Folk Radio's review of “The Forme To The Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden”...

Just spotted Folk Radio's rather complimentary mention of “The Roses Of Eyam” in their online review of the altogether excellent “The Forme To The Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden” double-CD from Cold Spring Records. Thanks very much, guys! 

“A standout on the first CD is The Roses Of Eyam by Beau, a pioneer of some of the essence of dark folk who first recorded under this name 50 years ago for John Peel’s Dandelion label. After its demise, the still-youthful sounding Trevor Midgley took his 12-string guitar into Tractor’s Lancashire studio in 1975 for this hypnotic tale set in 1665, about a tailor who left his belongings including material just sent from London to go north. As plague was near, the inhabitants walled-in the village as best they could: less than 10% of the 350 locals survived. This master of chiming, almost orchestral 12-string with magisterial poetry delivered passionately pulsates with the pulse of ages, even more so in these times. The late Roy Bailey first recorded it (Hard Times 1982), and later the Canadian group Soft Focus (Tunes In A Paper Bag 2007), which is on YouTube, and a version was also taped by Jim Milne of Tractor. Beau released it on a vinyl LP in 2012.”