Blowzabella: Vanilla – COMPACT DISCS

Title: Vanilla
Artist: Blowzabella
Label: Topic Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 714822005951
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2018-05-25
Number of Discs: 1

Much-requested re-release for the long out of print 1990 album by folk legends, Blowzabella, who mark their 40th anniversary in 2018 A welcome, much-requested release for the long out of print 1990 album by folk legends, Blowzabella, who mark their 40th anniversary this year (2018) with a new album, ‘Two Score.’Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, drone-based wall-of-sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional folk music and song – a shared culture with ancient roots.Many of their tunes are “standards” in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world. Bands across Europe who experiment with folk music often cite Blowzabella as a major influence. Much loved and respected, there is no one else quite like them.Andy Cutting – diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya – vocals, saxophone, clarinet; Paul James – vocals, bagpipes, saxophones; Gregory Jolivet – hurdy-gurdy; David Shepherd – violin; Barn Stradling – bass guitar; Jon Swayne – bagpipes, saxophone.Spaghetti Panic/La Belle S’est Endormie/Jan Mijne Man/Go Mauve/Fulmine/Beanfield/Monster Caf/I Wish, I Wish/Down Side/Solvieg’s Song/Doctor Feg/Horizonto/In Continental Mood/The Old Queen/Flatworld/The Lover’s Ghost/The R.S.B. & The Hobb/Spaghetti Panic (Live)

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