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Farrar by: Duncan Chisholm List Price: £14.99 CD-Charts Price: £11.69 You Save: £3.30 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0880992140942 Label: Copperfish Manufacturer: Copperfish Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Copperfish Release Date: June 23, 2008 Studio: Copperfish Sales Rank: 13312 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - BeautifulFor the lover of Celtic music, "Farrar" will be high up in the list of truly stunning albums of 2008. Look at the album artwork, and you know what you're in for...a wonderfully "moody" (in the best sense of the word) record containing simple, yet incredibly powerful tunes from the Highlands of Scotland. There are a number of self-penned melodies too, such as the haunting "Hill of the High Byre" (magical - listen to it in the car and turn up the volume as much as possible!!) or the enchanting "Farley Bridge". So for anyone who doesn't know, or anyone who hasn't been convinced in the past - Duncan Chisholm, founder member of Celtic Rock veterans Wolfstone - is a truly gifted man. "Farrar" has recently won him "Album ... Read More: Rating: - SuberbThis album is just gorgeous. Oddly for me, since I have never liked the fiddle and would run a mile to avoid being subjected to a collection of folky fiddle tunes. I have had this on the stereo on and off for a month and never get tired of it. The tone on the fiddle is beautiful throughout, no scratchy sawing here. This probably accounts for a lot of its power, along with nicely judged phrasing. There are a few self-penned tunes, and quite a few from the usual scottish suspects, I particulary like the version of 250 to vigo (a shooglenifty tune). And the visuals match, some wonderfully atmospheric photos. Rating: - SuperbThis is a superb album. It works very well as a whole - it has a sustained 'feel', and the programme of tunes is carefully paced. It's mostly slower tunes, but there are a sprinkling of more upbeat tunes too. The cover art does a great job of pointing to the music - it's deeply atmospheric stuff. The tunes really have room to breathe around the classy understated accompaniment - Kris Drever's playing contributes much to the 'less is more' approach. The fiddle playing is amazing and Chisholm's phrasing is impeccable. Another bonus for me is the mostly acoustic feel of the album - a pet hate is the omnipresent cheesy 'new age' keyboard background that seems to blight many otherwise excellent traditional music albums. |
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