Karine Polwart – review

Union Chapel, LondonThe current Scottish folk renaissance has centred on inventive instrumentalists who can switch easily between genres, and Karine Polwart has brought the same sense of the unexpected to her songwriting. She's a cool, thoughtful singer who is remarkable mostly for her lyrics, her ability to mix stories and memories with a sometimes epic sense of time and history, and flashes of anger.She started with Cover Your Eyes, a drifting piece that developed into a furious attack on...

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