{"title":"Karine Polwart","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"this-earthly-spell","title":"This Earthly Spell","description":"\u003cp\u003enew album - 'this earthly spell' - from the ever popular karine polwart. the chiming opening track, a gorgeous vocal setting of a lyric by eminent scots poet edwin morgan, gives way to the steely, swampy 'sorry', whilst the delightful jazz inflected whimsy of 'the news' contrasts the anti-nuclear political bite of 'better things' and the incisive 'painted it white'. ' but it's the eerie and atmospheric parable 'tongue that cannot lie' that, most of all, betrays polwart's background as a former philosophy teacher, and her ongoing fascination with moral ambivalence. inspired by the supernatural legend surrounding thirteenth century scottish borders poet and prophet thomas the rhymer, it also distinguishes her as an ambitious and captivating storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50439078183243,"sku":"297518","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5072fb21-ce1a-4d9d-9988-c87cd36f95a6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726950805"},{"product_id":"a-pocket-of-wind-resistance","title":"A Pocket Of Wind Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2018 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 21st April. 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An album of the year on Any Decent Music, Songlines, fRoots, The Guardian. \u003ci\u003e A Pocket Of Wind Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, created alongside sound designer Pippa Murphy, is the studio adaptation of Polwart’s rave-reviewed \u003ci\u003eWind Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e show, which premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50439080870219,"sku":"1031874","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e93997f4-6357-4dbe-b8b7-43a9b4ac2f8d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726950827"},{"product_id":"a-pocket-of-wind-resistance-1","title":"A Pocket Of Wind Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A Pocket Of Wind Resistance', the first studio album from the acclaimed Karine Polwart in over 5 years and created alongside sound designer Pippa Murphy, is the studio adaptation of Polwart's rave-reviewed 'Wind Resistance' show, which premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive-time winner at The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Karine Polwart is an established songwriter, composer, performer, musical director and producer. She is also an emergent theatre maker and author. Her most recent solo album Traces (produced by Iain Cook of synth-pop band Chvrches) was shortlisted for both the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Album of the Year'. The Guardian chose it as international folk-roots release of 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465280426315,"sku":"1022742","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e4fc1b83-6972-4395-95e8-b889d1fc51a5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727284854"},{"product_id":"laws-of-motion","title":"Laws Of Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarine Polwart\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multi-award winning songwriter and musician, theatre maker, and published writer. She is a six-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including the 2018 Folk Singer of The Year. 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