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For a country with folk music in its DNA, it’s no surprise that America is slowly starting to love Chris Ilett. One song here (‘The Fray’) came within a dismembered limb of appearing on ‘The Walking Dead’. At a time when every musician seems to want to be a folk musician, he certainly seems to be one: of the beanie-hatted variety, rather than the Breton cap tribe. He’s the proverbial funky folkie, but there is the genuine smack of ‘Keeping It Real’ oozing from this his charming new EP, Something Soon Has Got To Give. The drill-down displays someone who is classically trained; Ilett can sing and play beautifully. ‘Echoes’ features some skilled fretboard tapping, as well as profound lyrical insights. The songs have tones, counter tones and key changes where they need to keep your ears interested, alongside beguiling harmonies and melodies capable of sweeping you off your feet.