2009-05-11
This is the seventh studio album from Toronto-based Enter the Haggis. It is Celtic-rock that has everything from drinking songs with sing-along choruses (The Litter and the Leaves) to a traditional-style tin whistle and fiddle instrumental (Did You Call Me Albatross) to Jayhawks-inspired harmonies (DNA). Some songs can be a little heavy such as “The Death of Johnny Mooring” with its electric guitars, heavy drums and even some distortion on the fiddle! (Cool!) There is even an instrumental prog-rock piece (Murphy’s Ashes) that sounds as if some DJ mixed Dropkick Murphys with Pink Floyd.
PATRICE LAROSE AND JULIA SARR
Set Luna
JOHANNES WELCH, DAVID HESS AND PAUL HINGER
Stunderthorm
Ken Wiley
Urban Horn Project
YOUSSOU N'DOUR
Rokka Mi Rokka (Give and Take)
Tarika
10: Beasts, Ghosts and Dancing with History
MARISA MONTE
Universa ao Meu Redor
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