| Straw, Lindsay / Fairest Flower Of Womankind, The |
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| Album: | Fairest Flower Of Womankind, The | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Straw, Lindsay | Added: | Aug 2017 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-10-28 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
| Week Ending: | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 | Sep 24 | Sep 17 | Sep 10 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 27, 2017: | Traditions The Forester | 4. | Oct 10, 2017: | That's Not Bluegrass. The Forester | |
| 2. | Oct 20, 2017: | Traditions Sweet Lovely Jean | 5. | Oct 06, 2017: | Traditions Fair Annie | |
| 3. | Oct 13, 2017: | Traditions The Maid On The Shore | 6. | Sep 21, 2017: | w/e Geordie |
| Album Review |
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| Kim Walter Reviewed 2017-08-09 | ||
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Lindsay Straw, “the fairest flower of womankind” Label: self released Reviewed by: Kim Walter, August 2017 When I first saw this the title of this album, I thought that this was a bold statement for a woman to make about herself. Then I saw the rest of the title, which had obviously been cut off due to its verbosity (or, as Steven Colbert calls it, wordiness), and I suddenly liked the album much better. The full title is: “the fairest flower of womankind: songs of feminine triumph”. These are mainly traditional Scottish and English folk songs about strong women. Great individually, 13 in a row is a bit much… 1. slow/med – traditional Traveller’s (aka Gypsy) song- “The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter 2. slow/med – Frankie Armstrong’s style, common story of beautiful maiden on the shore 3. slow/med – Australian song about a woman hiding her identity and becoming a sailor 4. slow – a cappella, about “regular” people 5. slow – folk song about two sisters (somewhat of a rare theme in folk music) 6. med – more like folk rock – voice and guitar 7. slow – traditional tale common all over British Isles about a woman being her man’s savior 8. slow – very similar theme and style to #7 9. slow – voice and fiddle 10. med – snappy Scottish style 11. slow – traditional revenge ballad 12. slow/med – traditional English folk song 13. slow/med – similar to #10 | ||
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