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The Red Flags 
The
Red Flags
are a collaboration between Keith Mouland and KC
(Harry) O’Shea. Their superb album, Hundreds Of Sunshine is
a cross between Americana, folk & blues and has received high praise
from the press:
"There
are some terrific songs on this album, mostly story-songs with the
all-American Dead Snake being a stand-out. The
two-man set-up inevitably leads to a tight, stripped down sound, but
this plays to the album’s advantage. Everything about it seems
authentic with the songs touching all the alt.country bases. As befits
the genre, there are quite a few dark songs such as Bye, Bye
Baby and Funeral Song but the
mood is lifted by more upbeat tunes such as Johnny Cheese.
Regardless of where they come from this is one of the finest, crispest
sets of songs I’ve heard for a while." ****
- Kevin
Moug, Maverick Magazine, 2007
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HUNDREDS
OF SUNSHINE - The Red Flags
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Folkwit
Records (f0012)
CD
Album - £7.99(GBP) + P&P
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Track list:
Cool Canyon
 Grown-up Lullaby
Dead Snake
Body Of Evidence
Down Across The Border
Ambient Lemon Dream
Lazy Song
One-way Train
Funeral Song
Motorbike
Bye-bye Baby
Jonnie Cheese
Haunted House
Quirky
Special Time
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“You
don’t have to be American to produce top draw Americana, as
Keith Mouland and Harry O’Shea, aka The Red Flags, prove
with the release of “Hundreds Of Sunshine”. Call it
alt.country, call it country blues, it’s got class written
all over it. Like all good country blues there are tracks that
sit very much on the darkside of the genre, falling just short
of real murder ballads. It’s a collection of fifteen short
stories set to some very good music. It’s stripped back,
nothing is wasted. All that remains is essential. It’s
evocative and it’s like letting a late night session into
your lounge.”
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Cambridge & Beyond, August 2006
“Wiltshire
based roots and blues musician Keith Mouland has been recording
albums in various guises for many years now; mainly solo but
often with top drawer alt-country musicians. But I’m guessing
this is the one that’ll make people put down what they’re
doing and lean in a little bit closer.
Because what he’s managed to do here is create a genuine slice
of homegrown Americana and not a ten-gallon hat or Confederate
flag in sight.
Along with Harry O’Shea on double bass and accordion [they are
The Red Flags] he’s put together an acoustic set of tunes that
practically evoke the sounds, smell and taste of the prairie:
Songs like One-Way Train, Cool Canyon and Snake are all simply
recorded with just guitars and a little piano for accompaniment;
which just goes to show that less is more. And with Quirky, Bye
Bye Baby and Funeral Song all life, love and death bases are
covered too. It just doesn’t come much better than this.”
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John Medd, Nottingham Evening Post, Essential Guide,
August 2006
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