The Young ’uns: Tiny Notes

Hudson Records
★★★★★

TWENTY years ago, three teenage friends stumbled across folk music in the back room of a pub in their native Stockton-on-Tees. Entranced by music they had not previously been familiar with they became regulars and were dubbed the Young ’uns due to being the youngest people in the room.

Since then, the trio of Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (also an award-winning comedian) have become one of the hottest acts on the folk scene with a body of work which includes tributes to Spanish Civil War hero Johnny Longstaff and pivotal moments in working-class history from the Peasants Revolt to the Battle of Cable Street. 

This latest album marks a new departure, consisting of entirely new songs written by Cooney, but nevertheless continues the narrative tradition of celebrating real-life heroes caught up in tragic situations.