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    Album Of The Week                                                                   Album Of The Week - 07/11/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from Cuilidh is the closing track on the album, Aoidh, Na Dèan Cadal Idir. This is a vocal only recording of a traditional Gaelic lullaby. This is a beautiful song to close this outstanding album from Julie Fowlis. Album Of The Week - 07/11/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Cuilidh is the track that probably rates as one of my highlights from the album. Oran Nan Raiders is a traditional protest song about the living standards of veterans returning to North Uist after World War One. Album Of The Week - 07/11/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from Cuilidh is Mo Dhomhnallan Fhein, another of the beautiful ballads on the album. Again, one of the songs t...
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Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive

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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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