The Duhks

Descripción del producto The Duhks are a young kick ass folk quintet hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the east end of the Canadian Prairies. They are Jessee (vocals), Tania Elizabeth (fiddle), Leonard Podolak (vocals, banjo, writer, arranger, bandleader), Jordan McConnell (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Scott Senor (percussion). Their show is a pure, unrestrained and dynamic presentation of traditional and contemporary acoustic music designed to make you kick up your feet and party. The harmony of the Celts mixes with Appalachian Old Time fiddle music, with French-Canadian Gigues & Reels, with some of the songs of the great songwriters of the last century and with new songs and tunes written by themselves and by their friends. A unique collection of young people from a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds, they all come from families where playing folk music was a major part of life. That becomes obvious from the moment they begin to play. It's the mixture of youth and technical skill that fuels the energy that's always present in their music. Everyone starts to move, The Duhks are fun. Produced by Bela Fleck and Gary Paczosa. Tienda Celtic fiddles, Irish reels, old-time banjo, gospel vocals, and Latin percussion forge a common spirit within the uncommonly vibrant fusion of the Duhks (pronounced "ducks"). The young band from Winnipeg casts a wide net over traditional influences, breathing fresh life into the age-old balladry of "The Wagoner's Lad," generating a dynamic tension between the soulful depth of Jessica Havey's vocals and Tania Elizabeth's fiddle on a pair of spiritual standards ("Death Came a-Knockin'" and "True Religion"), and keeping the dance floor jumping with their sprightly instrumental medleys. Though the Canadian quintet doesn't feature much original material, they extend their interpretive reach to contemporary songs as well, with the desperate edge of Ruth Ungar's "Four Blue Walls" providing a bracing change of mood, while the bittersweet rendition of Paul Brady's "You and I" (with the songwriter on harmony vocals) carries the musical interplay beyond the traditional realm. (Their attempt at fellow Canadian Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" represents a rare misstep, lacking both the droll humor and the dark fatalism of the original.) Banjo iconoclast Béla Fleck coproduced the album, championing the Duhks as fellow trailblazers who use traditional elements to create a sound all their own. --Don McLeese

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,59 x 4,96 x 0,55 pulgadas; 4,16 Onzas Fabricante : Sugar Hill Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 28, 2007 Etiqueta : Sugar Hill ASIN : B0007989PC Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº106,867 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº941 en Bluegrass (CDs y Vinilo) nº5,582 en Folk (CDs y Vinilo) nº48,179 en Rock (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.5 4.5 de 5 estrellas 53 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,59 x 4,96 x 0,55 pulgadas; 4,16 Onzas Fabricante : Sugar Hill Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 28, 2007 Etiqueta : Sugar Hill ASIN : B0007989PC Número de discos : 1