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- Summary: The British folk artist latest full-length release features Paul McGann narrating songs about the Mayflower and the pilgrims who settled in Plymouth.
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- Record Label: BMG Rights Management
- Genre(s): Folk
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Feb 18, 2020A Pilgrim’s Tale admirably tells of a fascinatingly swashbuckling adventure into history, but in shining a light on the fate of this people it contextualises how so often that history is authored by the victors.
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UncutFeb 18, 2020It's hugely impressive and would certainly suit a fully dramatised staging. [Mar 2020, p.30]
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Feb 18, 2020The Mayflower’s story is compelling, featuring hardship, hunger and the righteous pilgrims plundering grain from the Wampanoags, and is helped along by artful narratives spoken by the actor Paul McGann.
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MojoFeb 18, 2020Lakeman is in his element. ... McGann's narration is disappointingly flat and some of the musical settings - like the shanty Sailing Time - are underplayed; but the songs are emotive. [Mar 2020, p.88]