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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 31/01/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear is the third of the 3 new, original songs on the album. Hounds is a 10 minute that starts with a quiet acoustic section, laced with synths and builds into a superb, melodic rock song with an introspective lyric typical of the album. Album Of The Week - 31/01/2026 - Track 4 Going a little out of order with today's selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear, with the closing song on the album. The track, Solitude, is a cover of a Black Sabbath song originally released on their 1971 album, Master Of Reality.  This  Green Carnation version stays true to the Sabbath original with its sorrowful, atmospheric portrayal envoking a sense of loss and despair. Album Of The Week - 31/01/2026 - Track 3 The third selection from Leaves Of Yesteryear is the longest song on the album, My Dark Reflections Of Life And Death. This 15 minute epic is a reworking of a song by the same name t...
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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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