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Finest Kind. Silks & Spices. Fallen Angle Music FAM 05, 2003.
A Canadian folk trio that deserves far more international recognition than it has received so far, Finest Kind consists of singers Ian Robb, Shelley Posen, and Ann Downey, all of whom play various instruments as well. The group's repertoire is weighted toward songs of the British Isles, but also includes new and traditional folk songs of Canada and the United States as well as the occasional pop or country song arrangement. Finest Kind's third album (following 1996's Lost in a Song [Fallen Angle Music FAM 02] and 1999's Heart's Delight [FAM 03], both CDs) offers no surprises, just more of the same: songs both familiar and obscure, selected tastefully, arranged skillfully, and sung by turns with blood-stirring power and delicate beauty. Silks & Spices does seem to focus a bit more than the previous ...