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Traces

Karine Polwart

Traces

Fifth solo album from Scottish folk singer-songwriter and member of The Burns Unit

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Hegri Music
UK Release date
13/08/2012
US Release date
21/08/2012
  1. 8.5 |   BBC

    An album that will live long, an album to live with, and live in
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  2. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    This eloquent and at times heart-­stopping album firmly consolidates Karine Polwart’s stature as a songwriter of eminence
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Polwart has a cool, thoughtful and at times powerful voice, but it's the lyrics that make her special
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  4. 8.0 |   The Independent

    It's an impressively mature collection
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  5. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    There’s a crystalline purity about her voice and a transparency in the arrangements, but most interesting is the contemporary relevance of many of her songs
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  6. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The album is firmly grounded in reality, whether it's the burning political issues of contemporary Scotland or the singer's own losses
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  7. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The Scots folk singer broadens her musical boundaries on this fifth album, with producer Iain Cook bringing orchestral flourishes to her acutely observed songs
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