Poozies - Infinite Blue
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Artist: PooziesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
CD Release Date: 1999-01-19
Music Label: Compass Records
Product features:
- Electro harp
- Produced by Jim Sutherland
- Recorded at Temple Records Studio
- digital artwork by Bryan Ledgard
- Come All Ye Lonely Lovers
- Hogties Reel/Si Morag/Lasses Fashion
- Neptune
- Crooked Road to Dublin/Tack Till Thomas
- Ma Plaid/Freya Dances
- Sorrows Away
- Maja's Brudvals/Tanteeka/Lost in Fishponds
- The Shepherd's Wife/Andrew Carr
- The Mill House/Rabbit Stew/Freddie's Reel
- The Maid of Llanwellyn/Emma & Jamie's Wedding
Free Music Notes for Infinite Blue
Free Music Review: MOVE OVER, DIXIE CHICKS-- THESE LASSES REALLY ROCK!
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this album with some trepidation: I knew the work of vocalist Kate Rusby and accordionist Karen Tweed but how would their music gel with two harps? Well, to my surprise and immense delight, it not only works -- it rocks! Here Mary MacMaster and Patsy Seddon play both nylon strung and metal strung traditional Scottish and Irish harps. Their technique and sound are incredible: no ethereal, shimmering, New Agey stuff here! When accompanying songs, they contribute intricate, syncopated, melodic passages over a thumping bass-line back beat, reminiscent of the way that West African griots play their koras (21 string harp-lutes) to accompany their own singing. On the instrumental tunes these ladies really go to town! Their harps fill the bill equally well as lead and accompanying instruments with their expert use of traditional melodic ornamentation, such as "rolls" and "cuts," and totally rockin' bass lines.
When it comes to the piano-accordion in British Isles trad music, very few folks play it better than Karen Tweed. Like most trad music devotees, I prefer the rowdy bounce of the button accordion to the staid "Stomach Steinway." However, Karen plays her instrument with the punch and drive of a "button box:" not surprising, considering that in her youth she took lessons from Irish button accordion master, John Whelan.
Last but not least, awarding-winning Kate Rusby leads the Poozies in some of the finest vocal arrangments I've ever heard of any musical genre. Check out their acappella "Sorrows Away" -- it'll warm your heart and send shivers down your spine!
I've already given away several copies of "Infinite Blue" as "Mother's Day" gifts. The recipients are unanimous in their ecstatic "k'veling" (Yiddish for gushing "cheek-pinching" praise).
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Mary MacMaster and Patsy Seddon of Sėleas and Karen Tweed of the Kathryn Tickell Band have now fully welcomed solo singer Kate Rusby into the Poozies fold, and she's added a great deal of strength to the mix, not only with her vocals, but also with the subtle qualities of her guitar and fiddle playing. This is very definitely a band album, however; the instrumental sets sparkle joyously, whether original, contemporary, or traditional material, with the players working off and around each other. That said, it's the vocal work that truly stuns on this outing. "Sorrows Away" is perfect harmony, "Neptune" is a wonderfully moving eco-ballad (the arrangement recalls the Eliza Carthy band), and "Ma Plaid" is truly haunting. A triumph all around for the girls' team. --Chris NicksonFolk Music CDs
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