Post by andyhowell on Jun 9, 2015 15:53:36 GMT
Hot off the press and this is certainly no disappointment! This is great acoustic music — banjos (yes a lot of them), melodeon accordion, violin and guitars — great songs and tunes, both traditional and new.
Simpson has worked with Cutting for a few years now. Since i first heard him with Chris Wood, many years ago, I've reckoned him to be one of the very best musicians working here in any genre. Nancy Kerr (who I first met when she was very young) has played for years with husband James Fagan and is a great singer, violin player and now songwriter.
The playing and singing here is exemplary. The range is fantastic from jaunty dances and songs to dark and brooding material.
Despite his undoubted technique I know some people are not always sure about Simpson but here musicality wins over everything else. He contributes a number of superb original songs. Cutting's accordion is everywhere and Nancy Kerr's single, Dark Honey, is – well — a perfect single. Indeed, all of Nancy's songs are lovely.
Although quite a bit of it is contemporary it has a nice traditional feel — music from both sides of the Atlantic.
Well worth searching out.
Simpson has worked with Cutting for a few years now. Since i first heard him with Chris Wood, many years ago, I've reckoned him to be one of the very best musicians working here in any genre. Nancy Kerr (who I first met when she was very young) has played for years with husband James Fagan and is a great singer, violin player and now songwriter.
The playing and singing here is exemplary. The range is fantastic from jaunty dances and songs to dark and brooding material.
Despite his undoubted technique I know some people are not always sure about Simpson but here musicality wins over everything else. He contributes a number of superb original songs. Cutting's accordion is everywhere and Nancy Kerr's single, Dark Honey, is – well — a perfect single. Indeed, all of Nancy's songs are lovely.
Although quite a bit of it is contemporary it has a nice traditional feel — music from both sides of the Atlantic.
Well worth searching out.
Jo whoever he is.
