Celebrations for a Grey Day

Mimi Farina & Richard - Celebrations for a Grey Day

Celebrations for a Grey Day
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Artist: Mimi Farina & Richard
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-06-20
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Dandelion River Run
  2. Pack Up Your Sorrows
  3. Tommy Makem Fantasy
  4. Michael, Andrew And James
  5. Dog Blue
  6. V.
  7. One-Way Ticket
  8. Hamish
  9. Another Country
  10. Tuileries
  11. The Falcon
  12. Reno Nevada
  13. Celebration For A Grey Day

Music reviews of Celebrations for a Grey Day

Music Review: Folk music at its absolute best
Rating: 5 Stars

Although I had heard of Richard and Mimi Fariña for several years from Richie Unterberger, I did not have serious interest for a long time until I discovered the Mimi was the sister of Joan Baez and, if you listen to David's Album, you will see she has an even purer and more beautiful voice than her more famous elder sister.

However, "Celebrations for a Grey Day", the first of three albums Mimi recorded with husband Richard Fariña, is much more than merely beautiful folk singing. The striking thing about "Celebrations for a Grey Day", in fact, is that whilst seven of the thirteen songs are instrumentals, the vocal numbers are able to stand out all the better for it. Although I had heard a dulcimer from Jean Ritchie on Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition and admired the twinkling and simple sound, I did not know Richard Fariña had developed it so well beforehand. The opener "Dandelion River Run" has a melody copied by Anne Briggs for her "Tongue In Cheek" so much that one can hum a vocal line that does not exist, but "Pack Up Your Sorrows" is a massive step further with the purest and most beautiful vocal harmonies. Richard and Mimi alternate in a manner that fits the theme of the song to utter perfection, and it is surprising how the voices can be heard as if they were not singing together.

"Tommy Makem Fantasy", the third track is a touching instrumental piece, but "Michael, Andrew and James" shows Richard and Mimi turning their agency onto what could be called an epic of surprising dramatic force because Richard's dulcimer and the beauty of Mimi's voice work so tightly together. Then there is the lyrics, which are dark and political like few other songs of the time. "Dog Blue" is a very tight instrumental with Richard's unique dulcimer sound at its most upfront so that it sounds superb, and then "V" follows up in exactly the same vein.

"One-Way Ticket", with its quiet piano, is extremely beautiful but in contrast to most of "Celebrations for a Grey Day" is as much rock and roll as folk, though "Tulleries" is a return to typical folk instrumentation and seems to suggest that Richard Fariña wants to go every simpler with every instrumental song he puts forward here. The hard-hammering of the dulcimer works exceptionally well once "Tulleries" gets into gear. "The Falcon" shows Richard able to adapt traditional material to his rock ambitions as well as he wants, whilst "Reno, Nevada" shows Richard moving into a high vocal register behind siren-like "ooh, ooh, ooh" turning into glossolalia from Mimi. This song may not capture a listener who does not listen carefully, but deserves its status as one of the most famous songs here.

All in all, "Celebrations for a Grey Day" was perhaps the first example of genuine "folk rock" but has far more elements of traditional folk than most early examples of that genre. With the amazing voice of Mimi Fariña - more beautiful and pure than her acclaimed sister - and great dulcimer playing and rock stylings, "Celebrations for a Grey Day" should be purchased by anyone interested in folk-rock.
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