RAINI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM

Big Old Life

2007-08-13

Rani Arbo & her band Daisy Mayhem combines roots musical with a spiritual feel that makes the listeners cry out this is a Big Old Life. The band starts out with the strongest track on the disc “Joy Comes Back”. This track combines Cajun sounds with a Donna the Buffalo feel. Rani’s alto vocals prove to be strong through the entire disc & her fiddle playing ads to the feel good sounds found on this disc. My only complaint was many of the tracks in the middle were a little subdued & I would have loved to hear Rani kick it up a notch as on the opening track, That being said, this is Rani’s most consistent & strongest offering to date. Reviewed By: Gregg Saur

More reviews tagged #Folk

  • reviewed 12/1969

    NEIL YOUNG
    Sugar Mountain Live At Canterbury House 1968

  • reviewed 01/2007

    ADAM SNYDER
    This Town Will Get Its Due

  • reviewed 05/2011

    GORD DOWNIE AND THE COUNTRY MIRACLES
    The Grand Bounce

  • reviewed 12/1969

    The Steeldrivers
    The Steeldrivers

  • reviewed 06/2008

    ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
    Real Animal

  • reviewed 03/2011

    RON SEXSMITH
    Long Player Late Bloomer

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.