View basket “Live At The Barn” has been added to your basket. Mark The Hard Earth Kris Drever SKU: DIV054LP Barcode: 5060187000465 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Diverse Records Released Date: 3rd May 2016 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Includes CD Mark The Hard Earth quantity Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info First time on vinyl for Kris Drever’s second solo album. Mark The Hard Earth was originally released in 2010, the follow up to his classic debut, Black Water. A re-mastered CD edition with improved sound and artwork was issued by Reveal Records in 2014, this 2016 audiophile vinyl edition uses these improved 2014 mixes to create the vinyl master. Mark The Hard Earth is a very impressive contemporary Scottish folk album, with a strong, slow-growing charm. Irish American multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien adds the sonic equivalent of subtle marker pen highlights to many songs with his mandolin, banjo, ukulele and harmony vocals. Roy Dodds (drums) Ewen Vernal (bass), Donald Shaw (keyboards) and guitarist Ian Carr play alongside producer and fiddler John McCusker and Kris. Irish singer Heidi Talbot duets with Drever on The Banks of the Nile, as before, the album mixes old and new writing. Boo Hewerdine’s country-gospel flavoured Sweet Honey in the Rock is up to his best writing. The Crown of London, by Drever’s brother Duncan, is a pulsing number with a melody that simply bores into your brain and stays there, along with some great lyrics: “The devil’s made plans for the wealthy man / he’ll never get to me”. The self-penned title-track is a stark, enigmatic waltz that’s probably the best of them all, introducing a wintry theme that resurfaces over a number of his songs. There is a lovely version of The Call and the Answer, which fans of The Dubliners may know. Traditional ballad O’ A’ the Airts has especially fine backing vocals by Talbot, and the closing Freedom Come A’ye (featuring Karine Polwart) matches words by the great Scottish poet Hamish Henderson with the tune of Bloody Fields of Flanders, to strikingly solemn effect. Understated and beautifully played, Drever’s singing is peerless. Mark The Hard Earth is an essential addition to Kris Drever and Lau’s vinyl catalogue. Artist Kris Drever Genre Folk Label Diverse Records Buying Options 180g 1LP Includes CD Format 180g , 1LP , Includes CD Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side 1 1 Mark the Hard Earth 2 This Old Song 3 Shining Star 4 Allegory 5 Wild Hurricane 6 Sweet Honey in the Rock Side 2 7 "O' A' the Airts 8 The Call and the Answer 9 The Crown of London 10 The Banks of the Nile 11 Freedom Come A'ye Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Kris Drever and more from Folk View Product Quick View Kris Drever The Best Of Folk | Reveal | 1LP Released 20th October 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kris Drever The Best Of £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Reveal SKU: REVEAL193LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kris Drever Live (Glasgow 2008) Navigator | 1LP Released 2nd August 2008 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kris Drever Live (Glasgow 2008) £13.00 Label: Navigator SKU: NAVIGATOR8LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd August 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alasdair Roberts og Völvur The Old Fabled River Folk | Drag City | 1LP Released 23rd July 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alasdair Roberts og Völvur The Old Fabled River £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Drag City SKU: DC788 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kath Bloom & Loren Connors Moonlight Folk | Chapter Music | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st November 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kath Bloom & Loren Connors Moonlight £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Chapter Music SKU: CH156LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View The Memphis Jug Band American Epic: The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band Folk | Third Man Records | 1LP Released 21st June 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders The Memphis Jug Band American Epic: The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Third Man Records SKU: TMR463 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moundabout Flowers Rot, Bring Me Stones Folk | Rocket Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moundabout Flowers Rot, Bring Me Stones £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Rocket Recordings SKU: LAUNCH245 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jake Blount Spider Tales Folk | Free Dirt Records | 1LP Released 8th January 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jake Blount Spider Tales £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Free Dirt Records SKU: DIRTLP0097 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sam Amidon Lily-O Folk | Nonesuch | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th October 2014 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sam Amidon Lily-O £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Nonesuch SKU: 7559795453 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roddy Woomble Listen To Keep Folk | Diverse Records | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 9th April 2013 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Roddy Woomble Listen To Keep £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Diverse Records SKU: DIV044LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 9th April 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Seedlings All Folk | Rough Trade | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 23rd March 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Seedlings All £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADLP898 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tim Hardin 3 – Live in Concert 1968 (3 Sides) Folk | Lilith | 1LP Released 21st September 2006 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tim Hardin 3 – Live in Concert 1968 (3 Sides) £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Lilith SKU: LR118 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st September 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fuzzy Lights Twin Feathers Folk | Little Red Rabbit | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th August 2010 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fuzzy Lights Twin Feathers £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Little Red Rabbit SKU: LRR020 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 27th August 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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