Bare Foot Folk is the much anticipated studio album from Somerset recording artist and songwriter Ange Hardy, and it's departure from the fully produced musical ensemble of her first album makes a clear and bold statement: Ange Hardy is an acoustic folk artist heading straight to the top. The resurgence in popularity of folk music appears to be a direct response to the commercialism of mainstream music. Live and honest music, real instruments, songs with stories, and stories behind the songs. Musicians for whom music comes first. Musicians for whom identity is something they have not something that is manufactured. Writing songs that feel like they should have always existed is something that comes naturally to Ange Hardy. Bare Foot Folk features 14 songs, all written by Ange. Honest, raw, and unashamedly exposed this is an album stripped back to the stories, the striking vocal harmonies, and a background of delicate guitar work. These new songs all feel as timeless as the traditional folk music they are so steeped in. First and foremost this is an album of stories. Young Martha's Well is a story of a Mother’s eternal love, Crafty Father John is destined to make you chuckle, Mother Willow Tree is a moral tale about the heart behind your actions. Forlorn Land is a battle cry for the suffering and injustice of war, Away With You Lassie, The Old Maiden, and The Storm Has Now Begun are a trio of songs about the tragedy and peril of the sea... the list goes on. In every track o