I am afraid this didn't work for me at all. For some reason I was expecting something along the lines of Nick Drake, but this is just way too "of it's genre" (what an awful turn of phrase - but it describes what I mean) for me. It is a straight English folk album. And the guy is clearly an excellent guitar player but the songs just didn't connect. After watching and thoroughly enjoying Pentangle at Glastonbury last year, one of Bert Jansch's last performances (he said, rapidly trying to get his folk credentials in some sorta shape), I think I do know a bit about English folk, but when I do like it, it is when it has taken the traditional elements and added something unique. This isn't that. I have probably insulted some serious folkies but I can't pretend I like it so...
Penguin Eggs
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