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    Album Of The Week                                                                   Album Of The Week - 17/10/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from Imaginaerum: The Score is the closing track, From G to E Minor. This is a beautiful poignant track built on the theme from the opening song from the Imaginaerum album. The track accompanies the moment of realisation that the note change was a symbol of love, through music, from the lead character to his daughter, Gem, the conclussion to this moving film. Album Of The Week - 17/10/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Imaginaerum: The Score is I Have To Let You Go. A sweeping, cinematic piece, the longest track on the album which marks a key point in the film where our lead character, while reverting into childhood memories finally stops clinging to the memor...
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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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