Dougie Maclean - Riof

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Music Review: The best CD I've heard in a long, long time...
Rating: 5 Stars

It is one of the best albums I have ever had the privilege to hear. Every song reeks of greatness, and simple wonder.

I am a "lyrics man" when it comes to music (not that "Riof" has bad instrumental playing...it actually has some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard). I love the way Dougie uses his words on this disc. Some examples:

In the beautiful "Scythe Song" Dougie expresses a truth about how it feels to find ourselves truly free when he says: "Oh wild are the ways we run when at last untethered out we fly straight into the burning sun need no direction, no not I."

The opening track, "Stepping Stones," contains this great passage: "And in these silent hours when reflection lays our journey down and we think on all departed conversations it's such an earthy sound."

My favorite song on the disc is probably "Distant Son." The whole song is an intricate piece of beauty. I particularly like the words of the chorus: "And now I can be free within these winds of change it wildly comes to me unfolding endlessly." Amen.

I recommend this disc wholly, completely, and with all my heart. But don't take my word...get the disc and be convinced for yourself.

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Folk CDs

• Music > Styles
• World Music
• Pop