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2.0 out of 5 stars
grit is an acquired taste, September 2, 2003
This review is from: Unabashedly Folk : Songs and Tunes 1979 - 1985 (IMPORT) (Audio CD)
Laskin may be known more for his guitar-making skills than as a multi-talented singer/songwriter with a sharp edge for wicked parody and social commentary. But for those true folk fans who love to experiment, this 2 CD compilation pulls together Laskin's first two slabs of vinyl for Fogarty's Cove - Unmasked and Lila's Jig. While it's packed with gritty - and sly dark-humoured - hippie cottage singalongs that roam between traditional themes of the sea and the luckless and prickly observations of modern life, Unabashedly Folk is exactly that - 26 tracks of Laskin's blatant, unapologetic, in-your-face folk style which even at it's best remains an acquired taste.
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