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Westcountry folk singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Seth Lakeman was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 for Kitty Jay. It catapulted Lakeman into the forefront of the new British folk movement and his follow up was the goldselling lsquoFreedom Fieldsrsquo which was released twice in 2006. Produced by his brother Sean Lakeman it came out on iScream and was then rereleased by Relentless EMI where it went on to become Sethrsquos first of 6 UK Top 40 albums.To celebrate the 15th anniversary, Seth has announced a Deluxe Reissue of the album on CD amp Vinyl plus a huge tour in November playing the album, which includes lsquoLady of the Searsquo, lsquoKing and Countryrsquo and lsquoWhite Harersquo, plus other favourites.Freedom Fields helped Seth build on his traditional cult following but found him a whole new audience for his rhythmic, captivating brand of indiefolk song writing. He was named Folk Singer of the Year, and lsquoFreedom Fieldsrsquo awarded Album Of The Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2007.
