2023 Charity Shop Purchases #71 - Smith & McClennan
A good few years ago I got Traiveller's Joy an album of traditional folk songs by Dumfries based singer Emily Smith out the library. It quickly became a firm favourite at CC HQ leading us to acquire more of her stuff.
We subsequently went to see her at the Mitchell Theatre at Celtic Connections in 2019 and this is what I wrote in a previous post:
I know Emily Smith as a traditional Scottish folk singer. Here she was singing with her husband (Jamie McClennan)as a duo and rebranded as Smith and McClennan. Both Mrs CC and I felt that for us this didn't really work. It didn't pay justice to her wonderful voice. Thankfully there were a couple of examples as to what could have been. She has been performing for over 10 years and you can understand them exploring a new angle but it is not for me I'm afraid. We ended up purchasing Echoes one of her older albums rather than the new one which tells it's own story.
Therefore it was with a degree of trepidation that we picked up a copy of Small Town Stories their debut album as a couple on White Fall Records which had featured at that concert in a Newton Stewart charity shop.
I'm glad to say that it is much better than what we expected it to be with some pretty good songs. Sometimes it is worth listening without prejudice!
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