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Tales From The Barrel House

Seth Lakeman

Tales From The Barrel House

Sixth album in ten years from this folk musician, hailing from Devon, England

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7.3

Label
Honour Oak
UK Release date
02/04/2012
US Release date
10/04/2012
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  1. 9.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A simply brilliant album
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Back-to-basics sixth album restores folk's great white hope. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   BBC

    A fine, genuinely solo sixth LP from the Devon-born folk artist
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    He has opted for a starker, more contemplative approach and sounds the better for it
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  5. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Having the self-confidence to shrug off a major label deal for total creative control is only a virtue when you can deliver something as strong as this
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  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    An album that profoundly basks in its own proficiency and fair-weather freedom
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  7. 7.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    A modern musical artisan at work
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  8. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Lakeman writes, sings, plays, produces and mixes, which may or may not explain the rather dry, stoney sound of the album and the rhythmic forthrightness of the playing
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