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When she came over from the US to take part in the Cecil Sharp Project last year, Caroline Herring made a big impression on the folk scene over here - and it seems the feeling was mutual.

While her new album, Camilla, is named after a town in Georgia, there is a strong British connection, from a fine cast of guest musicians, to the cover art, which was made by London artist Alice Pattullo.

The sound is unmistakably American, though. Herring’s gorgeous Georgian drawl is a pleasure to listen to, while slurring pedal-steel puts the title track firmly in country territory. The song relates the true story of Marion King, who when visiting a friend’s daughter at the Camilla jail in 1962, was beaten unconscious by the deputy sheriff for singing and standing too close to the jail, causing her to miscarry. Herring plays it straight and steady, and the triumph at the end - King went on to become an attorney - is wearily sweet.


Verenigde Staten
Folk
Label: Signature


1. Camilla
2. Black Mountain Lullaby
3. Fireflies
4. Maiden Voyage
5. Traveling Shoes
6. Summer Song
7. White Dress
8. Until You Go
9. Flee as a Bird
10. Joy Never Ends (Auld Lang Syne)