"Perhaps Elle Osborne isn’t really a folk musician, but an avant-garde experimenter using traditional tunes as vehicles for her ragged, ripe visions... It’s taken Osborne ten years to complete her second album. Luckily, her approach appears to be timeless." (Stewart Lee)

"An instant winner. Whether its a 19th century Shaker hymn or a modern piece like Barry Dransfield's Handsome Meadow Boy, she inhabits a song fully... Slowly Slowly marks a welcome return to the fold." (Neil Spencer, Uncut ****)

"Quality trad... she brings a modern dewiness to the 10 traditional tracks here. Although the musicianship is excellent, I particularly found myself drawn to the unnaccompanied Fair Annie." (Jeanette Leech, Shindig)

"Wayward focus and maverick intensity... the sheer rawness with which she presents this mostly traditional collection is slowly winning me over. There’s something wonderfully eerie, for example, about the way her droning fiddle dominates the mix over her voice and the waves of Alex Neilson’s drums on the shanty I’m Bound Away and it takes a rare sort of recklessness to bring something new to a song as well-known as Three Score And Ten. Whatever else, she doesn’t want for courage or imagination." (Colin Irwin, fRoots)

The album is released via Proper Music Distribution on 4th July. You can now pre-order a copy to ship on the release date at the folk police shop.

We've made Elle Osborne's self-released debut album from 2000, Testimony, available as a download via Bandcamp. There are still a few CD copies left, which you can buy from the Elle Osborne website.

Meanwhile, Elle's forthcoming album, So Slowly Slowly Got She Up is out on 20th June. Here's what James Yorkston has to say about it: "I asked Elle to play a show with me back in 2003 after I heard her amazing debut album Testimony ... I've kept in touch with her ever since; collaborating on the odd track, meeting up at festivals and such. Then, recently, she sent me her new album. I was amazed. The singing, the arrangements, the atmosphere... It's my album of the year so far, for those who are interested in that sort of thing. And there's been a few good albums already, including one or two I've bleated my way onto. God Bless the good ship ElleO and all who sail with her." 

Here's a sneak preview: