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  Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 05/04/2025 - Track 2 My second selection from Time is the track that first introduced me to Roseanna Ball. There is a grittiness and soul to The Thatcher, a song that dips into the American influences the ripple through this album. Album Of The Week - 05/04/2025 Time – Roseanna Ball   We stay firmly rooted in the world of folk music this week with another Devon based artist. Roseanna Ball came to my attention via the now sadly defunct Folk Blokes TV Folk Show that aired for a couple of years on one of the more obscure free to air TV channels. Time is the fourth album from Roseanna Ball, released in 2016 and I must admit that although there are some very good moments on this record, I have not kept up with her subsequent releases. That is not taking anything away from Time though as there is enough on the album for it to capture my attention. With her thoughtful lyrics, musical ability over an array of instruments and soulful voice there ...
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  Album Of The Week 2025 - Archive Album Of The Week - 04/01/2025 Century Child - Nightwish   To kick off 2025 we have the third of my 18 Nightwish albums to be selected, the album, Century Child being the bands 4 th  studio album, released in 2002. By the time this album came out in 2002, Nightwish were already well established on the metal scene and were big selling artists, especially in their native Finland where their previous album, Wishmaster (album of the week 01/07/2023) went to number 1. As stated previously, Nightwish are a band that helped changed my opinion to metal back in the late 90’s prior to which it was not a genre that held much interest for me. Nightwish introduced me to the dark symphonic side of metal which blends rock guitars with melodic vocals, choral and orchestral effects. The mix, when done right, is powerful, atmospheric, grandiose and is generally very easy to listen to. Like any genre, there are plenty of bands that struggle to get it right...
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