What a great little county Northumbria is. It's got the best beaches (Embleton, pictured above), fab pubs, Bamburgh Castle, Alnwick Gardens, the Holy Isle. We go there a fair bit. It's a good half way meeting point with my Yorkshire in-laws.
Charming accent too. Put to good effect by The Unthanks in this lovely haunting folk song, Here's the Tender Coming, about press gangs coming to South Shields.
Charming accent too. Put to good effect by The Unthanks in this lovely haunting folk song, Here's the Tender Coming, about press gangs coming to South Shields.
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Love the Unthanks! The entire 'Here's the Tender Coming' album is a lovely one and I often recommend it to friends. Rachel and Becky Unthank always seem to be fully and respectfully engaged with tradition while also striving to move English folk music forward, keeping it relevant and emotionally meaningful to a new generation of listeners. That's a hard balance to strike consistently but they do an excellent job at it.
MT - I see what you're doing and ... I very much appreciate it.
It was between this and Patience Kershaw which is lovely and heartbreaking
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