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The Unthanks to perform at the Ark July 6, Ann Arbor, MI.

The Unthanks

Old and new sounds in British folk

by James M. Manheim

posted 7/4/2010

The Unthanks--Rachel and Becky, from northeast England--appeared at the Ark a couple of years ago under the name of Rachel Unthank & the Winterset. Their show was terrific. Grim ballads of the region, some of them in a dialect of northeastern England called Geordie, bumped up against the ebullience and humor of a pair of young people who clearly knew they were

 
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