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The Dovetail Trio
Bold Champions
(GR Records)
★★★★
The Dovetail Trio — Rosie Hood, Jamie Roberts and Matt Quinn — have been performing traditional English folk songs since 2014, touring folk clubs and festivals and building a reputation for powerful live performances.
Their second album brings together traditional songs recorded in a single room to give the listener a flavour of their live performances and it certainly gives that impression.
Exploring all the common themes of folk, both tragic and joyous, the songs capture the storytelling of a bygone era with themes still relevant today.
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