DERVISH
Travelling Show

WHRLCD 011

68923201128
Whirling Discs
Irlanda

 

Dervish release their eagerly awaited new album (their tenth) on 26 October 2007. Produced by the legendary John Reynolds and featuring a host of talented guest musicians, the album is called Travelling Show. Ever imaginative, their latest album features new arrangements of rare and unusual traditional songs such as Lord Levett. Cathy Jordan refashioned this poignant lyric by writing a new melody and asking the superb Triona Ni Dhomhnaill to play harpsichord. Jordan also sings a spine-tingling rendition of Suzanne Vegas’ The Queen and the Soldier. The results are enchanting. Newly composed material, Crucán na bPáiste by Brendan Graham and Grainne by Nashville song-writer Sharon Vaughan and Cathy Jordan, is tender and moving; while My Bride and I is a hauntingly enigmatic tale written by Canadian Dan Frechette, featuring Steve Wickam’s skillful string arrangement.

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