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- Summary: Recorded in an old copper mine, a wood barrel-making shop, and other unique places in a mining town, the sixth solo album for the British folk singer-songwriter was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Honour Oak
- Genre(s): Folk
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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UncutApr 17, 2012A definite return to form. [May 2012, p.77]
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Apr 17, 2012Unhitched from a major label, he has opted for a starker, more contemplative approach and sounds the better for it.
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Apr 17, 2012Tales From Barrel House is by no means without flaw, it's too untameable for that--but when it shines at its brightest, it is every bit as alive as the people and lands it attempts to portray.
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Apr 20, 2012The music is an acquired taste but Tales From The Barrel House is certainly a modern musical artisan at work.
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Apr 17, 2012The subject matter may be familiar territory, but this is no comfort zone.
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Apr 17, 2012Lakeman writes, sings, plays, produces and mixes, which may or may not explain the rather dry, stoney sound of the album and the rhythmic forthrightness of the playing.