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Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: The Bairns

by John Kelman
January 10, 2015

Rachel Unthank & The WintersetThe BairnsRabble Rousser2007 Before they became simply The Unthanks they were Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. Today's Rediscovery is the first album I ever heard by this extraordinary British chamber folk group...but it would not be the last. The group's second album after its 2005 Rabble Rouser ...

The Bairns

By Rachel Unthank

Label: Rabble Rouser Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Felton Lonnin; Lull 1; Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk; I Wish; Blue Gaen' Oot O'the Fashion; Lull II: My Lad's a Canny Lad; Blackbird; Lull III: A Minor Place; Sea Song; Whitethorn; Lull IV: Can't Stop It Raining; My Donald; Ma Bonny Lad; Fareweel Regality; Newcastle Lullaby.

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: The Bairns

by John Kelman
December 12, 2007

In the sphere of folk music, especially in the area of traditional British folk music, there are a number of often-used stylistic conventions--there's a reason, after all, that it's called “traditional. Guitar is most often the currency of choice, with piano and fiddle close seconds. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset do have fiddle and piano, but ...