Solas
Download links and information about Solas by Solas. This album was released in 1996 and it belongs to World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic genres. It contains 13 tracks with total duration of 54:35 minutes.
Artist: | Solas |
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Release date: | 1996 |
Genre: | World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic |
Tracks: | 13 |
Duration: | 54:35 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Ni Na La | 2:21 |
2. | The Flowing Bowl / Maire Breathnach's #1 / The Doon / The Mason's Men | 3:52 |
3. | The White Petticoat / Stan Chapman's / The Miller's Maggot | 3:45 |
4. | I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight? | 5:24 |
5. | The Yellow Tinker / Cranking Out / Master Crowley's #2 | 4:09 |
6. | Crested Hens | 5:14 |
7. | Johnny's Gone for a Soldier | 3:53 |
8. | Dougie MacDonald's / Maire's Breathnach's #2 / Antrim Rose / Atlantic Wave / Toss the Feathers | 5:50 |
9. | The Newry Highwayman | 3:21 |
10. | Gan Ainm / The Humours of Whiskey / Leslie's March | 4:02 |
11. | Sliabh Geal bCua Na Feile | 4:04 |
12. | Lament for Frankie | 3:14 |
13. | Timmy Clifford's / The Return Home / O'ot Be Est Da Vong / John Joe Casey's | 5:26 |
Details
[Edit]Solas succeed where other Irish bands fail: They're lively without being frenetic; Karan Casey's vocals are high and clear without being ethereal or waifish; and they manage to add texture and complexity to the many traditionals they play. Their self-titled debut contains five songs (not enough!) and eight jigs, reels, and airs. The group know how to build an instrumental up to a fevered pitch, as on "The Yellow Tinker/Cranking Out/Master Crowley's #2," which creates fantasy swirls of accordion and fiddle before the guitar enters with its insistent rhythms. Not that all the pieces are fast: "Crested Hens" is a slow, sweet air — a bit reminiscent of Jay Ungar or Eileen Ivers — and "My Johnny's Gone for a Soldier" is a sweet love song about an Irish rebellion. Solas is simply one of the best, most varied albums of Irish music to come out in a long time.