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Stories For The Steeples 180gr LP

Mary Black (hca, perc, voc); Pat Crowley (acc, keyb, voc); Andrew Holdsworth (keyb); Bill Shanley (b, g, keyb, man, ukelele, voc); Finbar Furey (bjo, voc); Janis Ian (g, voc); Imelda May(voc); Martin Ditcham (dr, perc); a.o.

Despite its title and front cover art, 'Stories
From The Steeples', Mary Black's first recording
in six years, is not a collection of hymns. It is
titled for the Dublin studio where it was
recorded. These 12 new selections are, in typical
Black form, an impeccable mix of
traditional-sounding and contemporary material.
There is an enormous list of contributing players
on these sessions, but the constants are guitarist
Bill Shanley, keyboardist and accordionist Pat
Crowley, double bassist Nick Scott, and fiddler
Matt McGranahan. The album's opening cut,
'Marguerite And The Gambler', written by Ricky
Lynch, is certainly informed by the spirit of Bob
Dylan's 'Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts'
(though Dylan's song was certainly informed by
outlaw tales of the American South that came from
centuries-old Celtic balladry in the first place,
so there you go). It contains a stellar
arrangement that highlights piano, mandolin, and
McGranahan's lonesome fiddle. Three duets are
strategically placed in this set. 'Walking with My
Love?, an easy shuffler, is sung with countryman
and Irish music legend Finbar Furey, who also
plays banjo on it. 'Lighthouse Light' sounds like
it could have come from Ireland in the early 1960s
(and maybe its melody originally did), but it was
actually written by the Boston-based Irish
songwriter Ry Cavanaugh; it features Black singing
with the incomparable Janis Ian. The real
surprise though, is the album's first single,
'Mountains to the Sea', written by Australians
Shane Howard and Neil Murray. Walking the line
between Celtic, contemporary folk, and pop, Black
is joined by countrywoman and chart-topping rock &
roll singer Imelda May. Each woman does what she
does best -- May doesn't rein herself in, Black
doesn't try to rock it up. Their voices, phrasing,
and timbres complement one another beautifully,
weaving together seamlessly on the refrain.
Another highlight is Black's reading of Eric
Bogle's antiwar ballad 'All The Fine Young Men'.
There are three songs here written by the Coronas'
Danny Reilly -- who also happens to be Black's
son. The best of the three -- though none of them
are duds -- is the sparse, skeletal ballad 'Faith
In Fate'. Her other children, Roisín and Conor,
appear with Danny on his 'The Night Is on Our
Side'. Stories from the Steeples is a welcome
return for one of contemporary folk music's finest
voices and most original stylists; it is also a
stand-out album in Black's solo catalog.

Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm / gatefold sleeve
Manufacturer: Pure Pleasure
Original label: Blix Street Records
Genre: Pop / Folk

Kat.č.: PP 015  (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Pure Pleasure , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 5060149621691 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů