by Thea Gilmore (Fullfill Records FCCD 165 CD/download)
Thea Gilmore is a superlative singer-songwriter, one of the best to come out of Britain in the past 20 years, and, moreover, one who has never had her edge blunted. This is unusual: Gilmore, who has always maintained a sharp integrity on the independent scene, started on her album career when still in her teens. Ghosts & Graffiti is her 15th album and Gilmore is celebrating by stuffing it with a list of guests – Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, Joan Wasser and John Cooper Clarke among them.
