Jones, Nic: Penguin Eggs (CD) AUGUST The Hard One

The Hard One

This highly anticipated album showcases the band's signature blend of haunting melodies

But if this album is the sound of lockdown in Dublin’s

As I Sat Sadly By Her Side

a small band of musicians from the island of Jamaica landed in a cold and dreary London to begin recording their latest album

Jones, Nic: Penguin Eggs (CD) AUGUST The Hard OneNic Jones' wonderful 1980 release, which was named Folk Album Of The Year by both Melody Maker and Folk Roots and has subsequently been called one of the 100 Greatest British Albums. This mature work of a brilliant song interpreter and guitarist, packed with fresh songs and novel settings, is rendered all the more valuable by the scarcity of Nic's recordings. When Bob Dylan appropriated his arrangement of "Canadee I O", it was just one sign of Jones'