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Night Visiting

Search: Three Black Feathers
by: Bella Hardy

Release Date October 22, 2007
I must admit I'm not normally one to allow the quality of the singing to take precedent over song quality and arrangement in assessing an album's qualities. My first reaction to hearing a beautiful voice is 'yes but what about the songs'? In this case I have to make a slight exception, as, from start to finish I found myself totally captivated by the sound of Bella Hardy's voice. It is as pure and clear a voice as you will hear, and in that it is not so unusual(particularly in the folk arena)but there is an underlying substance or weight, indefinable, that makes for comparisons to the greats. It is fairly common, these days to say 'reminds me of' Sandy Denny or Anne Briggs' meaning little more than that the artist is recording in a similar style, ... Read More:

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Low Culture

Search: Three Black Feathers
by: Jim Moray

Release Date July 14, 2008
Like the new record by Eliza Carthy, 'Dreams of Breathing Underwater', this is for me perfect modern folk music, bringing to it vibrancy and innovation without sacrificing its earthy, local nature. Unusual instruments work very well; and who would have thought (certainly I would never that believed it) that rap could find its way onto a record like this and somehow work. The problem with music like this is its classification, because it transcends labels like 'folk', whilst 'Modern folk', or 'new folk' seem contrived. Well, that is another problem; but anyone with an open mind should enjoy this.

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Folk Awards 2008

Search: Three Black Feathers
by: Various Artists

Release Date January 28, 2008
Ok...so I'm new to the folk scene, but what an introduction. Excellent!!
Made me want more and feel more confident about exploring the possibilities.