While we’re having a bit of a run at some modern folk with deep and old roots, via Lisa O’Neill’s new album and the thinking behind the new label set up by Geoff Travis to release that album , Wind Back Wednesday slips on some clogs for a Sydney Festival show in 2011 from Northumbria’s The Unthanks. If someone could tour them again that would be grand, thanks. THE UNTHANKS The Famous Spiegeltent, January 28 In their three trips to Australia now we’ve seen the Unthanks change

Some of these albums floored me with their perfection (Patty Griffin), stunned me with their power (Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene) or left me babbling at the brilliance (Kamasi Washington), others continued to foist the words future legend on me (Laura Marling), got me close to tears (Sufjan Stevens), made me think about my own choices (Bjork and Jason Isbell) or sucked me into a weird, dark place (Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah). My 20 best albums of the year got me/kept me