NORTH ATLANTIC TRIO
''SOME PART OF SOMETHING''
SEPTEMBER 25 2013
48:16
01 - Tommy's Tarbukas/3:51
02 - Pig Foot Clinch/3:52
03 - Wayfaring Stranger/5:48
04 - Crossing the Cumberlands/4:47
05 - Monday Morning and Reels/6:17
06 - Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa/5:02
07 - Whisky Cuckoo/4:13
08 - Lonesome Moonlight Waltz/4:43
09 - Sally in the Gardens/4:06
10 - Waterbound/4:52
11 - Diane's Desserts/3:21
Cheyenne Brown/Harp
Dave Boyd/Percussion
Dave Currie/Dobro, Guitar
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
Album Notes
BY CDBABY
The North Atlantic Trio combine Irish, Scottish, Old-time Appalachian and bluegrass music with their own original compositions in a unique cross-genre bricolage. Formed in 2009 around a fireplace in Glasgow, this unusual marriage of harp, dobro and esoteric percussion has been warmly received by audiences at festivals throughout Europe and in venues across the UK.
"Not only cleared my head but also moved my feet - a marvelous combination" - Three Weeks Edinburgh Fringe
"a gorgeous newgrassy treatment" - Folk and Roots
REVIEW
By Neil King
If we're going to continue to invent terms for musical fusions then can I put forward moorgrass to describe the sounds and songs of North Atlantic Trio. The clue to this three piece really does lie in the band's name, an American, Cheyenne Brown, an Irishman, Dave Boyd and a Scot, Dave Currie forming this particular and all bring their musical influences, though not necessarily in the order you might think. (Yes I was tempted to use the walk into a bar line)
Of the three I was more familiar with the work of harpist, Cheyenne Brown, but even that hadn't really prepared me for the blend of bluegrass and Celtic influences, brought together on this collection of songs and tunes, with the songs imparticular taking on a real spiritual, gospel feel.
That said for me, one of the real standout features of "Some Part Of Something" for me is the shear quality of both the instrumentation and the arrangements. This really is an album that you can lose yourself in and it's well worth making that effort, drawing the curtains, shutting yourself off from the world and letting North Atlantic Trio take you away from it all.
Some of the songs on the album will be familiar to you from regular appearances on folk albums, sometimes on their own and sometimes included as part of a set of tunes. In many ways that familiarity, "Wayfaring Stranger", "The Cuckoo/Whisky Before Breakfast" and "Sally In The Garden" gives you a yardstick against which North Atlantic Trio can be judged. They certainly don't come up wanting, just don't forget to check out "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz."
''SOME PART OF SOMETHING''
SEPTEMBER 25 2013
48:16
01 - Tommy's Tarbukas/3:51
02 - Pig Foot Clinch/3:52
03 - Wayfaring Stranger/5:48
04 - Crossing the Cumberlands/4:47
05 - Monday Morning and Reels/6:17
06 - Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa/5:02
07 - Whisky Cuckoo/4:13
08 - Lonesome Moonlight Waltz/4:43
09 - Sally in the Gardens/4:06
10 - Waterbound/4:52
11 - Diane's Desserts/3:21
Cheyenne Brown/Harp
Dave Boyd/Percussion
Dave Currie/Dobro, Guitar
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
Album Notes
BY CDBABY
The North Atlantic Trio combine Irish, Scottish, Old-time Appalachian and bluegrass music with their own original compositions in a unique cross-genre bricolage. Formed in 2009 around a fireplace in Glasgow, this unusual marriage of harp, dobro and esoteric percussion has been warmly received by audiences at festivals throughout Europe and in venues across the UK.
"Not only cleared my head but also moved my feet - a marvelous combination" - Three Weeks Edinburgh Fringe
"a gorgeous newgrassy treatment" - Folk and Roots
REVIEW
By Neil King
If we're going to continue to invent terms for musical fusions then can I put forward moorgrass to describe the sounds and songs of North Atlantic Trio. The clue to this three piece really does lie in the band's name, an American, Cheyenne Brown, an Irishman, Dave Boyd and a Scot, Dave Currie forming this particular and all bring their musical influences, though not necessarily in the order you might think. (Yes I was tempted to use the walk into a bar line)
Of the three I was more familiar with the work of harpist, Cheyenne Brown, but even that hadn't really prepared me for the blend of bluegrass and Celtic influences, brought together on this collection of songs and tunes, with the songs imparticular taking on a real spiritual, gospel feel.
That said for me, one of the real standout features of "Some Part Of Something" for me is the shear quality of both the instrumentation and the arrangements. This really is an album that you can lose yourself in and it's well worth making that effort, drawing the curtains, shutting yourself off from the world and letting North Atlantic Trio take you away from it all.
Some of the songs on the album will be familiar to you from regular appearances on folk albums, sometimes on their own and sometimes included as part of a set of tunes. In many ways that familiarity, "Wayfaring Stranger", "The Cuckoo/Whisky Before Breakfast" and "Sally In The Garden" gives you a yardstick against which North Atlantic Trio can be judged. They certainly don't come up wanting, just don't forget to check out "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz."