Solas - Solas
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Artist: SolasEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-06-04
Music Label: Shanachie
Soundtracks:
- Nil Na La
- The Flowing Bowl/Maire Breathnachs #1/The Doon/The Mason's Men
- The White Petticoat/Stan Chapmans/The Miller's Maggot
- I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight
- The Yellow Tinker/Cranking Out/Master Crowleys #2
- Crested Hens
- Johnny's Gone For A Soldier
- Dougie MacDonalds/Maire Breathnachs #2/The Antrim Rose/Atlantic Wave/Toss The Feathers
- The Newry Highwayman
- Gan Ainm/The Humours Of Whiskey/Leslie's March
- Sliabh Geal Gcua Na Feile
- Lament For Frankie
- Timmy Cliffords/The Return Home/O'Ot Be Est Da Vong/John Joe Caseys
Free Music Notes for Solas
Free Music Review: Excellent first CD by talented musicians
Hit: 5 Stars
This first CD by Solas is an excellent debut album for the group featuring roaring tunes and heart-warming songs, a trend that continues onto the followup album. This album has both beautiful and foot-stomping moments.
All the musicians are at the top of their form. Karan Casey brings a unique and beautiful voice. John Williams is at the top of his game on the box and is definitely the highlight of the album. John Doyle's unique guitar style is taking shape here and it's interesting to see what a delightful style he has created (listen to "In Play" by Liz Carroll and John Doyle for some of his best work). Winifred Horan is definitely an excellent fiddler (although she doesn't stand out as much as the rest of the band) and Seamus Egan is, of course, amazing on his managerie of instruments.
If you're interested at all in Irish traditional music, definitely buy this CD. You'll be captured from start to finish!
Solas Poster
To push his music into the vocal realm, Seamus Egan has joined three musicians from the When Juniper Sleeps project--fiddler Winifred Horan, accordionist John Williams, and guitarist John Doyle--plus singer Karan Casey to form a band called Solas. Solas, produced by Silly Wizard's Johnny Cunningham, immediately marks this American quintet as a major force in Celtic music. The dance tunes combine rhythmic verve and melodic invention, and the songs give the instruments equal footing with the vocals. Egan's special gifts have never had a better setting. --Geoffrey HimesFolk Music CDs
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