Old Blind Dogs - Fit
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Artist: Old Blind DogsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Original Language), Stereo
CD Release Date: 2001-05-15
Music Label: Green Linnet
Soundtracks:
- Is There For Honest Poverty
- Come A' Ye Kincardine Lads
- Much Better Now
- Tramps and Hawkers
- Country Girl
- Sky City
- Reres Hill
- The Rejected Suitor
- Awa' Whigs Awa'
- Cuilfhionn
- Black-Haired Lad
- Tatties and Herrin'
Music reviews of Fit
Music Review: An excellent introduction to Scottish music
Rating: 4 Stars
I've been a fan of Celtic music for some years now, particularly of the Irish and Spanish varieties. Up until very recently, however, the only thing I knew about Scottish music was the highland war pipes, tunes like "Scotland the Brave" and "Amazing Grace". Nice, but not something I listen to every day or even every year.So it was quite a pleasant surprise when I noticed "Fit!" on a listening station at the local Borders shop. "Old Blind Dogs," I thought. "What an interesting name for a group!" So I gave it a try. And instantly fell in love with "Is There For Honest Poverty", particularly at the end when those wild border pipes kick in. I got the CD (and also "The World's Room", the group's next most recent title) for that track alone. It's just what I've needed the past month to help me cope with some serious blues. The tunes will not exit my cranium. In fact, I'm listening to "Fit!" right now, as I write this.
One of the biggest differences I've noticed between Scottish and Irish music, if the work of "Old Blind Dogs" is typical, seems to be that the Scottish is more mathematical in nature, whereas the Irish is more melodic. In particular, a number of the CD's bagpipe melodies tend to jump around quite a bit. Very odd intervals. For a computer programmer and mathematician like me, this is quite appealing. For the same reason I adore the music of Jose Angel Hevia, from northern Spain. But the more flowing, melodic sort of music is also very nice, and the group also handles this quite well.
It's hard to explain why, but the CD also reminds me of Gaelic Storm's most recent effort, "Tree". Something about the mood of the music, I think. Especially the purely instrumental pieces. I've been going back and forth between the two CD's quite a bit.
And, finally, there's that thick Scottish dialect. Thankfully I have the CD's linar notes and a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, because otherwise I wouldn't have a clue what these guys are singing! Hardest to follow are the two Robert Burns songs, written over 200 years ago.
It appears that the group has changed its membership quite a bit over the past ten years, but I'm plenty happy with the current lineup. This CD is definitely worth a try! One of these days I'll try some of their earlier works.
Description of Fit
Fit? by Old Blind DogsThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Old Blind Dogs may flirt with modern harmonies and ethnic percussion on Fit?, but when they sing an old Robert Burns song like "Is There for Honest Poverty" in their thick Aberdeen accents, you know they are traditional Scottish musicians to the core. The Dogs mix old ballads like "Awa' Whigs Awa'," an 18th-century anti-British song, and "Reres Hill," which they perform with a Pentangle-like jazzy folk feel with lively sets of dance tunes like "Black-Haired Lad" and "Country Girl." The jigs and reels have a light, airy feel thanks to piper Rory Campbell, who eschews the more familiar Highland war pipes in favor of the smaller Border pipes, which have a softer, gentler tone. On Fit?, an expression of disbelief in their local Aberdeen dialect, Old Blind Dogs continue the tradition of high-energy playing and intensely felt singing that have made them one of the most popular contemporary Scottish folk groups. --Michael Simmons
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