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Bearded Ladies Vol. 1 - Various Artists (2007)

Effervescent songbird Jane Weaver has joined forces with Finders Keepers to produce a B-Music certified canon of femme-folk, laden with finger picked meandering melodies, ethereal harmonies and wistful psychedelic leanings. This bespoke globe-trotting decade-spanning collection traces a line between the acid soaked protest rumblings of yesteryear and the forward-looking/backward-facing revivalists of today, as luminaries such as Wendy & Bonnie, Bonnie Dobson, Heather Jones and Susan Christie rub shoulders with the current cream of female songsmithery including Emma Tricca, Magphai, and Cate Le Bon.

Tracks:

01. Hey-Moon - Speck Mountain

02. Paisley Window Pane - Wendy & Bonnie

03. Horses - Magpahi

04. Martin and Me - Emma Tricca

05. Gesi Baglari - Selda

06. Peachtree Street - Lispector

07. Milk and Honey - Bonnie Dobson

08. Lat Mig Se Dig - Turid

09. Coli Laith - Heather Jones

10. Branches Low - Lights

11. Rainy Day - Susan Christie

12. All These Rivers - Jane Weaver

13. Le Goudron - Brigitte Fontaine

14. Refuge - Heaven & Earth

15. Disappear - Cate le Bon

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I don't know what's in the water over at Finders Keepers towers, but every single release that seems to be trit-trotting from the collective of labels lately has been totally unmissable. From Selda's shocking self titled album last year to this week's Voice of the Seven Woods, it's nail-bitingly intense stuff, and this bumper compilation put together by folky type Jane Weaver is no exception. Much has been made of the freak folk scene in the last few years with labels like Drag City launching acts such as Espers and Joanna Newsom onto the world, and Devendra Banhart standing up for all things freaky and strummed - it's almost come to a level of over saturation in fact, but that's what makes 'Bearded Ladies Volume One' so darn good. You see we really have a soft spot for female fronted folk fables, and Weaver has expertly placed together fifteen cuts here, old and brand spanking new which manage to be both wildly experimental and gorgeously heartfelt. There might not be so many huge names on here but that's kind of the point, this is the sort of compilation you can use to 'discover' music, to find your new favourite crush and that's the kind of collection the world needs. We've got tracks here from Selda, Brigitte Fontaine, Wendy & Bonnie, Bonnie Dobson, Susan Christie and Heather Jones next to more recent cuts from Cate Le Bon, Speck Mountain, Emma Tricca and Jane Weaver herself but far from sounding like there's a thirty year gap in between the recording the tracks flow into each other like they were meant to be heard in this way. Highlights here are far too frequent (I'd even wager that there isn't a duff track on here) but to pick out favourites I'd have to say that Speck Mountain's 'Hey-Moon' which kicks the compilation off is a winner, all hazy vocals and rattling percussion, and Lights' 'Branches Low' (which is produced by Espers' Greg Weeks no less) is a real gem. The number of songs and new artists I've discovered on here is incredible, hopefully full albums will start to emerge from these guys and the older tracks remind me that I should really go on a re-issue hunt again pretty damn soon. Absolutely lovely in every way, and a massive recommendation. :~ boomkat.com

beard = the nickname given to geeky, usually male, collectors of obscure recordings (I think I'm probably one myself!)

Original News:

Lie back and think of ukuleles

They were overnight sensations, young female singers who lit up the 1960s - and then disappeared. Now the 'lost ladies of folk' are back. Jude Rogers hears their stories. :~ The Guardian

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