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Intro: Fairport Convention - Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish
Paddy/Fox Hunter’s Jig/Toss The Feathers - Liege & Lief - A&M Records
Pine Hill Project - Battlefield - Tomorrow You're Going - Signature
Sounds Recordings www.pinehillproject.bandcamp.com/
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - The Chase
- ONE - Linus www.nataliemacmaster.com/ www.donnellleahy.com/
Jess Morgan - the lone cashier - Langa Langa - www.jessmorgan.co.uk/
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Live This Long - Django and Jimmie -
Sony Legacy www.willienelson.com/ www.merlehaggard.com/
Spiro - blyth high light - Welcome Joy And
Welcome Sorrow - Real World Records www.spiromusic.com/
Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better - Carrie & Lowell - Asthmatic
Kitty music.sufjan.com/
Mandala - Midnight Twilight - Midnight Twilight - Autumnsongs
Records
www.autumnsongsrecords.com/
Pine Hill Project - Farewell To St. Dolores - Tomorrow You're Going -
Signature Sounds Recordings www.pinehillproject.bandcamp.com/
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - Ellin Polka - ONE - Linus www.nataliemacmaster.com/ www.donnellleahy.com/
Jess Morgan - movie scene - Langa Langa - www.jessmorgan.co.uk/
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Where Dreams Come To Die - Django
and Jimmie - Sony Legacy
www.willienelson.com/
www.merlehaggard.com/
Spiro - welcome joy and welcome sorrow - Welcome Joy And Welcome Sorrow -
Real World Records www.spiromusic.com/
Sufjan Stevens - The Only Thing - Carrie & Lowell - Asthmatic Kitty
music.sufjan.com/
Mandala - Fire Is Mine - Midnight Twilight - Autumnsongs
Records
www.autumnsongsrecords.com/
Pine Hill Project: well established and respected as solo performers,
singer-songwriters Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplanski dba Pine Hill Project performing some of
their personal favorites accompanied by a stellar cast including Larry
Campbell and Bill Payne, with material ranging from U2 to Nick Lowe.
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy:
"What an exciting adventure this has been for us! When we married in
2002, we felt there would be some recording project in our future, but we
didn't realize it would happen in 2014! 12 years of marriage and 6 children
later we've finally documented our musical growth together. This CD is a
combination of the old and the new, the original and the traditional, the
Cape Breton and the Ontario. It's a musical reflection of us as individuals
and as spouses, our influences over the years and our personal
interpretations and tastes. It has taken many little twists to finally mold
into what you see here … the most wonderful twist being Bob Ezrin. Just when we thought we had it all planned out
and ready to record, we met Bob. And through him, Justin. After meeting, we
all very quickly realized this project was meant to be a collective effort,
a passion shared by all. Creative juices were in full stream and excitement
ran high. What a thrill to work with this team. We are ever grateful for
their enthusiasm, their natural talent, and their attention to our music.
We hope you enjoy One!" - Artists' website
Jess Morgan: 3rd independent release from Norwich, UK Americana-style
singer/songwriter with scant info on her website. May or may not have
appeared on the Alan Partridge Show :-)
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard: a gem from the trail-bosses looking
back over the many miles they have traveled, friends and fortunes made and
lost, and a nod to those who blazed the original trail...
Spiro: "Spiro are something of a slippery beast when it comes to
being contained by mere words. Guitarist Jon Hunt has a go. “We've
got as much to do with minimalist classical and dance music as we have with
folk. Even though we use folk tunes, they're raw materials that the rest of
the sound is built around.” One thing is certain – Spiro are
their own people, commendably operating in their own sphere and at their
own pace. This contemporary acoustic ensemble first came together through
Bristol's folk sessions scene in 1993, trading
under the name of The Famous Five. Now, a full 16 years later, they've only
just got around to releasing their third album. Their first for Real World
Records, Lightbox is an extraordinarily stirring
record. Recorded over four days at Real World Studios in Box and largely
produced by Simon Emmerson (the chief architect behind the Afro Celt Sound
System and The Imagined Village projects), it showcases a highly
imaginative and highly disciplined group with a sound that's unified but
never uniform. All four members, all four instruments, pull in the same
direction, creating music that's intricate yet so full of momentum. These
are hurrying, scurrying soundscapes that sweep majestically with cinematic
presence, echoing – at various points – the work of Steve
Reich, Michael Nyman and the Penguin Café Orchestra. But, kindred
spirits aside, this is the music of Spiro – undeniably English,
undeniably theirs. Despite a slew of work for theatre, film and television,
Spiro remain something of an enigma, a well-kept secret that's only now
starting to spread. Even in their hometown of Bristol, they're decidedly
inconspicuous, thanks to their gentle, organic and snail-slow blooming.
“There was never a grand plan,” explains Jon. “It's just
evolved. Some kind of magic thing happened between us that wasn't necessarily expected. It was quite serendipitous.
We're all quite different as musicians and we each brought in particular
passions and visions. It's all been about the interaction of those
visions.” Their individual backgrounds are wide-reaching. Jane
studied classical violin in Japan under the legendary Shinichi Suzuki and
grew up “listening to a lot of vaguely modern classical stuff like
Bartok and Stravinsky and Britten so I've got a lot of time for dissonance
and strange harmonies and counter rhythms”. She's also a sucker for
dance music, “repetitive tunes that are really free and
ecstatic”. Accordionist Jason Sparkes began
his own classical training during his pre-school years before taking up
folk at the start of his teens, inspired by his morris-dancing
father. Alex Vann was the drummer in a punk band before taking up the electric
guitar and then graduating to his weapon of choice – the mandolin.
Jon Hunt has also done his time in punk bands, someone who took an unusual
route from pop to folk to punk to post-punk/new wave but emerged with
“this preserved love and fascination for traditional English
music.” - Artists' website
Sufjan Stevens: usually albums composed of the "contents of the
performer's personal diary in search of catharsis" send me promptly to
Fairport's "Liege and Lief" or Steve
Ashley's "Stroll On", comfort-albums from my youth,
to cleanse my acoustic palate anew, but "Carrie and Lowell" kept
me rivetted to the spot! and
off in search of other releases from this splendid singer/songwriter/family
historian and Master of his own vessel... ... this is a musical masterpiece
being word and note perfect in need of neither addition nor subtraction. A
haunting, terrible beauty - not for the squeamish! FCC alert track 10...
Mandala: "Eighteen years in the making, Mandala’s forthcoming
debut album, ‘Midnight Twilight’, is an exhilarating
combination of western and eastern folk music, mixed with heavier forms of
progressive rock, all wrapped in an early-seventies glow. Mandala was
formed in London in 1997, by Rhys Marsh (voice, guitar), Francis Booth
(bass) and Will Spurling (drums). After playing
hundreds of concerts across Europe and North America, though never
recording an album, they disbanded in 2006. Now, they’re back
together and are ready to present their debut album, featuring songs
written during their first time around, between 1997—2005, and
recorded in 2014. The main tracks were recorded live in the studio, in Autumnsongs Recording Studio in Norway, with overdubs
being added both there and in London. As soon as you push the play button,
the blistering energy explodes from the speakers. This is what they were
known and loved for, and this is exactly what they captured on tape.
It’s not often that a debut album could’ve been a greatest hits
album, but having played these songs to hundreds of audiences, this is what
‘Midnight Twilight’ is set to become to those who’ve
followed the band since its inception." - Artists' websiteExcellent
musicianship and execution, but whatever 'western and eastern folk music'
that may have underpined
the tracks was long ago buried beneath the 'heavier sounds' of prog-rock to my old ears.
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