Highly engaging work – a persuasive piece of work and a distinctive sound

The Derry Walls is a great song

Highly Recommended

Sparse arrangements built around Kempston’s excellent guitar work and rich, distinctive vibrato, with only restrained fiddle and haunting cello accompaniment to flesh out the sound. Highlights of the album include the Springsteen-esque balladry of ‘The Picket Line’, the driving guitar licks of ‘Mikhail’, which bring to mind the work of Richard Thompson; and the delicate ‘If Only You Could See Me