Straw, Lindsay / Fairest Flower Of Womankind, The
Album: Fairest Flower Of Womankind, The   Collection:Country
Artist:Straw, Lindsay   Added:Aug 2017
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-08-26 Pull Date: 2017-10-28 Charts: Country/Bluegrass
Week Ending: Oct 29 Oct 22 Oct 15 Oct 8 Sep 24 Sep 17 Sep 10
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 27, 2017: Traditions
The Forester
4. Oct 10, 2017: That's Not Bluegrass.
The Forester
2. Oct 20, 2017: Traditions
Sweet Lovely Jean
5. Oct 06, 2017: Traditions
Fair Annie
3. Oct 13, 2017: Traditions
The Maid On The Shore
6. Sep 21, 2017: w/e
Geordie

Album Review
Kim Walter
Reviewed 2017-08-09
Lindsay Straw, “the fairest flower of womankind”
Label: self released
Reviewed by: Kim Walter, August 2017

When I first saw this the title of this album, I thought that this was a bold statement for a woman to make about herself. Then I saw the rest of the title, which had obviously been cut off due to its verbosity (or, as Steven Colbert calls it, wordiness), and I suddenly liked the album much better. The full title is: “the fairest flower of womankind: songs of feminine triumph”. These are mainly traditional Scottish and English folk songs about strong women. Great individually, 13 in a row is a bit much…

1. slow/med – traditional Traveller’s (aka Gypsy) song- “The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter
2. slow/med – Frankie Armstrong’s style, common story of beautiful maiden on the shore
3. slow/med – Australian song about a woman hiding her identity and becoming a sailor
4. slow – a cappella, about “regular” people
5. slow – folk song about two sisters (somewhat of a rare theme in folk music)
6. med – more like folk rock – voice and guitar
7. slow – traditional tale common all over British Isles about a woman being her man’s savior
8. slow – very similar theme and style to #7
9. slow – voice and fiddle
10. med – snappy Scottish style
11. slow – traditional revenge ballad
12. slow/med – traditional English folk song
13. slow/med – similar to #10

Track Listing
1. The Forester   7. Yound Beichan, Part One
2. The Maid On The Shore   8. Young Beichan, Part Two
3. The Female Rambling Sailor   9. The Outlandish Knight
4. Basket Of Eggs   10. The Crafty Maid's Policy/Fingal's Cave/Sheepskins & Beeswax
5. Fair Annie   11. William Taylor
6. Geordie   12. Sweet Lovely Jean
  13. Blow Away The Morning Dew