Saffron and Blue
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Manus McGuire, who grew up in Sligo, has earned a reputation as one of Ireland's most tasteful fiddlers through his work with the groups Buttons and Bows and Moving Cloud. On Saffron and Blue, his solo debut, he steps away from the familiar band setting to play a collection of dance tunes accompanied by only a piano. The uncluttered backup recalls the classic 1920s recordings of fellow Sligo fiddlers Michael Coleman and James Morrison. McGuire cut his teeth playing for dances where he learned that the mark of a great fiddler was not how fast you played, but how many people you got up out of their chairs and onto the dance floor. He takes many of these jigs and reels at a slower tempo than a fiddler who learned in the competitive session scene might, but McGuire's gentler pace reveals the subtle beauty of the melodies that is obscured when they are played too fast. --Michael Simmons
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The chant genre is glutted to epidemic proportions these days, with everyone from Buddhist nuns to Madonna's backup singers intoning Tibetan chants and Hindu kirtans. After six albums, Rasa continue to rise like perfumed smoke above the chanting hordes with their Eastern acoustronica and the enthralling singing of Kim Waters. The Rasa signatures are all there on Saffron Blue: Hans Christian creates a global fusion playing Swedish nyckleharpe, Indian sarangi, cello, electric bass, and synthesizers, orchestrating them across deep throbs of Indian percussion. But it all starts with Kim Waters, intoning Hindu mantras and bhajans in a voice that is both comforting and seductive. Christian builds her up in echoing choirs and canons that just seem to climb higher and higher. But there are some new wrinkles in the sari on Saffron Blue. They bring in a couple of other singers to duet with Waters, providing a contrast of rougher, more traditional sound with Vaiyasaki Das and Bairavesh Das. But even that nod toward tradition is bent through psychedelic echoes, subtle backwards effects, and deft electronic rhythms. Christian even gets a bit of funk slap bass in on the epic 10-minute trance of "Vande Krishna." Rasa don't make your street-corner Krishna sound, nor the easy grooves of ethno-techno chant albums. They've created a chilled-out global chant that speaks in a universal language. --John DilibertoAlbum Description
"Devotional music has never sounded as serene and sensual as it does in the world of Rasa." -- John Diliberto, EchoesEvokes a sense of passion with stunning performances by four guest vocalists that perfectly juxtapose Waters's exquisite voice and Christian's virtuosic arrangements. The sound of Rasa is unlike anything you've ever heard. Sensual vocals, soaring cello, and sarangi swirls weave a sacred tunic of devotional love songs in Bengali and Sanskrit.
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Manus McGuire, who grew up in Sligo, has earned a reputation as one of Ireland's most tasteful fiddlers through his work with the groups Buttons and Bows and Moving Cloud. On Saffron and Blue, his solo debut, he steps away from the familiar band setting to play a collection of dance tunes accompanied by only a piano. The uncluttered backup recalls the classic 1920s recordings of fellow Sligo fiddlers Michael Coleman and James Morrison. McGuire cut his teeth playing for dances where he learned that the mark of a great fiddler was not how fast you played, but how many people you got up out of their chairs and onto the dance floor. He takes many of these jigs and reels at a slower tempo than a fiddler who learned in the competitive session scene might, but McGuire's gentler pace reveals the subtle beauty of the melodies that is obscured when they are played too fast. --Michael SimmonsCustomer Reviews:
Fine Irish fiddle tunes.......2004-08-08
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