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ANDY IRVINE "Way Out Yonder" Own Label AK2

A new Andy Irvine release always sets off a tingle with me, because I know, just know that I'm going to find something in it to enjoy, whether a new song, radical, sad or otherwise here, or maybe a Balkan-influenced tune there. Maybe there'll even be a guest musician or two that I'll appreciate.

Well, Andy, you've not let me down this time, as this one's got the lot. The title track is as jaunty a tune as I've heard for a while, one of these ones that keep popping back into your head for no reason other than enjoyment, with swirling harmonica and intricate string work.

And as for the songs - well, my money would be on the opening number "Gladiators", a history lesson about the I.W.W. in Australia at the time of the First World War, to be one which is picked up by club singers, but maybe others' tastes would prefer the new version of "The Girl I Left Behind" or the totally whimsical and imaginative "They'll Never Believe It's True" (they won't!)

"Moreton Bay" is the only traditional song in this collection, here getting a suitably poignant arrangement, and Andy breathes new life into "The Highwayman" - yes, the Alfred Noyes poem everybody got at school, here sung to a Loreena McKennitt tune.

As for the musicians, let's just say there's ten of them and three backing vocalists, any of whom would pull the crowds out. Get the CD to find out more - I guarantee that you won't be disappointed.

Gordon Potter

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This album was reviewed in Issue 41 of The Living Tradition magazine.