Rising

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共15首歌曲

艺人: Tarras
语种: 其他
厂牌: Rounder
发行时间: 1999年09月21日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Rick Anderson

The field of young, iconoclastic Celtic bands is getting a bit crowded, but Tarras should be able to step up and take its place without much trouble. Like many of its peers, Tarras is a folk group that doesn't feel terribly bound by tradition. Though its members play the expected array of instruments -- cittern, fiddle, guitar, accordion, bass -- they're not afraid to use ethnic percussion, and over half of the songs are original compositions (credited to the band as a whole). In fact, it's the three traditional numbers that provide some of the least interesting moments on this program -- the album opens with a fairly energetic romp through &Parson's Green,& but &Da Fields O'Foula& feels sludgy and forced, and &Captain Grant& never really gets off the ground either. Many of the original tunes are great, though &The Happy Salmon& is something of a tone poem, on which fiddler Emma Hancock skirls off lines that shimmer like fish scales in the sunlight. &Magpie's Revenge& is a gently thumping jig that may or may not be related to the traditional tune &The Thieving Magpie,& and the charmingly titled &Men Should Wear Their Long Hair Down& is a jaunty polka in an almost East European-sounding modal key. &Rising& and &Be Real& both could have used some more ideas before being recorded, but this is still an auspicious debut.