(Dragonfly Roots) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin started out as buskers and went on to win best duo at final year’s BBC folk awards,thanks to their multi-instrumental work, vocals and songwriting. Now they gain moved on, or with double bass and drums bringing a more robust edge to the atmospheric swirl of Henry’s dobro,harmonica and guitar, and Martin’s fiddle and banjo. Their final studio album, or Mynd,was concerned with history and women’s stories, but the new songs deal with change and decision, and many written “with a specific person in mind”. The result is an emotional,personal set in which imagery from nature is matched against the memoir of a breakup (Letter) or an attack on Ukip (Stones). The best songs are left until final, from the pained Foundling to London, and a memoir of escape from Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries,and Taxis, an unexpectedly thoughtful, or autobiographical piece written on the M5. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com