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One of the most distinctive voices, literally and metaphorically, in contemporary folk music, Make Your Mark, self-produced, is Lakeman’s 11th solo album and, joined by longtime collaborator Ben Nicholls on bass, Benji Kirkpatrick on bouzouki, mandolin and banjo, Birmingham Conservatoire principle percussionist Toby Kearney and backing vocalist Alex Hart, another tour de force of words and music.

Arriving timely on the heels of COP26 and with surely a nod to Extinction Rebellion, the slow walking rhythm ‘Hollow’ sounds an apocalyptic note as he asks “Did you hear the final warning, too late too loud/Did you hear the people calling with no hope, no way out/Did you feel their anger rising, through the air and all around”.
More uptempo and lively, ‘The Giant’ tells of the rescue of a 30ft whale that got beached on the Devon coast, the massive effort to save it affording an observation of the good in humanity as he sings “there are those who can kill with no hint of remorse/There are those who detest and deprave/But there on the edge of the wave torn rocks/There were those with the power to save”.

Anchored by drone and propelled by fiddle and Kearney’s solid marching beat drums, ‘Love Will Still Remain’ treats on a familiar folk theme of love enduring beyond death (“I’ll still be here a word away/In silence and in space”) in the memories of times shared,  the pizzicato (bouzouki?) notes of the slow paced ‘Bound To Someone’ guiding another number about an enduring relationship as it tells of a sailor (“His face … rough and rugged… hard as the granite clifftop”) returning after years at sea to “unwind the hard times” and try to rekindle the fire that went out with his leaving.

“That breath of wind is me”.  It’s an obvious line given the title but, Lakeman has most certainly made his mark, and it’s one of true quality.

Tracks:
1. Hollow (3:24)
2. The Giant (3:21)
3. Love Will Still Remain (4:39)
4. Bound to Someone (3:57)
5. Make Your Mark (4:01)
6. Coming for You Soon (4:31)
7. Higher We Aspire (4:18)
8. The Lark (4:59)
9. Side by Side (5:05)
10. Fallen Friend (4:20)
11. Shoals to Turn (4:40)
12. Underground (4:49)
13. Change (3:52)
14. Constantly (6:33)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDT5k2enl1w