View basket “Liege & Lief” 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 Nearly New View Product Quick View Michael Silver Midnight Train Folk | Big John Records | 1LP Released 12th August 2014 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Michael Silver Midnight Train £5.00 Genre: Folk Label: Big John Records SKU: NN71093 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th August 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Joan Baez Joan Baez Folk | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 13th November 2007 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joan Baez Joan Baez £34.00 Genre: Folk Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: VSD2077 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th November 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Chapman Solo Acoustic Vol. 11 – Homages Folk | VDSQ | 1LP Released 29th July 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Chapman Solo Acoustic Vol. 11 – Homages £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: VDSQ SKU: VDSQ015LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Welcome Wagon, The Esther Folk | Asthmatic Kitty Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th November 2022 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Welcome Wagon, The Esther £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records SKU: AKR149LP-C1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kathryn Williams Crown Electric Folk | One Little Independent | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th October 2013 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kathryn Williams Crown Electric £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1189 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlie Parr Stumpjumper Americana / Country | Red House | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th April 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlie Parr Stumpjumper £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Red House SKU: RHRLP283 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kathryn Williams Hypoxia Folk | One Little Independent | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 10th June 2015 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kathryn Williams Hypoxia £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1263 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lucy Farrell We are only Sound Folk | Hudson Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 21st April 2023 £23.00 Select options Lucy Farrell We are only Sound £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Hudson Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 21st April 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View John & Beverley Martyn The Road To Ruin Folk | Proper Records | 180g, 1LP Released 28th July 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John & Beverley Martyn The Road To Ruin £25.00 Genre: Folk Label: Proper Records SKU: UMCLP054 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robbie Fulks Upland Stories Americana / Country | Bloodshot | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 29th September 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robbie Fulks Upland Stories £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Bloodshot SKU: BS242LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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