After two years off stage, at last The Unthanks are back LINK TO MY REVIEW OF POOLE. The eighth time I’ve seen them, and probably the best too. This is a long tour, stretching till August. It will probably come near enough to most people. I will be amazed if this is not the best concert with the best sound I’ll see this year.
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Had a look around and it looks like the McPeakes sang ‘Singing Bird’ first (which prob is the Northern Ireland connection) – but they got it from a Munster singer apparently. I know there has been a bit of controversy over where the McPeakes got some of their songs – esp “the Wild Mountain Thyme’.
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/mysingingbird.html
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