"Caught
Up" was recently given a very favourable review in Irish Music magazine:
many of Corner House's influences seem to be Irish, despite their Edinburgh
background. Echoes of Altan, The Bothy Band, Four Men, and Flook are all
to be heard here, although the band is definitely not in that league ...
yet. This is another of the new-songs-old-tunes breed of band, with two
of their own songs and one of Kevin Doherty's floating in a sea of familiar
jigs and reels. To be fair, the boys (4 of them) have written a couple
of nice tunes too, and their choice and arrangement of the traditional
material shows very good taste.
Where this album falls
down is in the technical rather than the aesthetic department. The delivery
of the songs lacks polish, and the box and whistle playing is very muddy.
Track seven is particularly bad in this respect: Paddy Duncan's fiddling
is excellent here as elsewhere, but the box simply can't hack it. Some
tightening-up is required, and perhaps some more original material. This
is a promising debut nonetheless, with half a dozen very good tracks.
Alex Monaghan
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