A Conversation for Scottish Music - 'Loch Lomond' is Not the Only Fruit
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Cosmic Posted Jun 21, 2003
Sorry about that - I got a bit confused with all the conversation criss-crossing each other!
Carry on, don't mind me. Glad to have generated the discussion!
Slainte
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Shipwrecked Posted Jun 21, 2003
Hey, jump in any time you like, Cosmic! 
BTW, do you know anywhere I can download some Eliza Carthy MP3s? I've listened to some snippets on amazon.com but I'd like to hear some entire songs before I pop for the CD. Some of the other bands' websites you linked in your edited entry had some great MP3s but, alas, Eliza doesn't seem to have any available anywhere!
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Cosmic Posted Jun 23, 2003
You can get samples from "Angels & Cigarettes" at http://www.elizacarthy.com/ and there's also some real audio files at http://www.folkicons.co.uk/sound1.htm. No mp3's as far as I can se.
Slainte
Cosmic
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Shipwrecked Posted Jun 23, 2003
Drat... I refuse to allow RealAudio anywhere near my PC so I guess I'm outta luck. The 30-second samples from Anglicana that I heard on amazon.com sounded pretty good so I guess I'll just go ahead and buy it. I didn't like what I heard from Angels & Cigarettes, however. It seemed like she was bastardizing her music to appeal to an American audience. There's enough soulless synth-dance-pop out there already.
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Cosmic Posted Jun 24, 2003
Without a doubt, Anglicana is her best work since "Red Rice" and I would recommend both extremely highly. "Angels and Cigarettes" was a Warner-produced pop album which is not at all bad but is not up to the standard she's capable of. I think she fell out with Warner and is no longer recording for them!
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Cosmic
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Perseus Posted Jun 25, 2003
Well I bought Anglicana over the weekend, and I think its absolutely fantastic! Without doubt Eliza's arrangement of Worcester City has to be one of the best recordings from any tradition I have ever heard.
Cosmic, thanks for the recommendation. Those of you that haven't yet bought it, do so!
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Shipwrecked Posted Jun 25, 2003
Okay, I've just ordered Anglicana and Red Rice from amazon.com (I'm not gonna find them at the local record shops here in California!) I have a road trip coming up next weekend so it will be good to have some new music to listen to. I'll let you know how I liked it.
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Shipwrecked Posted Jul 1, 2003
Wow!
wow... wow... wow... WOW!!
I've spent the afternoon listening: first Red, then Rice, then Anglicana.
Things got off to a shaky start because I've never cared for the accordion but things got better quickly after that first song! Eliza Carthy is fantastic! And all three albums are so good that I can't even say if I like one better than the other after this first listening. WOW!!
Thanks for turning me on to this incredible music!
Shipwrecked
P.S. ..........WOW!!!
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Cosmic Posted Jul 5, 2003
My goodness - I've never known an album cause so much pleasure! Glad to help - don't stop there. There's loads of other stuff to check out!
Slainte
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