Song number five is almost the fulcrum of the album as we reach and tip beyond the half way point of the nine track album. As the centre piece it’s also perhaps appropriately the only traditional song on the album. Chris has picked a good one too and The Little Carpenter fits the everyman agenda of the album to a tee. It also picks up the tender heart of the track from two weeks ago, where true love is once again on the agenda. But make no mistake this 1-0 to the good guys.
Chris is once again succinct, but probably says all that needs to be said, giving a little clue to his musical preference too saying, “This is the only trad song on the album. I just love songs in 5/4 so, I made it into one.” As if to emphasise the sweetness of the ultimate victory for the underdog he adds, “In the face of several more lucrative offers she holds out for her penniless little tradesman.” And with a final flourish he reveals, “Sung with feeling.”
Having listened to it, don’t you know that’s the truth?
Review by: Simon Holland
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Tour Dates
26 April The Anvil, Churchill Way, BASINGSTOKE, Hants, RG21 7QR.
01256 844 244 / www.anvilarts.org.uk
29 April The Junction, Clifton Way, CAMBRIDGE CB1 7GX.
01223 511511 / www.junction.co.uk
30 April The Stables‐Stage 1, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, MILTON KEYNES MK17 8LU.
01908 280800 / www.stables.org
1 May The Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, GATESHEAD NE8 2JR.
0191 443 4661 / www.thesagegateshead.org
4 May Sheffield Central Library Theatre, Tudor Square, SHEFFIELD S1 1XZ.
07835 966810 / www.wegottickets.com
5 May South Lakes Rootsfest, Lane Farm, Crocklands, MILTHORPE Cumbria LA7 7NH.
0114 2349979 / www.wegottickets.com
9 May St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, off Park Street, BRISTOL BS1 5RR.
0845 4024001 / www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
10 May Electric Palace, 35 South Street, BRIDPORT Dorset DT6 3NY.
01308 426336 / www.electricpalace.org.uk
11 May The Acorn Theatre, Parade Street, PENZANCE Cornwall TR18 4BU.
01736 365520 ‐ box office / www.acorntheatre.co.uk
12 May Topsham Folk Club, Matthews Hall, Fore Street, TOPSHAM, Devon, EX3 0HF.
01404 44498 / www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk
16 May Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay, SHREWSBURY Shropshire SY3 8HQ.
01743 281281 / www.theatresevern.co.uk
17 May Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, The Precincts, CANTERBURY, Kent CT1 2EH
01227 831493 / www.folkinthebarn.co.uk / Box Office info@folkinthebarn.co.uk
21 May St George’s Hall Liverpool, St George’s Place, LIVERPOOL Merseyside L1 1JJ.
0151 709 3789 / www.liverpoolphil.com
22 May The Glee Club, BIRMINGHAM
Box Office: www.glee.co.uk/birmingham‐music / 0871 472 0400
23 May Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, Islington, LONDON N1 2UN.
08444 771 000 / www.pulluptheroots.co.uk
24 May The Guildhall Derby, Derby Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DERBY DE1 3AH.
01332 255800 / www.assemblyrooms‐derby.co.uk
25 May Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, WINCHESTER, Hants, SO23 8SB
01962 873603 / www.hants.gov.uk/wdc
26 May The Basement, 24 Kensington Street, BRIGHTON, East Sussex, BN1 4AJ.
www.thebasement.uk.com