|
  Shooglenifty
The Arms Dealer's Daughter
(Compass Records 74362 2, 2003)
Shooglenifty is an instrumental band that is creating new ways of expression
for Scottish music. Unlike many other contemporary bands in the so-called Celtic
genre, Shooglenifty did not find a need to use vocalists and, frankly, they
don't need singers as the band members are a phenomenal group of
instrumentalists. The groundbreaking sound of the band is based in the
combination of traditional Scottish melodies and rhythms with other cultures
such as their Celtic cousins in Spain, as well as African guitar, Asian impressions, rumba beats and Afro-American
jazz.
But this not your typical acoustic band reworking traditional songs.
Shooglenifty creates an imaginative amalgamation of acoustic and electric
sounds. Fiddle, banjo, mandolin and Galician pandeiro (frame drum) are mixed
with electric guitars and bass, trap drums, samples and effects. The US release
is out on Compass Records, a label that has managed to license some of the
finest contemporary Irish and British folk music.
|
