From: Pete Fyfe
[petefyfe_at_aol_dot_com]
Sent: 18 February 2012 12:36
Subject: Pete Fyfe review &
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KEITH KENDRICK & SYLVIA
NEEDHAM - Well Dressed (Wild Goose Records WGS 387CD)
I count myself very lucky to
work on occasions with Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham as members of the
music ?crew' providing entertainment onboard HMS Warrior, Portsmouth. Many's
the times we've shared a good joke together whilst either singing or playing in
an informal session and that comes across in this more than pleasurable
recording. Both fine singers, Keith and Sylvia prove just as adept at accapella
as they are in accompanying themselves in company with, amongst others Jon
Loomes (hurdy gurdy, fiddle and piano), Johnny Adams (various instruments and
vocals) and Gilly Loomes on cornet and hammered dulcimer. The duo's repertoire
of predominantly traditional arranged British songs including "Banks Of The
Nile", "The Riddle Song/Lovers' Tasks" and a stirring, if somewhat unusual
setting of the shanties "One More Day/Shallow Brown" courtesy of John Short
establishes their credentials as purveyors of that distinctive ?folk' culture
that we from these islands should all be proud of. The inclusion of a
jolly rumpy-pumpy concertina led set of tunes "Blue-Eyed Stranger/Joe
Pea's" evokes memories of Keith's days spent with the much missed band Ram's
Bottom and should prove a popular addition to English session players
everywhere. Yet another fine album from the Wildgoose stable. www.keithkendrick.com
PETE FYFE