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    Laura Wright: The Last Rose - an album guide

    Laura Wright's debut album is a collection of well-loved folk songs that truly manages to breathe fresh life into old pieces. Find out how, with our handy track-by-track guide!

    1. Laura Wright

      1. The Last Rose Of Summer

      A plaintive introduction to Laura's gorgeous soprano, this song encourages it to ring out in the higher registers.

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      2. I Know Where I'm Going

      This Scottish ballad is a sweet declaration of a girl's love for her "handsome, winsome Johnny." Here's it's given a sensitive string arrangement so that Wright's vocals take centre stage.

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      3. Scarborough Fair

      It's been tackled by all sorts of artists over the years (perhaps most famously by Simon & Garfunkel, pictured), but Laura Wright gives this folk classic a delicate overhaul. It also features guitar from fellow Classic BRIT nominee Craig Ogden.

    4. Laura Wright performs live

      4. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

      Ben Johnson's poem 'To Celia' is the basis for this popular folk song, which features a gorgeous intertwining of Wright's voice and solo violin.

    5. Bamburgh Castle Northumbria

      5. Blow The Wind Southerly

      With origins in Northumbria, this song is another example of how well Laura Wright performs songs about longing and romance.

    6. Paul Mealor

      6. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

      This is the only non-traditional song on the whole album, but the great Paul Mealor (of Military Wives fame, pictured) steps in with this winning number.

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      7. O Waly Waly

      Beginning with a throaty viola line, this song of Scottish origin is the perfect vehicle for Wright's soaring soprano.

    8. Skye Boat Song

      8. Skye Boat Song

      This one will be familiar to most, but thanks to an inventive string arrangement, it sounds remarkably fresh on this album.

    9. Laura Wright

      9. Down By The Salley Gardens

      Based on a poem by William Butler Yeats, this Irish standard is a dreadfully sad story, ending with the immortal line: "But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears."

    10. Ry Cooder

      10. The Ash Grove

      Continuing her tour of the British Isles, Laura swings past Wales for this hymn to nature's glory. It's been performed over the years by the likes of Ry Cooder (pictured), Lightnin' Hopkins and Mississippi John Hurt.

    11. Laura Wright

      11. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

      Beginning with a sweet cello solo, this is a super arrangement of the well-loved folk song.

    12. Lavender's Blue laura wright

      12. Lavender's Blue

      Perhaps wisely avoiding most of the thirty or so known verses for this dainty little song, Laura finishes her album off with this quaint number that originates from the 17th century.

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