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That's Proper Folk

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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Proper
Category: Music

List Price: ~~Ł4.99~~
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

15 reviews
Sales Rank: 32

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 805520212571
EAN: 0805520212571
ASIN: B00165QOQC

Release Date: April 7, 2008
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Tracks:

•	Eliza Carthy - Mr Magnifico (Monitor Mix Version) [from album Dreams Of Breathing Underwater]
•	Karine Polwart - Sorry [from album This Earthly Spell]
•	Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble - Steal What We Can (Exclusive Version)
•	Cara Dillon - False, False [from DVD The Redcastle Sessions]
•	Martin Simpson - Never Any Good [from DVD Live At The Union Chapel]
•	Athena - Let Me In [from album Breathe With Me]
•	Luka Bloom - Innocence [from DVD/CD The Man Is Alive]
•	Mary Gauthier - Our Lady Of The Shooting Stars [from album Genesis]
•	The Waifs - Sundirtwater [from album Sundirtwater]
•	Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl - Grey Goes [from album Two]
•	Lau - Stewarts [from album Live (at The Bongo Club)]
•	Bellowhead - Jiggery Pokerwork; Haul Away; The Seven Stars [from DVD Live At Shepherds Bush Empire]
•	Sharon Shannon with Mundy - The Galway Girl (Exclusive Studio Version)

Similar Items:

•	The Imagined Village
•	Poor Man's Heaven
•	This Earthly Spell
•	Dreams of Breathing Underwater
•	Folk Awards 2008

Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Unbeatable value! August 18, 2008
Whether or not the contents is strictly "folk" is rather academic as you get so much excellent music for a mere 2. It takes me back to the days of "Sampler" LPs, other record labels could learn a lot from this CD..

Some great stuff here - I'm sure I too am going to buy at least one album from the artists featured...
Quite frankly it's so cheap you have nothing to lose...

5 out of 5 stars

Thats really proper folk August 16, 2008
Great,well worth the money. From a folk fan of many years standing.

5 out of 5 stars

superb sampler at a bargain price August 6, 2008
The lovely people at Proper Music have done us proud. For just 1.99- less than the price of a cup of coffee- they have put together a 13-track sampler on which there is not a single duff track. In fact, there are a number of absolutely stunning moments here for anyone who loves quality songwriting.

As has been noted, this is a sampler, not a full-priced compilation, so there is a certain amount of mix and match involved. Personally, I don't think that's a problem. Not while we have the beauty of Cara Dillon's voice, a superbly-constructed song from Martin Simpson, a slightly 'experimental' moment from Eliza Carthy's new album, a great version of a traditional sea shanty... all this and the song from the Magner's ad too...

Yes, not all of it is what you'd call 'traditional' folk, but in case nobody's noticed, 'folk' has long since reached out to the mainstream and these days embraces a wide variety of artists. Who decides what folk is anyway? No one would say Eliza Carthy is not a folk artist, but her song here is certainly the least 'folky' on display.

Enough of the inverted commas. This is a truly fantastic selection of songs, close to five-star standard at any price, but at this price I can't believe everyone isn't buying it. Get it with a couple of other albums and you won't even have to pay postage.

2 out of 5 stars

Not proper folk July 19, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

The title seems specific enough, but is a misnomer. This is a variable hotch-potch - covers multiple genres - a bad thing given the title! For example the first track is a trumpet based samba type track with most of the lyrics being talked over the backing rather than being sung ... didn't bode well. I love Martin Simpson and his live track is excellent...possibly better than the album track.... but I had this track already. Just don't expect too much fiddle, squeezebox etc. Interestingly it seems to get more like 'proper folk' as the CD progresses. The first time I played it I only got half way before I felt cheated and turned it off. I then played the second half in the car and replayed the earlier tracks. I don't dislike any of it ... just labelled incorrectly in my view.

3 out of 5 stars

Nice, but how folkish is it? June 27, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

Not a regular visitor to this genre, but this CD seems to lurch around between eighties All About Eve-style, to American country, to a vaguely mariachi style track sung with a Scots accent. It's all nice enough, and with a price tag to please, but it's not my understanding of earthy folk music.