"Top of the world" - "With the same band she used for her award-winning Here's My Heart Come Take It (...), Rachel Newton recorded To the Awe during the April-May lockdown ... Newton draws on ancient ballads, weaving her own songs through them - the likes of 'To My Daughter' - while holding to the core theme, which she describes as "placing women at the centre of the narrative, at different stages of life and often marking a coming of age and an acquisition of power". Opening song 'The Early Morning' has a strong percussive beat, drawing on the balladry of 'The Outlandish Knight', where toxic masculinity is the very devil himself. The music is a fabulous contrast to the story, while the driving harp and percussion on Gaelic song 'Chaidil Mi A-Raoir air an Airigh' unveils another tale of seriously unwanted male attention ... Energetic, subtle and wide-ranging, this new release is worth your awe".