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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 14/03/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Auri is the track Savant. I love the mood changes with this mainly instrumental song laced with gorgeous vocal harmonies but within this there are some dark, ominous moments as well as a poem recited in Finnish. Album Of The Week - 14/03/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from Auri is the song Night 13. The vocal melody of this quiet, beautiful song reminded me very much of Nightwish and this song, with guitars, would have fit very comfortably on some of the latter offerings. As it is, this excellent song was the first single released from Auri. Album Of The Week - 14/03/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Auri is the track I Hope Your World Is Kind. This is a beautifully melodic song which could be described as "if Nightwish were a folk band". The song itself draws influence from a fantasy story, The Kingkiller Chroncle, and the lyrics come as a narration from the character, Auri,...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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