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Release Date: Sep 21, 2009
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Personnel: Susan McKeown (vocals, bodhran); Lorin Sklamberg (vocals, accordion, piano); Erik Della Penna, Erik Dellapenna (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tres).
Audio Mixer: Ross Bonadonna.
Recording information: Wombat Recordin Company, Brooklyn, NY (01/2009-02/2009).
Photographer: John Francis Bourke.
Arrangers: Aidan Brennan; Lorin Sklamberg.
In a more intimate follow-up to McKeown's collaboration with the Klezmatics, the Irish singer does a duet album with one of their longtime members, Lorin Sklamberg. And what a joy it is. They kick things off on exactly the right note with "Heart's Blood," a ballad shared by both traditions, giving them the chance to trade verses in English and Yiddish. From there come songs in Gaelic, songs in Yiddish, and plenty of great beauty, whether accompanied by a small group or alone (Sklamberg does a wonderful unaccompanied "Father and Son," while McKeown performs the same for "Bridget"). It's a thrilling ride, often full of joy and laughter, as exemplified by "Yula," "The Rattlin' Bog," and "My Little Belly," but also capable of intense emotion ("The Dark Slender Boy"). While an Irish-Yiddish pairing might not seem too obvious, at least on first blush, these two have enough talent, taste, and openness to make it seem the most natural thing in the world -- but then, they've both been breaking down barriers for a long time now. ~ Chris Nickson
Audio Mixer: Ross Bonadonna.
Recording information: Wombat Recordin Company, Brooklyn, NY (01/2009-02/2009).
Photographer: John Francis Bourke.
Arrangers: Aidan Brennan; Lorin Sklamberg.
In a more intimate follow-up to McKeown's collaboration with the Klezmatics, the Irish singer does a duet album with one of their longtime members, Lorin Sklamberg. And what a joy it is. They kick things off on exactly the right note with "Heart's Blood," a ballad shared by both traditions, giving them the chance to trade verses in English and Yiddish. From there come songs in Gaelic, songs in Yiddish, and plenty of great beauty, whether accompanied by a small group or alone (Sklamberg does a wonderful unaccompanied "Father and Son," while McKeown performs the same for "Bridget"). It's a thrilling ride, often full of joy and laughter, as exemplified by "Yula," "The Rattlin' Bog," and "My Little Belly," but also capable of intense emotion ("The Dark Slender Boy"). While an Irish-Yiddish pairing might not seem too obvious, at least on first blush, these two have enough talent, taste, and openness to make it seem the most natural thing in the world -- but then, they've both been breaking down barriers for a long time now. ~ Chris Nickson
Tracks:
1 - Heart's Blood [Fort a Yidele Fort Aroys (A Young Man Rode Out)] [The Cruel Brother]
2 - Buenos Aires [Fin Mayn Mamelyu Hot Men Mikh Aroysgenimen (They Took Me Away from My Mother)]
3 - Oakum [Sé Oakum Mo Phrisoun (Oakum Is My Prison)]
4 - My Little Belly [Oy, Mayn Baykhele Tut Mir Vey! (Oh, My Little Belly Hurts)]
5 - Prayer for the Dead [Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye] [Kh'bin Oysgeforn Felder, Velder, Oy Vey! (I've Traveled Across Fields an
6 - Hag with the Money [Táim in Arrears (I'm in Arrears)] [Cailleach an Airgead (The Hag with the Money)] [I Buried My Wife
7 - Father and Son [Dayn Futers Reyd Her Tsi, Mayn Kind (Hear What Your Father Says, My Son)]
8 - Enniscorthy Fair
9 - Bridget [Gabham Molta Bhride (Let Me Give Praise to Bridget)]
10 - Rattlin' Bog [Funem Sheynem Vortsl Aroys (From the Lovely Root)] [The Rattlin' Bog]
11 - Dark Slender Boy [An Buachaill Caol Dubh]
12 - Yula [Ikh Vel Aykh Gebn Tsu Derklern (I Will Explain to You)]
2 - Buenos Aires [Fin Mayn Mamelyu Hot Men Mikh Aroysgenimen (They Took Me Away from My Mother)]
3 - Oakum [Sé Oakum Mo Phrisoun (Oakum Is My Prison)]
4 - My Little Belly [Oy, Mayn Baykhele Tut Mir Vey! (Oh, My Little Belly Hurts)]
5 - Prayer for the Dead [Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye] [Kh'bin Oysgeforn Felder, Velder, Oy Vey! (I've Traveled Across Fields an
6 - Hag with the Money [Táim in Arrears (I'm in Arrears)] [Cailleach an Airgead (The Hag with the Money)] [I Buried My Wife
7 - Father and Son [Dayn Futers Reyd Her Tsi, Mayn Kind (Hear What Your Father Says, My Son)]
8 - Enniscorthy Fair
9 - Bridget [Gabham Molta Bhride (Let Me Give Praise to Bridget)]
10 - Rattlin' Bog [Funem Sheynem Vortsl Aroys (From the Lovely Root)] [The Rattlin' Bog]
11 - Dark Slender Boy [An Buachaill Caol Dubh]
12 - Yula [Ikh Vel Aykh Gebn Tsu Derklern (I Will Explain to You)]