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| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 18:51  Solas Four by *BobVPR ©2010 *BobVPR The celtic fusion band Solas appeared at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine on Friday night. Séamus Egan - flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, tin whistle, low whistle, guitars, bodhran Winifred Horan - violins, vocals Mick McAuley - accordians, contertina, low whistle, vocals Éamon McElholm - guitars, keyboards, vocals Mairéad Phelan - vocals (She is currently taking time out from studying Medicine in Trinity College Dublin to tour with Solas. New album The Turning Tide, arrived February 16 via Compass |
| Pieter (Sydney Australia) | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 04:03 dapower wrote: Fine if you're sitting in a pub, but still a stretch- a bit too diddly-diddly-eye for my tastes. Too right! |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 15:28 whtahtefcuk wrote: Celtic music just plan sucks! Can anyone say River Dance. Can anyone spell "plain"? |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 15:27 whtahtefcuk wrote: Celtic music just plan sucks! Can anyone say River Dance.  BLASPHEMY!!! Arm yourself and prepare for battle    |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 02:16 xkolibuul wrote: Riverdance? That's a comparison a first grader might make. Did ya not look at the user name? Says it all... |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 10:47 xkolibuul wrote: Riverdance? That's a comparison a first grader might make. More Solas please, Bill. And other Celtic artists too, while we're at it. Mi teecher and klass agrees, tho. It sownds like those goofy little leprkons dancin. Win eye lern neggativ nummers i give it neggativ wun. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 07:16 It's okay. I like Ozzie Osbourne's version better. |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 08:45 xkolibuul wrote: More Solas please, Bill. And other Celtic artists too, while we're at it. Yes, please. And after reading the lyrics...I was surprised to learn some time ago (even with relative in the maze research industry) that migrant workers are often used in the midwest to pick seed stock.  |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Mar 09, 2008 - 21:18 Riverdance? That's a comparison a first grader might make. More Solas please, Bill. And other Celtic artists too, while we're at it. |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 10:03 Fantastic album cover to cover. This is probably my least favorite song on it, and it's still good! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 06, 2007 - 13:47 Celtic music just plan sucks! Can anyone say River Dance. |
| Bender84 (Ulm / Germany) | Posted: Dec 06, 2007 - 13:44 Quite Likeable.... everybody knows the number that belongs to!  |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 04:33 
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| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: May 16, 2007 - 06:21 Love it! Celtic sound all the way!   |
| Vogelfrei (Western Montana) | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 - 11:32 traveyes wrote: I like it... but I prefer Belafonte's rendition. Coley wrote: This is good - but the Allison Krauss and Union Station version is much better.
I'll add to the pool of versions: Lila Downs combines this in a medley with "This Land Is Your Land" and some lyrics of her own composition to cast the song, originally written about Dust Bowl migrant labor, in the light of Mexican migrant labor. |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 - 11:30 traveyes wrote: I like it... but I prefer Belafonte's rendition. I'd love to hear this one! |
| effba (Land O Lakes, FL, USA) | Posted: Jul 21, 2006 - 14:21 Suddenly, I find meself craving a Guinness!! ; ) |
| rabbitsongs | Posted: May 09, 2006 - 12:24 Good instrumentals, but the vocals are a little weak. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Feb 10, 2006 - 13:03 Seems to me they missed the emotion of the original. A little too upbeat for a song about the hardships of migrant workers.  |
| sparrow (over the air) | Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 06:15 How circular, Celtic tune travels to American colonies, is kept alive for 300 years and sung with great new meaning by Woody Guthrie, then goes home to Ireland and is sung with great grace and with Woody's words. Truth is timeless. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 06:11 Coley wrote: This is good - but the Allison Krauss and Union Station version is much better.
LOL, I logged in to post the same thing.... |
| Coley | Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 11:18 This is good - but the Allison Krauss and Union Station version is much better. |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 11:18 Play more! Play more! |
| dapower (Ireland-thar be no snakes here.) | Posted: Jul 05, 2005 - 05:49 Fine if you're sitting in a pub, but still a stretch- a bit too diddly-diddly-eye for my tastes. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Mar 09, 2005 - 19:17 If Loreena McKennitt sang "Ghost Riders in the Sky"... Very nice tune. |
| Sobient | Posted: Mar 09, 2005 - 19:13 Also check out "Solas - Scarecrow's dream"..ah it's excellent. This is 9/10 no doubt. |
| red2u (FLORIDA & beyond) | Posted: Feb 08, 2005 - 07:41 CELTIC & WORLDLY NOT BAD FOR EARLY A>M>  |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jan 09, 2005 - 18:51 AI-in-Japan wrote: Odetta does a great cover of this song.
Theres a version of it on the new Allison Krauss CD as well, sung by Dan Tyminski (voice of the Soggy Bottom Boys) |
| ciscochasbro (Petaluma, CA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 16:28 Boy - this sure ain't my cup o tea. ....but I'll stay off the ratings. I think they're very talented - just can't get into it. But the rest o ya'll - rock on or whatever it is celtic groovers do!  |
| etereo | Posted: Nov 11, 2004 - 16:25 chipaudette wrote: I just can't take the Celtic treatment. It makes me turn off radioparadise.
YES!!! Please ease up on the Celtic musicChip |
| Tux (The Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 30, 2004 - 00:46 I gave it a 10. That should say enough about what I think of this song :) Reminds me a bit of Loreena McKennitt |
| AI-in-Japan (Japan) | Posted: Jun 07, 2004 - 19:57 Odetta does a great cover of this song. |
| traveyes (Southern Oregon) | Posted: May 25, 2004 - 14:07 I like it... but I prefer Belafonte's rendition. . |
| decorgirl | Posted: Apr 29, 2004 - 09:05 :-({|= Violins = |
| reedifus | Posted: Apr 16, 2004 - 12:59 I like it. Caught me at the right time. Nice and fast paced. I think this song reveals where some rock got its fast-paced lyrics and rhythms. Green Day, for one. |
| dolfan | Posted: Dec 16, 2003 - 04:14 Too Celtic? What are you? A Laker fan? |
| Amazon (Big Bend, TX) | Posted: Aug 15, 2003 - 05:51 OK, Bill -- how much time do you spend at Duffy's? |
| KJChafin (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Jun 04, 2003 - 19:44 Stretch, stretch. I can listen to something new, I swear I can. After all, that's why I listen to eclectic radio. Okay, well always good to learn about something new I guess. |
| jkdufair (West Lafayette, IN) | Posted: Jun 04, 2003 - 19:43 More Solas! More Solas! |
| chipaudette (Putney, VT) | Posted: May 05, 2003 - 06:52 I just can't take the Celtic treatment. It makes me turn off radioparadise. Chip |
| BQHsMom (Gold River, CA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 16:50 This has to be one of the best songs I've heard so far.  |
| folkieokie (Route 66, OK) | Posted: Dec 23, 2002 - 13:53 Interesting cover of this Woody Guthrie classic! |
| pazzat (Winchester (Radio Paradise Time +8)) | Posted: Dec 13, 2002 - 08:37 Neat version - can we have Woody, too, though? |
| radiomao (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Oct 23, 2002 - 09:34 Hmmmm...too Celtic for me! |