Folk Songs

by Lau

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JohnT42 Lau, what can I say? The most progressive ‘folk’ band around comprising of three, four including Inge, of our most talented folk musicians. This EP presents some traditional material interpreted with a Lau sensitivity. Within today’s current UK folk scene surely Kris Drever is our finest male vocalist and songwriter along with Martin and Aiden as ground breaking genre musicians. A class release.

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1.	The Banks of Red Roses 05:09	buy track
2.	Polly on the Shore 04:08	buy track
3.	The Cruel Brother 07:25	buy track
4.	Ca' The Ewes 04:08	buy track
5.	The Witch of the Westmorelands 05:56	buy track

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"We’ve been making new music!

‘Folk Songs’ is our new EP. We’ve gone way back to the music that made us. A collection of (mostly) ancient songs that are dear to us.

For 15 years now we’ve been writing new music in the language and spirit of traditional song and dance. Our instinct has always been to keep pushing forward, keep testing what elements can be woven around the old idioms to make them new and keep them true. This is our first real foray into the traditional canon proper, and what drives us is the same as ever.

Why the old songs now? Because 2020. Old stories feel important. Like all performers everywhere, we’ve been forced off the road, and now felt the moment to reflect and reground. We’ve inhabited rather than written these five songs, and their emotional fire has swept us away. "

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released November 14, 2020

Mixed by Lau & Stuart Hamilton
Recorded in Edinburgh, Pathhead & Glasgow. Autumn 2020
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios
Produced by Lau

Kris Drever - Vocals & guitar
Martin Green - Accordion & production
Aidan O’Rourke - Fiddle
Inge Thomson - Vocals

Image - (c) Genevieve Stevenson
Design & Layout - Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous

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Lau Scotland, UK

'Lau are a remarkable band – the most musically adventurous trio in British folk – exquisite and hypnotic, musicianship at its best’
★★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

‘This is music of such stunning creativity – one of most thrilling live bands’ SUNDAY HERALD

‘Instrumental virtuosity’ MOJO

‘Intoxicating, mesmerising music’
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