Capercaillie - Roses and Tears
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Artist: CapercaillieEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- him bo
- turas an anraidh
- dont you go
- the aphrodisiac
- barra clapping song
- seinneam cliu nam fear ur
- oran sugraidh
- the quimper waltz
- soldier boy
- a racan a bh againne
- rose cottage reels
- leadhasach an tir chein
Music reviews of Roses and Tears
Music Review: Feel-good-grooves. Probably their best recording to date !
Rating: 4 Stars
"Roses and Tears" delivers all you'd expect from the experienced eight-piece ensemble and proves a more than welcome return after a long six-year wait for new material following 2002's "Choice Language".
There are no surprises in this typically polished collection of songs and instrumental sets.
Capercaillie have modernised their sound over the years, but always within the basic context of an essentially acoustic folk line-up augmented by a drumkit and a bit of electric keyboard, and it continues to stand them in good stead in sparkling instrumental sets such as "The Aphrodisiac" and "Rose Cottage Reels".
Dip in anywhere and you'll find something to please and delight.
Karen Matheson's Gaelic singing is well-represented, notably on the lovely "Seinneam Cliù Nam Fear Ùr" (which translates as "I Sing the Praises of the Brave Lads"), a translucently delivered song from the Isle of Skye, which is the vocal highlight of the album - or the Murdo MacDonald-penned "Leodhasach an tir chein" (A Lewisman in a Foreign Country).
She switches to English for a brace of anti-war songs, John Martyn's poignant, impeccable "Don't You Go" and Donald Shaw's "Soldier Boy".
If the gossamer-light vocals of Karen Matheson take centre stage here, its impact is heightened by the crack contributions of her Capercaillie colleagues who play with a consummate, wholly captivating elegance rooted in faultless ensemble.
With splashes of musical decoration including harmony fiddle and uilleann pipes or the attacking triplets of the accordion, the recording will entrance you from beginning to end.
There's no super turbo-charged sets of tunes though they're well capable of cranking up the speeds, the band settle into feel-good grooves such as the "Quimper Waltz" and the more traditional set-piece "The Aphrodisiac".
There are many reasons to applaud this recording not least for the outstanding quality of the production.
Fourteen albums in, the new folk pioneers "Capercaillie" continue to demonstrate why they've been at the forefront of the roots renaissance in their native Scotland for the best part of the last three decades.
Capercaillie are: Karen Matheson - vocals; Donald Shaw - accordian & piano; Manus Lunny - bouzouki; Charlie McKerron - fiddle with Michael McGoldrick - pipes & flutes; Ewen Vernal - bass; Che Beresford - drums & David Robertson - percussion.
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Description of Roses and Tears
Credited with being at the forefront of the renaissance in folk/roots music over the last 20 years, Capercaillie, Scotland s finest celtic act, return with their new studio album Roses and Tears .The album features many newly discovered traditional songs sourced from the Gaelic song archive at the School of Scottish Studies,along with self-penned material and a beautiful rendition of John Martyn s anti-war song Don t You Go .This album re-affirms Capercaillies unfailing enthusiasm for the music they inherited whilst growing up on the Atlantic fringes of Scotland and Ireland. Their innovative approach to traditional sources and influences and the excitement they create through live performance explains the widespread esteem in which they are held in the current explosive folk scene.
The line-up of the band (described by Mojo as a marriage made in heaven ) unites sublime vocals of Karen Matheson with Donald Shaw - accordian & piano, Manus Lunny - bouzouki, Charlie McKerron fiddle, Michael McGoldrick - pipes & flutes, Ewen Vernal - bass; Che Beresford drums, David Robertson - percussion.
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