The Furrow Collective - Fathoms (2018)

2018 release, the third album Fathoms by award-winning and acclaimed folk group The Furrow Collective. Produced in Powys and Oxfordshire by honorary fifth-Furrow Andy Bell Fathoms sees the group build further on their substantial reputation for breathing new life into traditional songs. Fathoms captures typically innovative arrangements and sets the four distinctive voices in a magical, captivating sound-world. As with their previous collections, the impression is by turns ancient, evoking the lines back to the earliest source, and then altogether unknown; fresh as tomorrow morning. The Furrow Collective is an English/Scottish band consisting of four talented and individually prominent performers: Lucy Farrell (viola, voice & saw), Rachel Newton (harp, fiddle, voice), Emily Portman (banjo, concertina, voice) and Alasdair Roberts (guitars, voice). The group formed in 2013, drawn together by a shared love of traditional song and balladry of the England, Scotland and beyond and an open, intuitive approach to collaboration. In recognition of their innovative approach, The Furrow Collective were awarded the accolade of 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Best Group', hot on the heels of the release in late 2016 of their second album, Wild Hog (also on Hudson Records).

Tracklist:
3:17 | 01. The Furrow Collective - Davy Lowston
3:57 | 02. The Furrow Collective - The Dark-Eyed Gypsies
2:59 | 03. The Furrow Collective - False Lover Won Back
2:39 | 04. The Furrow Collective - Write Me Down
3:29 | 05. The Furrow Collective - False True Love
3:53 | 06. The Furrow Collective - The Cruel Grave
3:51 | 07. The Furrow Collective - The Cabin Boy
4:29 | 08. The Furrow Collective - My Son David
3:15 | 09. The Furrow Collective - Down by the Greenwoodside
2:10 | 10. The Furrow Collective - As I Came in by Yon Castle Wall
3:39 | 11. The Furrow Collective - Lady Eliza
4:24 | 12. The Furrow Collective - Our Ship She's Ready / I am a Maid thats Deep in Love