After a variety of other projects, the Tyneside folk sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank and co make a welcome return in their usual collective with a hearty and harmonious mix of the traditional and the new with songs on heartbreaks and collieries, rivers and rebellions. Standouts include The Old News, written by Becky and Adrian McNally, Rachel’s The Isabella Colliery Coke Ovens, Gordon Fok’s The Bay of Fundy, and traditionals such as Waters of Tyne, the title track, The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, the long but movingly heartbreaking Sandgate Dandling Song, and the violin enriched Jacobite song Royal Blackbird. Serene, moving, beautifully arranged and timelessly sung. Out on Rabble Rouser Music.
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