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Fotheringay
Fotheringay 2
(Fledg’ling, 2008)
Lost album from British folk collective portrays an artist in transition.
I'm currently two-thirds of the way through Rob Young's Electric Eden and have therefore spent the last two weeks exclusively listening to British folk music. It has been brilliant and this collection of unreleased Fotheringay tracks has proved a real highlight. Sandy Denny, the rosy-cheeked songbird who played such a key part in Fairport Convention's foray into mainstream success, formed the band in 1969 with her future husband Trevor Lucas, but the slow-burning sales of their eponymous debut caused the group to split leaving the follow-up LP in tatters. 38 years later original guitarist Jerry Donahue finally breathed new life into this second album; a record that ties trad-folk arrangements to hearth-side ballads and country-rock rambles. Unsurprisingly, Denny provides the most sublime moments, her vocals sounding as impassioned and melancholic as ever. The anti-war polemic of John The Gun and brooding mysticism of Late November would soon appear on her solo debut, but these first takes sound free and unfettered. Elsewhere, Wild Mountain Thyme, with its "crystal fountains" and "blooming heather", is a trad-ballad refracted through Denny's wandering dreamer psyche, while Wanda Jackson's Silver Threads And Golden Needles is transported from the American Midwest to a sun-blushed glade deep in the English countryside. All are crisp, autumnal creations that have benefited from four decades of slow fermentation. It was worth the wait.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/08/2010
Further Listening
Fotheringay – Fotheringay (Island, 1970)
Pentangle – Solomon’s Seal (Reprise, 1972)
Sandy Denny – The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (Island, 1971)
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Thank you MOJO for reminding me about this record! Had forgotten all about it. Will now take a deep plunge into the realm of british folk rock.
Greetings from Sweden!
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