Rachel Untahank & The Winterset : The Bairns

Posted by: Nuno Baptista on 26 March 2008

If you like folk,definitly you will have to hear this record.The record sounds great,the piano is amazing and her voice sounds quite well,on this kind of register-I mean,folk-
Posted on: 26 March 2008 by Diccus62
Keep up Nuno, there are many fans of this record and indeed her first on the Forum. I'm off to see her in May. Indeed maybe I should get out more. Winker Smile
Posted on: 27 March 2008 by Steve Bull
Good choice, Nuno. It's not the cheeriest album in my collection - but it is a great one.

Diccus - I'm sure you'll enjoy the concert, I saw her in a smallish marquee stage at a festival last summer and it was a wonderful set.

And no doubt ROTF will be along shortly to recommend some similar artists...
Posted on: 27 March 2008 by Diccus62
Steve

I've been close to seeing her numerous times but hopefully it will come off this time.

Don't believe all you hear about ROTF, he actually is an affectionado of Speed Death Metal - this stuff about Folk and Prog is all a Front Big Grin

Diccus
Posted on: 27 March 2008 by hungryhalibut
quote:
he actually is an affectionado of Speed Death Metal


I think the word you are looking for is afficionado.

I shall go an give Rachel a spin myself.

Nigel
Posted on: 27 March 2008 by markah
quote:
Originally posted by hungryhalibut:
quote:
he actually is an affectionado of Speed Death Metal


I think the word you are looking for is afficionado.

I shall go an give Rachel a spin myself.

Nigel


I think the word you are looking for is "and".

Mark
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by markah:
quote:
Originally posted by hungryhalibut:
quote:
he actually is an affectionado of Speed Death Metal


I think the word you are looking for is afficionado.

I shall go an give Rachel a spin myself.

Nigel


I think the word you are looking for is "and".

Mark


Bloomin' eck an English lesson. Tis' like bean bak at skool Big Grin
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Diccus62
"Music as tough as it is gentle, as ancient as it is modern, and as coldly desolate as it is achingly intimate.. easily more contemporary and stylish than boys in skinny trousers holding electric guitars like it's 1969...They might not end up being the best-selling British all-girl group of all time, but they're well on their way to being the most charismatic and imaginative." Paul Morley, The Observer *****
Posted on: 01 April 2008 by Guido Fawkes
The Bairns is a stunning album that shows that innovative music is alive and well. It was unquestionably the best British folk album released last year.

I can't really think of a similar artist as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are unique. This is not comfortable listening, but it is essential listening.

There are lots of good honest folk artists around these days.

Nuno, do try to listen to Rachel Unthank & The Winterset debut album Cruel Sister - this is more conventional, but just as enchanting as the second record.

ATB Rotf