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Folk East Festival 2013
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floodplain Songs from the Floodplain
Jon Boden
Votes: 835
Review
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Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed
Show of Hands
Votes: 569
Review
mountains In The Shadow of Mountains
Bella Hardy
Votes: 315
Review
english arcanum An English Arcanum
Telling the Bees
Votes:221
Review
smith Sand & Soil
Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose
Votes:131
Review
Best Album

smith Map Or Direction
John Smith

Votes: 876

John Smith has travelled to some far off places for 'Map Or Direction'. Firstly, the southern states of America, then, deep within his own psyche. Both journeys have led to some extraordinary material for this unforeseen release.

John's musical development appeared to be straight forward to some observers: brought up in a household with a soundtrack of blues and classical music, and significantly, records by Messers Renbourn, Jansch and Drake. His debut, neatly blended his early listening and hinted at a burgeoning experimentalist and classic songwriter in the vein of John Martyn, someone he consequently toured alongside.

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