate in the Kettle is a collaborative project with låt-mandola player Marit Fält (Norway/Sweden) which also features musicians from Spain, Estonia and Italy. Consequently, the influences apparent on Swimmings Of The Head are global in scope and include traditional and contemporary material, but Kate is a skilled enough arranger to be able to draw on them without appropriation ... One of the most highly listenable and finely-balanced experimental albums of the year".
Bright young folk
d. 10. Oct. 2014
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Su O'Brien
d. 10. Oct. 2014
"Kate Young (yes, she of Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young, and the Moulettes, among many other projects) [is] chiefly accompanied here by Malit Fålt on låt-mandola. As if this melding of the Celtic and the Scandinavian wasn't intriguing enough, it's just the stepping-off point for an album that throws many different influences - from nature as well as music - up in the air and dances through them as they fall ... "Swimmings Of The Head" (...) seems as good a way as any to describe the impact of these often minimalist, impressionistic and otherworldly soundscapes. It's original, it's experimental and it's very good indeed".
Mojo
2015 January
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Colin Irwin
2015 January
"As challengingly exotic, oddball, multicultural, wayward and, yes, enthralling as you might imagine ... It could be a mess - at times it comes close - but strong rhythms maintain order in the glorious chaos of conflicting ideas, traditions and influences, encouraging you to dance one minute and wobble in wonder the next".
fRoots
2014 December
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Sarah Coxson
2014 December
"Kate Young (sometime fiddle/singer in Carthy Hardy Farrell Young, sometime Moulette) heads up this trans-traditional web of sound ... Part sinew and bone with Young's sparkling, visceral fiddle playing (rhythmic, percussive and imbued with sublime melodic ease) and part an immersion in improvisational mood-pieces (Indian raga flights, ringing Scandinavian harmonies, Scottish lilt and spirit) ... Young's golden-toned vocals glide and soar. She both revels in vocal play, trills and non-sense sounds ... Driving polskas such as Såb Jon's or Salmon (Satie makes an appearance with a Swedish/Indian-flavoured Trois Gnossiennes No 1) balance Young's earth-bound, but ethereal-tinged songs ... Fearless, intense and rather wonderful".