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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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As Colin Harper points out in the liner notes, Bert Jansch has sometimes been viewed as folk hero from yesteryear. He correctly argues that Jansch has continued to be an important voice in contemporary folk, and that The Ornament Tree, recorded in 1990, is worthy of his early to mid'70s work. While it may be a stretch to compare it to a great album like 1973's Moonshine, there is little doubt that Jansch continued to be a vital artist. The overall sound of The Ornament Tree is quite uniform, filled with Celtic fiddles and flutes, and the song choices are a nod toward tradition...but as always Bert Jansch makes every song his own. Ballads like the title cut and "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure" tell tales of lost love and warn of the pitfalls of roving, while "The Dreamers" is a wistful salute to the romantics of the world. The evocative "The Mountain Streams" conjures up the magic of a forest and a mysterious love, of two strangers who meet, part, and agree to meet again in another season. Jansch is in good voice throughout, and his guitar work is excellent as always. The supporting players provide sympathetic accompaniment and topnotch solo work throughout the album. Two instrumentals, "The Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Lady Fair," have been included. The first features the lovely fiddle of Peter Boyle and the latter, the superb whistle playing of Maggie Boyle. For Jansch fans, or for those who love good acoustic music with a Celtic twist, The Ornament Tree will be a satisfying album.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is an absolute hidden and forgotten delight. Bert is in fantastic voice and his guitar playing is as brilliant as anything he has ever done. Stand out track is The Road Tae Dundee - just magical. It would melt a heart of stone. Not a bad track to be found and some absolute beauties. Cannot recommend this enough if you love traditional music with a contemporaty spin.
3 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Most of the songs on this album appear to be old traditional Irish songs I think. Some of them are very nice, when Jansch has applied his unique interpretation on arrangements. His voice sounds absolutely fantastic, deep and dark. Some of them are a bit on the twee side. If you like old ballads and all that, you'll probably like this. However, if like me the sound of the whistle does your head in, you might not enjoy the whole thing as much as some of his other albums. I'm not knocking him for using the whistle player or anything, he's Bert Jansch, he can do what he wants, but I think whistles are pretty horrible things really. At least there are no whistle duels, now that would be horrible.
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