The Bairns (album)

The Bairns
Studio album by
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Released20 August 2007 (UK)
RecordedJanuary–March 2007
GenreFolk
Length65:11
LabelEMI / Rabble Rouser (UK) • Shock Records/ Rabble Rouser (Australia) • Real World Records, Rykodisc (USA)
ProducerAdrian McNally
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset chronology
Cruel Sister
(2007) 		The Bairns
(2007) 		Here's the Tender Coming
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
musicOMH[1]
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]

The Bairns was the second album by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now the Unthanks), which then comprised Rachel Unthank, her younger sister Becky, pianist Belinda O'Hooley and fiddle player Niopha Keegan. Produced by Adrian McNally and released by Rabble Rouser on 20 August 2007,[2] it was nominated for the Best Album award at the 2008 BBC Folk Awards and was also nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize. It received a four-starred review in The Guardian.

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  2. ^ a b "Rachel Unthank / Rachel Unthank & the Winterset The Bairns". AllMusic. August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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