A lot of tribute/cover albums can often leave you a little underwhelmed and wondering if the artist is just going through the motions or has run out of ideas. Positively Folk Street is most definitely not one of those albums.
You can feel the sincerity and gratitude that Steve Knightley has put into these twelve songs. Six are Bob Dylan covers, and the others are traditional songs that have been sung over the years by numerous artists, but most notably influenced by Martin Carthy.
The songs have been stripped back to Knightley’s distinctive voice and guitar with a little occasional harmonica and cuatro. It has a distinctive busking quality, which from someone…