Steeleye Span- Wintersmith

Following on from my other music reviews... i thought that i would do an album that has recently been released that is based on a book!
My chosen topic (so to speak) is 'Wintersmith' by Steeleye Span, which is based on the book 'Wintersmith' by Terry Pratchett. He collaborated with them on the lyrics.
For those of you that don't know who Steeleye Span are, just as I didn't until they released this album... they are a kind of electric folk group. They use the traditional folk instruments but also have a slightly more electric and rock like feel to them.

I've got to be honest and say that i've really only hear the whole of two songs: 'The dark Morris song' and 'Wintersmith-you'. Even if like me, you haven't read Wintersmith, you can still easily enjoy the music. What makes their songs unusual are the female vocals. They are perfect for the song, but you probably wouldn't hear them anywhere else except in this band. Folky with light rock but i still can't really make up my mind on the vocals.

Anyway... I should be talking about the music. 'Wintersmith-you' is more of a ballad, and a great one at that. calm and more traditionally like the folk that you would associate with Simon and Garfunkel.
'The Dark Morris Song' has more of the rock/folk feel to it and has a really catchy chorus part. This is the song in which you have the slightly unusual vocals. I'm told that the vocals and the music fit the song perfectly based on the book. I'll take their word for it because i can't possibly comment.
If the rest of the album is anything like this song... it's going to be one hell of an album! I absolutely love listening to this song and walk around singing it all the time.
If you are like me and haven't read the book, listening to this album will help encourage you to read the book!
This is the link... listen to it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEUBJLZSHw