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Seth Lakeman
Freedom Fields
(Relentless, 2006)
New folk hunk braves wreckers, poachers and Roundheads to deliver his best record.
The current poster boy of the folk scene, Seth Lakeman first found recognition in the band Equation, formed in the late ’90s with Cara Dillon, Kathryn Roberts and his brothers Sam and Sean. Released three years after their breakup in 2001, Lakeman’s second solo effort Kitty Jay was the surprise, and some would say token, folk inclusion on the following year’s Mercury Prize shortlist. It was 2006’s Freedom Fields, however, which would provide crossover potential and mainstream success. Drawing again on Devonian legend, it told of stricken ships and sly temptresses, lovers slain by poachers and sweethearts lost to the civil war. Recorded for just a few hundred pounds in his brother’s kitchen, its traditional themes nevertheless came wrapped in a radio-friendly version of folk simplicity. Highlights are the minor hits The White Hare and Lady Of The Sea whilst in King and Country, the story of his own grandfather’s experience of war, Lakeman produced his best work to date. With the release of his follow-up, Poor Man’s Heaven, due in June, Seth Lakeman leads the charge of folk into the mainstream.
Stuart Williams
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 03/05/2008
Further Listening
Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay (Relentless, 2004)
Cara Dillon – Sweet Liberty (Rough Trade, 2003)
Johnny Flynn – A Larum (Lost Highway, 2008)
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