The Duhks - The Duhks
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Artist: The DuhksEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Music Label: Sugarhill
Soundtracks:
- Death Came a Knockin' - The Duhks, Traditional
- Mists of Down Below/Meghan Hayden's - The Duhks, Frechette, Dan
- Gene's Machine: Mary McMahon's/Pretty Little Indian/Sligo ... - The Duhks, Traditional
- Four Blue Walls - The Duhks, Ungar, Ruth
- The Wagoner's Lad - The Duhks, Traditional
- True Religion - The Duhks, Traditional
- The Magnolia Set: Islay Ranters Reel/Fleur de Mandragore/Bull ... - The Duhks, McKerron, Charlie
- You and I - The Duhks, Brady, Paul
- Everybody Knows - The Duhks, Cohen, Leonard
- Dance Hall Girls/Bozeemon Boogie - The Duhks, Fraser, Allan
- The Dregs of Birch: Slip Jig/The Dregs of Birch/Eleanor Day's #1 - The Duhks, Traditional
- Du Temps Que J'?tais Jeune/Gabriella's Jig - The Duhks, Traditional
- Dover, Delaware - The Duhks, Lowe, Jez
- Love Is the Seventh Wave/The Arch of Abundant Love - The Duhks, Sting
Free Music Notes for The Duhks
Free Music Review: Amazing talent, for the most part
Hit: 3 Stars
First of all, I hold that the Duhks are one of the best acoustic groups out there. As an instrumental group, they are good as any one could mention. In addition, they have two extraordinary vocalists. Jessica Havey is(was) their "lead" singer and remarkable in every way. Tania Elizabeth plays fiddle and sings a couple of songs. Her talent alone could carry this band. An astonishing voice and equal player. For reasons unknown to me, 2 cuts were given over to Leonard Podolak as lead vocalist. I figure this guy must have a compelling personality, musical genius, have founded the band or all three to get these tracks. He is without a doubt one of the worst singers ever to be recorded in a high musical context such as this. I hardly know whether to laugh or weep when I hear him. Very seldom do I encounter a singer that makes me spit blood and dash for "next". Jessica surely must've left the group to escape such brutal punishment of the senses. None the less, get this CD and be astounded by the gems.....overlook as best you can the weaknesses. Also, I feel any group should not do a cover unless they equal or exceed the original. Please, never do a Sting tune for the love of Goddess. There are plenty of great songs out there which are yet to be recorded. Bela.....what were you guys thinking? The follow up CD has the same problems but to a lesser degree. Unfortunately, the recording is a bad one. Paczosa boosts the high end even further than on this recording and the result is almost unbearable on a decent system.
The Duhks Poster
Celtic fiddles, Irish reels, old-time banjo, gospel vocals, and Latin percussion forge a common spirit within the uncommonly vibrant fusion of the Duhks (pronounced "ducks"). The young band from Winnipeg casts a wide net over traditional influences, breathing fresh life into the age-old balladry of "The Wagoner's Lad," generating a dynamic tension between the soulful depth of Jessica Havey's vocals and Tania Elizabeth's fiddle on a pair of spiritual standards ("Death Came a-Knockin'" and "True Religion"), and keeping the dance floor jumping with their sprightly instrumental medleys. Though the Canadian quintet doesn't feature much original material, they extend their interpretive reach to contemporary songs as well, with the desperate edge of Ruth Ungar's "Four Blue Walls" providing a bracing change of mood, while the bittersweet rendition of Paul Brady's "You and I" (with the songwriter on harmony vocals) carries the musical interplay beyond the traditional realm. (Their attempt at fellow Canadian Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" represents a rare misstep, lacking both the droll humor and the dark fatalism of the original.) Banjo iconoclast B?la Fleck coproduced the album, championing the Duhks as fellow trailblazers who use traditional elements to create a sound all their own. --Don McLeeseFolk Music CDs
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