Cruel Sister (Rachel Unthank and the Winterset album)

Cruel Sister
Studio album by
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Released11 May 2005 (UK)
GenreFolk
Length54:30
LabelRabble Rouser – RR005 (UK);[1] Cortex – CTX392CD (Australia), licensed to Shock Records[2]
ProducerAdrian McNally
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset chronology
Cruel Sister
(2005) 		The Bairns
(2007)

Cruel Sister, the first album by English folk group Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (later to become the Unthanks) was released on 11 May 2005[3] and launched at Holmfirth Festival of Folk.[4] Described by BBC Music as "an outstanding debut",[5] it received support from a number of DJs on BBC Radio 2 and was subsequently awarded Folk Album of the Year by MOJO.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Rachel Unthank & The Winterset – Cruel Sister (UK)". Discogs. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Rachel Unthank & The Winterset – Cruel Sister (Australia)". Discogs. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ Zierke, Reinhard (21 August 2016). "Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: Cruel Sister". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ^ Coffey, Russ (10 March 2011). "Interview: The Unthanks". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ^ Ledgard, Mel (2008). "Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ^ White, Julian (12 March 2015). "Mojo Recording Of The Year 2005". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. ^ Peschek, David (14 September 2007). "'In our family, singing is the law'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2016.