Jonah Blacksmith
Jonah Blacksmith
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Reviews (2)
Folk radio UK
d. 5. Aug. 2016
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Neil McFadyen
d. 5. Aug. 2016
"In her second solo album (...), Kaela charts an unexpected course by turning to the traditional songs that inspired her as a young singer in Lochaber. Developing arrangements and co-producing the album with her partner James MacKintosh (...) and with core collaborator Ewan MacPherson (...), both of Shooglenifty, Kaela has gathered an impressive band of contributors for a collection of eleven songs that not only pay homage to those centuries of influence, but also confirm Kaela's reputation for craft and originality ... The Fruited Thorn is a moving and incredibly impressive celebration of traditional song. It succeeds in combining Kaela's love of experimentation with her love of traditional song, and when her unique vocal talent is applied to those songs, the effect is mesmerising".
fRoots
2016 Aug/Sept
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Kate Drummond
2016 Aug/Sept
"Now this is an exquisite, delicate and fluttering creature of a record. Kaela, Gaelic and English language singer, formerly with Mouth Music back in the day and now with Shooglenifty, takes on some well-trod classics of the repertoire. A bold move, but one she owns with both subtlety and conviction ... The production is totally sympathetic, allowing song, singer and player to bathe in warmth and space. Subtle, evocative - and a total killer of a record. Pure beauty!".