THE MAGICKAL FOLK OF THE FARAWAY TREE - 'The Soup & The Shilling' 2 x CD (Deserted Village / Deadslackstring)
The long-awaited, long-whispered about The Magickal Folk Of The Faraway Tree album has finally arrived! Those of you who have been asking for a reissue for a long time and are now being rewarded with a double CD. "The Mildew Leaf" and "The Cat's Melodeon" EPs have long been out of print. Along with a track from the "Gold Leaf Branches" compilation, they make up Disc One. Disc Two is all new recordings, further exploring the Peter Kennedy songbook and beyond. Dark and traditional folk, sung in Irish and English, including a great rendition of the traditional ballad 'Twa Corbies'.
