I'm looking for some new music, preferrably something with a modern feel that keeps inside a traditional base.
Maybe something along the lines of "At First Light" by John McSherry and Michael McGoldrick, as I've been enjoying that recently.
er... sorry in advance
i know this is spamming but,
ive got an album out on itunes.
The Dub Chieftain - Memos From The Dub Grotto
although its mainly electronic stuff theres a few trad-flavoured banjo tracks on there.
its only 79p a track as well.
Main instruments - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, melodeon, guitar, piano. Almost all new tunes, composed along traditional lines but sometimes given quite a shake-up in their rhythms and arrangements, which are not blighted by annoying gimmicks (IMO).
It's not Irish music but reasonably akin. I've had it a year or so and think this album holds up well.
Two albums I have been enjoying lately are by a young fiddler named Athena Tergis, with accompaniment by John Doyle, and some talented guests, and the newest Sharon Shannon album, Renegades, I think the name is, which has some reggae-ish accompaniment, and one song that falls more into the funk than traditional category. The first is trad with some modernish accompaniment, the second is more modernish with hints of trad.
I have to admit a liking for Sharon Shannon's Renegade. A couple of the tracks are cringily terrible but others more then compensate. Other modernish folkish stuff at the moment? I am loving Lau. I am still loving Flook (please order a Flook CD from www.baka.co.uk/store - I get to package it for you!)
And if we're wandering right out of the realms of ITM - BUY AMAN IMAN by Tinariwen. You won't regret it. It's the best album I've ever bought.
Modernity / Album Recommendation
Modernity / Album Recommendation
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for some new music, preferrably something with a modern feel that keeps inside a traditional base.
Maybe something along the lines of "At First Light" by John McSherry and Michael McGoldrick, as I've been enjoying that recently.
Any recommendations?
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by EHendey
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
Calico "Celanova Square": http://www.madfortrad.com/single.htm?sku=OSSCD100
It has a nice mixture of old and new tunes from Ireland and Brittany. I like the jazzy feel.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by slainte
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
And of course, the Bothy Band albums.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by slainte
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
er... sorry in advance
i know this is spamming but,
ive got an album out on itunes.
The Dub Chieftain - Memos From The Dub Grotto
although its mainly electronic stuff theres a few trad-flavoured banjo tracks on there.
its only 79p a track as well.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by DubChieftain
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
The Kathryn Tickell Band - "Instrumental".
Main instruments - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, melodeon, guitar, piano. Almost all new tunes, composed along traditional lines but sometimes given quite a shake-up in their rhythms and arrangements, which are not blighted by annoying gimmicks (IMO).
It's not Irish music but reasonably akin. I've had it a year or so and think this album holds up well.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by nicholas
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
Look no further:
Lau
Live or Lightweights And Gentleman (Studio)
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by Ottery
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
Lau. Absolutely.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by pennhorse
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
Two albums I have been enjoying lately are by a young fiddler named Athena Tergis, with accompaniment by John Doyle, and some talented guests, and the newest Sharon Shannon album, Renegades, I think the name is, which has some reggae-ish accompaniment, and one song that falls more into the funk than traditional category. The first is trad with some modernish accompaniment, the second is more modernish with hints of trad.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by AlBrown
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
I have to admit a liking for Sharon Shannon's Renegade. A couple of the tracks are cringily terrible but others more then compensate. Other modernish folkish stuff at the moment? I am loving Lau. I am still loving Flook (please order a Flook CD from www.baka.co.uk/store - I get to package it for you!)
And if we're wandering right out of the realms of ITM - BUY AMAN IMAN by Tinariwen. You won't regret it. It's the best album I've ever bought.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by mehitabel23
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Celanova square?
An Irish band named after a Galician town?
Do you know the story behind that name, Slainte?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celanova
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by Ramiro
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speaking of Lau,there was an interview with Martin Green earlier today on bbc radio 4....
scroll down to musical migrants and click on the tuesday edition...http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by biggus dave
Re: Modernity / Album Recommendation
Lau! Cool stuff! New to me. I'm just downloading Lightweights & Gentlemen...
# Posted on May 8th 2008 by GDub