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I got this from HMV for £7.99 (and free delivery) though, HALF the price of here which is unusual as Amazon is usually very cheap.
Anyway - amazing musicians, amazing compositions... ! : ) xx
If you are looking for music which is innovative, different, and perhaps even exciting, then this album may be for you. The music cannot be defined or pigeon-holed easily as there are clear Bluegrass and classical influences. It also seems to have influences from Scottish Ceilidh and Scottish fiddle music and at times Spanish and even Indian influences are evident. Don't buy the album if you just want background music. This is foot tapping and vibrant music with unexpected and interesting arrangements throughout. Perhaps some may say that a sameness pervades the album and so an hour is too long. 15 minutes is however stimulating and invigorating!. It is a interesting and worthwhile addition to any CD collection.
Recording 10/10
The quality of the recording is excellent. Audiophiles may well seek it out at times to demonstrate features of their system.
Have you ever wondered where they get those great musical interludes on PBS or NPR? Quite often the answer is this ensemble, or some portion thereof in yet another great and genre bending band. Sam Bush is known to many as a long time member of the traveling virtuosos that were New Grass Revival, and Marshall can play mandolin with anyone. Neither could be called a mindless picker by anyone but a closed-minded clod. There is a depth and discipline to their bodies of work that would make any cultured person take note whether or not their source genre, bluegrass, appeals to a particular person's sensibility. On this recording, they alternate between solid foundation rhythms, melodies that will stay with you like a winter's remembrance of sun on your back, and beautiful harmonies. However, those of you who have never seen the country from anything but a car window need not fear. I'm not much of a country fan, and this is not a bluegrass recording. Meyer and Bell on, respectively, bass and violin, bring the sensibilities of modern classical music to bear. The recording includes thoughtful chamber compositions, but it is not really a classical recording. There are several songs that are most akin to one genre or another, but this recording defies description as anything but one of the most stirring, fundamentally original, thoroughgoingly American voices to have ever spoken. You can hear the simple and sometimes mournful echoes of Scottish and Irish immigrants from times as distant as the nineteenth century, and listen as these voices blend with the less structured, less melodic, and more troubled voices of our own times.
If you are someone who digs in every musical crevice looking for something fresh and tasteful, this is a musical truffle. I own a large collection of music. Nothing is played by me more often than this. Some songs, like "BT", are on play lists that consist of bouncy and upbeat amalgams of folk and jazz, others are on my lists for rainy days spent with a cup of tea and a good book. If you buy this recording, you will know why the book is often set aside. This is a recording that sometimes warrants turning off the lights and looking over the water, allowing both to absorb me.
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