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Grit by: Martyn Bennett List Price: £15.99 CD-Charts Price: £10.38 You Save: £5.61 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724359255125 Label: Real World Manufacturer: Real World Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Real World Release Date: October 13, 2003 Studio: Real World Sales Rank: 40327 Disc 1: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Shivers down the spine!Professional folk musicians keep saying that the album is so interesting because of the mixture of styles the album is presenting with as well as the new territory Martyn has entered. That is all true, and the album also is also very danceable, that is if you like a little bit of variation and improvisation in your movements. But for me music, as with any art, is in the first place about what it tells me: As far as I am concerned this album is BURSTING with passion and the subtitle of GRIT could easily be: "Martyn's last second alive". I only occasionally dear to listen to this album, but when I do it is always inspiring! Rating: - Much more than celtic or simple fusionIt was unfortunately only after Martyn's death that I was introduced to his music. The album Grit is an extremely impressive statement of both his roots, but also of defiance in the face of the illness which cast a shadow over the last years of his life. This fight was protracted and even drove him to destroy many of his instruments in frustration at his helplessness at it's onset at one stage. The album is full of inventiveness which, even if you extracted the Scottish songs would find a place as contemporary music to discover and enjoy. The combination is a triumph of adventurous sounds and demonstrates a skill in managing the content which far surpasses similar offerings. It varies smoothly between the soulful and introverted, through ... Read More: Rating:  - 'Grit' apt titleMartin was one of these inventive people who takes traditional music by the scruff of the neck and enhances it with a modern slant. He can be described as the Scottish 'Moby'. He will be sorely missed. This album was made during Martin's fight with cancer and the title is so apt. Rating: - A magnificent farewellKnowing the background to this album - that here was a very gifted musician who knew that he was dying (tragically young), and who wished to put together one final creation which would sum up his life, a statement of who he was, where he came from, and what he stood for and believed in - I found listening to it a very moving experience. Lie easy, Martyn - you've succeeded magnificently. Rating: - GritAfter a few listening i got right into this album.Then let a few friends listen (who got hooked)Having heard Martyn Bennet before i was fasinated at how this guys mind works.I have reached a conclusion that i will never know.He is so talented and ground breaking.The "chanter" is my fav,,,, listen and be mesmorised. |
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