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Thread #112220 Message #2372590
Posted By: Jim Carroll
23-Jun-08 - 01:07 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Define English Trad Music
Subject: RE: Folklore: Define English Trad Music
"You could also do worse than listen to: Eliza Carthy" Hmmmm - not sure of that. "ROCK – POP- JAZZ REVIEWS Sunday Times ; June 22nd Dreams of Breathing Underwater Topic TSCD571 Eliza Carthy has stepped outside her comfort zone — namely, sublime interpretations of traditional English tunes, and original compositions that sit alongside them — to create a folk phantasmagoria of a record. With mariachi horns, fuzzy electronica, achingly pure fiddle playing and the odd dirty grunge guitar, Dreams of Breathing Underwater suggests Angela Carter's magic-realist novels set to music in a smoky circus big top. And dressing up has freed Carthy. While Rosalie retains the lightness of touch of her traditional tunes. Lavenders evolves from a folk-drone into a piece of multilayered exotica; Simple Things applies dub-reggae production depths to a stream-of-consciousness lament. The former folk grail-keeper is investigating the artist/auteur method." As I said - hmmmm Jim Carroll