ALBUM REVIEW: KARINE POLWART – SCOTTISH SONGBOOK

What do you think of when you think about covers? For me, it’s the following: bad (but enthusiastic) karaoke, buskers (and the cover is almost exclusively Wonderwall) and Michael Bublé crooning away 24 hours a day seven days a week during the Christmas period. I’m not saying I don’t like them – more that when […]

Karine Polwart has recently confirmed A Pocket Of Wind Resistance for release on Friday 17th November 2017 (through Hudson Records) – the album is the musical accompaniment to her self-written, directed & performed theatre production ‘Wind Resistance’, which debuted at last year’s Edinburgh Festival. The project has been informed by Karine’s close-hand view of thousands […]