Subtitled "Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006", Tell Tale Signs, the eighth of Dylan's long running Bootleg series of officially approved outtakes, comes in two formats. The two-disc version consists of 27 tracks, including alternate versions of songs from his last three studio sets: Oh Mercy, Time out of Mind and Modern Times. Even non-obsessives will be seduced by the ...
Seth Lakeman's fourth solo album, Poor Man's Heaven, moves him ever closer to the mainstream, his frantic fiddle playing backed with a small, tight band fully aware of the power they generate. But the Dartmoor-based folk singer still digs into local folklore for material. The pounding opener "The Hurlers" refers to an ancient stone formation in Cornwall, while "Solomon Browne" commemorates ...
Son of English folk-rock veterans Richard and Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson has been blessed with a similar musical talent to his famous parents, yet his three albums to date have failed to break through into the mainstream. A Piece of What You Need however--his fourth album--has been helmed by Marius de Vries (Bjork, Madonna, Rufus Wainwright) and appears to have ‘commercial ...