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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 14/02/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Last Of The Wild is the title track from the album. Another of the more folk rock songs from the album again where the fiddle provides a strong melody for the lyric which warns of us of enviromental uncertainty for mankind. Album Of The Week - 14/02/2026 Last Of The Wild – Noble Jacks   We have a change of direction this week as we look at the most recent release from folk/Americana/rock band Noble Jacks with their 2022 album Last Of The Wild. Julie and I first encountered the band in 2018 at the Phoenix Art Centre in Exeter where they were performing as a support act (for Wildwood Kin I think) and we were immediately struck by their energy and excellent melodic fiddle driven folk rock. I came home that night with their debut album, What The Hammer, and we have been following their progress ever since. Hailing from Brighton, it was interesting to see that their debut album was recorded...
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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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