CD review: Clare Louise - "Castles in the Air"

Clare Louise is a young folk singer from France who is currently based in Brussels and sounds like she was blown in from the wilds of the Irish county that shares half of her name.

Her debut album Castles in the Sky is an impressive first offering that provides a rich but delicate canvas for her haunting, Dolores O’Riordan-stylevocals. The title track is a standout favourite but there is plenty else to get swept into.

(Humpty Dumpty Records)

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