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...His chosen title is The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, a 1,200-page monster first published in 1621....
...“The Sea Is A Woman” is a cousin of Robert Wyatt’s “Sea Song”, previously memorably covered by The Unthanks....
...So they recorded the pop songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons in 2011, worked with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band in 2012 and unearthed the songs of Nick Drake’s mother, Molly Drake, in 2017...
...The Unthanks Archive Treasures (2005-2015) (Cadiz) This compilation of The Unthanks’ live recordings and one-offs represents their output well: songs from the North-East (“I Wish, I Wish”, a lovely harmonised...
...admirers of Unthanks old and new alike....
...sings Robert Wyatt’s distinctive, thin voice....
...In the past couple of years, The Unthanks have delivered four albums, covering the songs of Antony and the Johnsons and Robert Wyatt, collaborating with the Brighouse and Rastrick Colliery Band, and now...
...The Unthanks Diversions Vol 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons (RabbleRouser)...
...First come songs by Antony and the Johnsons; after the interval, it is Robert Wyatt all the way. St James’s Church, on Piccadilly, was full to the rafters for the first of two nights here....
...Jon Redfern’s antiwar “Give Away Your Heart” was set in an arrangement reminiscent of Robert Wyatt’s for “Shipbuilding”, all descending piano chords, double bass and brushed cymbals, the strings now a reproachful...
...The Unthanks have swollen from a wintry quartet into something approaching a Tyneside big band....
...So Rachel Unthank and the Winterset are no more, at least as a name, now that the band are known as The Unthanks....
...In a year of excellent English folk albums, The Bairns by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (EMI) stood out for two reasons....
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