Current Album of the Month

	Eliza Carthy - Dreams Of Breathing Underwater
	Released: 23.06.08	Label: Topic
	Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Winner of 2 Nationwide Mercury Prize nominations and innumerable other accolades over a 15 year career...
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Previous Albums of the Month

	Various - That's Proper Folk!!
	Released: 07.04.08	Label: Pmd
	This folk sampler is timed to coincide with Channel 5's My Music series of four one-hour programmes in April 2008, each centred on one particular contemporary folk artist: Seth Lakeman, Kate Rusby, At...
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	Karine Polwart - This Earthly Spell
	Released: 10.03.08	Label: Hegri Music
	The chiming opening track, a gorgeous vocal setting of a lyric by eminent Scots poet Edwin Morgan, gives way to the steely, swampy 'Sorry', whilst the delightful jazz inflected whimsy of 'The News' co...
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	Allison Moorer - Mockingbird
	Released: 18.02.08	Label: New Line Records
	An album of songs written by some of the great female songwriters of our time. "I was talking to my manager about what songs I was thinking of including on the record," says Moorer, "And he said 'W...
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	Chris Wood - Trespasser
	Released: 11.02.08	Label:
	With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables, his writing has been said to share the same timeless quality as Richard Thompson at his best. Since the release ...
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	Karine Polwart - Fairest Floo'er
	Released: 10.12.07	Label:
	Karine Polwart’s third solo album is a dark and intimate affair, which marks a quiet public return to traditional Scots song for the award winning singer-songwriter. This is where her musical car...
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	Beth Nielsen Chapman - Prism
	Released: 10.09.07	Label:
	Beth Nielsen Chapman is an artist of extraordinary talent. Having released seven albums, Beth soon became recognised as an outstanding and skilful songwriter and performer. Her songs have been covered...
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	Martin Simpson - Prodigal Son
	Released: 30.07.07	Label: Topic
	Martin Simpson is the complete natural musician, but his virtuosity on the guitar has often tended to unfairly overshadow his vocal and interpretive powers. His new album "Prodigal Son" demonstrates h...
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	Nick Lowe - At My Age
	Released: 04.06.07	Label: Proper Records
	‘At My Age’ arrives just over thirty years after Nick Lowe made his debut as a solo artist, but his recording career stretches back another decade still. As the bassist and primary songwriter for Brin...
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	Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
	Released: 28.05.07	Label: Proper Records
	No artist to emerge in the 2nd half of the ’60s has gone on to have a more productive and vital career than Richard Thompson. His vast and ever-growing body of original material is marked by consisten...
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	Joan Armatrading - Into The Blues
	Released: 09.04.07	Label: Hypertension
	Joan Armatrading, the hugely influential and pioneering British singer-songwriter, is back with her first all new studio album in 5 years. Joan’s new album is the latest in a long line of fabulous re...
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	Alison Krauss - A Hundred Miles More: A Collection
	Released: 02.04.07	Label:
	A Collection that encompasses her diverse career as a master vocalist, instrumentalist, collaborator and producer. USA Today writes, “Krauss’ influence extends far beyond bluegrass and far beyond her ...
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	Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling
	Released: 05.03.07	Label: Zoe
	Nearly twenty years into her recording career, Mary Chapin Carpenter has accomplished a rare feat: She has repeatedly enjoyed success and acclaim with records that are unrelentingly smart, revealing a...
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	Various - Folk Awards 2007
	Released: 29.01.07	Label: Proper Records
	For the third year running Proper Music Distribution is proud to release the album that showcases ALL the nominees from the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. This time around the format has been in...
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	Nanci Griffith - Ruby's Torch
	Released: 13.11.06	Label: Rounder Records
	Nanci Griffith is widely acclaimed the world over as one of the finest singer-songwriters of the past three decades, both for her poetic songs and her instantly recognizable voice, which combines wisd...
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	Robyn Hitchcock - Ole! Tarantula
	Released: 02.10.06	Label: Proper Records
	Robyn Hitchcock sought out some old friends to record his new album, Ole! Tarantula, and he found the Venus 3: Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin. By enlisting "3/4s of the Minus 5 and half ...
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	Soweto Kinch - A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Towerblock
	Released: 25.09.06	Label: Dune
	Saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is back with his highly anticipated second album. It’s a groundbreaking recording project from this fascinating young artist who has already created a major stir on b...
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	E.S.T.- Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Tuesday Wonderland
	Released: 25.09.06	Label: Act
	E.S.T., the first European jazz band ever to grace the cover of the world renowned US jazz magazine Downbeat, present their scintillating new album TUESDAY WONDERLAND. It is full of the trademark twi...
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	Bellowhead - Burlesque
	Released: 25.09.06	Label: Westpark
	"BURLESQUE" is the most eagerly awaited and much anticipated full length debut release from the 11 piece super-group folk ensemble, Bellowhead. The album includes 13 songs and tunes inspired by a daz...
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	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Straws In The Wind
	Released: 04.09.06	Label: Topic
	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - the legendary, ground breaking duo wrote and re-wrote the book on arranging and performing traditional material in an exciting and vibrant way. Martin broke onto the ...
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	The Del McCoury Band - The Company We Keep
	Released: 07.08.06	Label: Mccourey Music
	With fourteen songs in all, "The Company We Keep" manages to cover the entire gamut of bluegrass music while also achieving a masterful sense of unity. The song selection once again stands out with m...
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	James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
	Released: 24.04.06	Label:
	Highly acclaimed on the British and continental R&B pub and club circuit since the 1980s, singer-songwriter & guitarist James Hunter is finally given a deserved wider forum via the unusual twist of be...
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	Tim Van Eyken - Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves
	Released: 26.06.06	Label: Topic
	Tim Van Eyken is one of the most outstanding members of the new folk generation who’ve taken the folk tradition as inspiration and brought it bang up to date. In the eight years following his capture...
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	Allison Moorer - Getting Somewhere
	Released: 12.06.06	Label: Sugar Hill
	In the moments that launch her sixth album, an electric guitar cranks out a power chord, and Allison Moorer makes a powerful declaration: "I've got a lot of work to do". With these words, the ...
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	Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger
	Released: 15.05.06	Label: San Remo
	"PASSING STRANGER" is Wolverhampton based singer/songwriter Scott Matthews stunning debut album. Upon acquiring his first guitar at the tender age of seven, Scott immersed himself in the music of suc...
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	Nils Lofgren - Sacred Weapon
	Released: 01.05.06	Label:
	The new CD "SACRED WEAPON" runs the emotional and musical gamut. Nils' vocals go from sensitive to gut wrenching for whatever song character he puts himself into, and his songwriting has blossomed. ...
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	Seth Lakeman - Freedom Fields
	Released: 20.03.06	Label:
	Back in the summer of 2005, just as Seth Lakeman was receiving word of the Mercury nomination for 'Kitty Jay', he was already in the process of completing his next album, 'Freedom Fields'. Once aga...
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	Miracle Mile - Glow
	Released: 06.03.06	Label:
	Summing up this stunning seventh album from the critically acclaimed Miracle Mile, vocalist Trevor Jones offers "Whether half remembered or best forgotten, memories are filtered, the haze of a chil...
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	Various - Folk Awards 2006
	Released: 30.01.06	Label:
	Folk and traditional music is a broad church and this collection of nominated artists for the 2006 BBC Folk Awards is a wonderful 'Best Of' what's currently happening. This budget 2 CD collection mak...
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	Dar Williams - My Better Self
	Released: 19.09.05	Label:
	Born in New York state in 1967, Dorothy Snowden 'Dar' Williams originally pursued a career in the theatre but on the side began to write songs and released her first album, "THE HONESTY ROOM", in 1993...
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	Endrick Brothers - Built To Last
	Released: 28.11.05	Label:
	Hailing from the back roads and deep waters of Stirlingshire, Scotland, Endrick Brothers have been drawing comparisons to R.E.M, Wilco and The Jayhawks. Combining honest and charming wordplay with s...
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	June Tabor - At The Wood's Heart
	Released: 17.10.05	Label:
	JUNE TABOR is one of the highest profile and best selling artists on the folk scene. While her 30 year career has always found critical, artistic and popular success, it is in the last couple of year...
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	Public Enemy - New Whirl Odor
	Released: 31.10.05	Label:
	The time is right, Public Enemy are back with the beats and the agenda that matters. Chuck D, Professor Griff and Flavor Flav are united once again with a common cause. The album is top notch and th...
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	Sinead O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
	Released: 03.10.05	Label:
	In April 2005, thirteen years after she stepped back from the brink of superstardom, Sinead O'Connor finally made the record towards which she had been building her whole career. She travelled alone ...
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	Jon Christos - Northern Light
	Released: 03.10.05	Label:
	A vocalist of simply awesome ability, Jon Christos is one of the very few tenors in history who can sing a top D (a talent shared by the great Enrico Caruso). He is also a singing teacher, composer, ...
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	Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay
	Released: 10.05.04	Label: I Scream Records
	2005 NATIONWIDE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE - ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Globe-trotting folk-rock musician Seth Lakeman returns to his Dartmoor roots for t his, his powerful new second album. The cha...
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	John Tams - The Reckoning
	Released: 05.09.05	Label:
	When John Tams released his first solo album "Unity" in May 2001 he had been a fixture on the scene for 25 years or more. He first came to prominence as a key member of Ashley Hutching's Albion Band,...
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	Alison Brown - Stolen Moments
	Released: 22.08.05	Label:
	"STOLEN MOMENTS" showcases the Grammy winning banjoist Alison Brown at the peak of her powers, bending musical genres and marrying the rugged drive of bluegrass with the harmonic sophistication of jaz...
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	Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die?
	Released: 08.08.05	Label:
	Sounding like a mature band poised to conquer the world, Nickel Creek’s triumphant return is simultaneously as innovative and as accessible an effort as the band has ever achieved, boasting their best...
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	The Knitters - The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters
	Released: 25.07.05	Label:
	This blistering new album is being given the "Americana album of the month" treatment in the Aug 05 edition of Uncut magazine. After 20 years (!) a new album from the group that was a one-off, tongue...
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	John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea
	Released: 18.04.05	Label:
	The John Butler Trio’s album, "Sunrise Over Sea", is phenomenal from the opening notes of "Treat Yo Mama," a muscular and soulfully expressive roots rocker, to the final strains of the expansive, ten-...
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	The Dhol Foundation - Drum-Believable
	Released: 13.06.05	Label:
	The Dhol Foundation have spent the last three years touring and recording dozens of tunes around the globe from as far apart as Ireland to Toronto. After many requests by fans 13 tracks have been han...
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	Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
	Released: 30.05.05	Label:
	A truly stunning new studio album from Patty Griffin, including 3 bonus live tracks recorded with Emmylou Harris. Widely admired by audiences & critics, Patty has recorded 3 previous albums of except...
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	Tracy Bonham - Blink The Brightest
	Released: 16.05.05	Label:
	Tracy Bonham, the acclaimed singer and songwriter who burst onto the national stage with her #1 Modern Rock hit "Mother Mother", is back with her most compelling album yet, featuring 12 of the most ca...
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	Eliza Carthy - Rough Music
	Released: 18.04.05	Label: Topic
	Probably the biggest star that has emerged from the Folk Scene in the last decade, Eliza Carthy is still on her way up. Her last album, ANGLICANA (Topic TSCD539), sold in excess of 20,000 in the UK ...
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	Bobby Purify - Better To Have It
	Released: 11.07.05	Label:
	This brand new album by Soul, Gospel and R&B singer Ben Moore (a.k.a. Bobby Purify) reunites him with producer Dan Penn after more than forty years, and the result is no less than superb. Moore’s sig...
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