Mike Marshall & Chris Thile - Into the Cauldron
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Artist: Mike Marshall & Chris ThileEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Music Label: Sugarhill
Soundtracks:
- Harvest Time
- Desvairada
- J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations
- Scrapple From The Apple
- Fisher's Hornpipe
- Stranded In Kodiak
- The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers
- Hey Ho!
- Something Quite Trifling
- What A Blast!
- Shamrock Shore
Music reviews of Into the Cauldron
Music Review: Stir it up
Rating: 4 Stars
For whatever reason, it took me a while to get around to getting this one. Been meaning to grab it since it came out but just never did. I think my recent pre-order of Sam Bush and David Grisman's Hold On We're Strumming finally pushed me to get this one. Now that I have it, I really don't know why I waited so long.
Actually, I am enjoying the fact that I got these 2 cds at more-or-less the same time. They are an excellent contrast to one another. Two cds, both featuring two mandolin greats playing together... similar? Not at all. First off, this disc is a true duo. No guests, just Thile and Marshall. The Bush & Grisman disc with all its guests frequently has a group sound. The overall vibe is that the Bush & Grisman comes across as being more roots-oriented, even when Bush is doing his funkier stuff. Into The Cauldron somehow seems to be this sort of completely progressive album. Previous people have mentioned technical ability and that sort of thing, to which I'd still say that Radim Zenkl is the most technically outrageous, jaw-dropping, dazzling mandolinist I've ever heard (plus he has a massive gift for melody), but really, who is counting? Thile and Marshall are mind-benders themselves and they play wonderfully together. Also be sure to check out Burma (Myanmar) for 2 fantastic mandolinists!
I still think Thile's tone isn't as full and round as Mike's is, and Mike tends to have a more melodic flair to his playing, but when both guys are playing together it's easier to forget that Thile still leans more towards the technical side while Mike hits you right in the heart. Quite often I do love what Thile does, but sometimes I do get the feeling that he's doing this or that for no other reason than to make sure you know he can do it. In the big picture though, it's certainly not often enough to detract from this cd.
I happen to love HEY HO! If you have Mike and Darol Anger's semi-recent The Duo Live: At Home And On The Range disc then this tune will seem familar to you. HEY HO is basically Big Mon From Syracuse, but with some other sections arranged into it. It's as if Mike superimposed another composition onto (and in between) parts of Big Mon. It works wonderfully! Stuff like this, Fisher's Hornpipe, Scrapple, Shamrock Shore, and Desvairada make this an excellent cd.
I've listened to this a bunch of times since I got it and it's just seeming better and better each time. If these 2 do another duo album I certainly won't be waiting this long to pick it up. This is a great one.
Description of Into the Cauldron
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Listening to Into the Cauldron, a collection of mandolin duets by Mike Marshall and Chris Thile, can be a frustrating experience--in the best possible way. It's definitely not the playing. Marshall, a veteran of such seminal acoustic bands as the David Grisman Quintet, and Thile, the mandolin wunderkind of Nickel Creek, sound better than ever. No, the problem is in the variety of styles on display. After hearing Marshall and Thile dance across the strings on "Fisher's Hornpipe," you'll wish this CD was a collection of fiddle tunes. When they trade licks on "Scrapple from the Apple," you long for more bop tunes. Their too-brief version of one of Bach's Goldberg Variations only whets your appetite for a mandolin version of the complete composition. And the duo's original tunes seamlessly blend elements from all of these styles, and more, as if mixing James Brown's rhythms, Bill Monroe's melodies, and Stravinsky's harmonies is the most natural thing in the world. Listening to Into the Cauldron is frustrating because it's only one CD, and Marshall and Thile obviously have more than enough musical ideas to fill a dozen more. --Michael Simmons
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