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fROOTS June 2008 Simon Jackson Sailing the Ice (own label no cat. no.) First solo disc from leader of the eclectic Tangata gang. An engrossing selection of songs and satisfyingly virtuoso self-penned instrumentals (influences from Renbourn and Martyn to flamenco). The songs include a Carthyesque trad. arr, some thoughtful covers and respectable originals. Classy help from Beth Noble and Steafan Hannigan, among others. www.SimonGuitar.co.uk |
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"Finally, if you like the idea of mixing the complex, largely un-foot-tappable rhythms of Bulgarian music with English and Irish roots, there's the highly eclectic Nottingham quintet tangata whose Kick the Bucket [self-released (2007)] is a wild and very entertaining spin from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea. The title track features a throbbing accordion dancing circles around a fiddle, while the "Oakwood Stomp" set sounds like an English country dance tune pumped up with a Balkan beat. Even the traditional song "My Johnny Was a Shoemaker" gets the accordion beatbox treatment with an Eastern European digression in the middle, although the band also offers a more rhythmically conventional and wonderfully harmonious version of "Spencer the Rover." Well-played and very creative stuff. Dirty Linen Magazine "... a vibrant take on European folk and roots
traditions and a nice line in world-influenced,
jazz-inflected Celtic tunesmithery (and songs)” |
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