Vanilla (CD)

Blowzabella - Vanilla (CD)
Barcode: 714822005951

Much-requested re-release for the long out of print 1990 album by folk legends, Blowzabella, who mark their 40th anniversary in 2018

A welcome, much-requested release for the long out of print 1990 album by folk legends, Blowzabella, who mark their 40th anniversary this year (2018) with a new album, 'Two Score.'

Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, drone-based wall-of-sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional folk music and song - a shared culture with ancient roots.

Many of their tunes are "standards" in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world. Bands across Europe who experiment with folk music often cite Blowzabella as a major influence. Much loved and respected, there is no one else quite like them.

Andy Cutting - diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya - vocals, saxophone, clarinet; Paul James - vocals, bagpipes, saxophones; Gregory Jolivet - hurdy-gurdy; David Shepherd - violin; Barn Stradling - bass guitar; Jon Swayne - bagpipes, saxophone.

Spaghetti Panic/La Belle Sest Endormie/Jan Mijne Man/Go Mauve/Fulmine/Beanfield/Monster CafÈ/I Wish, I Wish/Down Side/Solviegs Song/Doctor Feg/Horizonto/In Continental Mood/The Old Queen/Flatworld/The Lovers Ghost/The R.S.B. & The Hobb/Spaghetti Panic (Live)

• Released: 5/25/18
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: Folk