Cruel Sister (Rachel Unthank and the Winterset album)

Cruel Sister
Studio album by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Released 11 May 2005 (UK)
Genre Folk
Label Rabble Rouser
Producer Adrian McNally
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset chronology
Cruel Sister (2007) The Bairns (2007)

Cruel Sister, the first album by English folk group Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, was launched on 11 May 2005 at Holmfirth Folk Festival.[1]

Cruel Sister received support from a number of DJs on BBC Radio 2 and was subsequently awarded Folk Album of the Year by MOJO magazine.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "On a Monday Morning" (Cyril Tawney, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank/Belinda O'Hooley)
  2. "January Man" (Dave Goulder, arranged by Rachel Unthank)
  3. "Fair Rosamund" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel Unthank/Belinda O'Hooley)
  4. "Cruel Sister" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel Unthank)
  5. "Rap Her to Bank" (Traditional, arranged by Becky Unthank)
  6. "Raven Girl" (Unknown/Ester Watson)
  7. "Twenty Long Weeks" (Alex Glasgow, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank/Belinda O'Hooley)
  8. "The Fair Flower of Northumberland" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel Unthank)
  9. "The Greatham Calling on Song" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank)
  10. "Riverman" (Nick Drake, published by Island, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank)
  11. "Bonny at Morn" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel Unthank)
  12. "John Dead" (Traditional, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank)
  13. "Troubled Waters" (Matt McGinn, arranged by Rachel and Becky Unthank)

Personnel

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Additional musicians

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Unthanks Biography". contactmusic.com. 2008. http://www.contactmusic.com/info/the_unthanks. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Ross Bennett (3 April 2008). "The MOJO Club: Rachel Unthank & The Winterset!". MOJO magazine. http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/04/the_mojo_club_rachel_unthank_t.html. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 

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