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 enlarge | Artist: Lau
Label: Compass Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $11.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 59203
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766397447926
EAN: 7663974479260
ASIN: B0017R5U00
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
Lau is a formidable union of three of the finest and most innovative exponents of modern traditional music: Kris Drever (guitar and vocal), Martin Green (piano accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle). Together, their explosive live performances have been generating a major buzz around the UK folk circuit that has now become a world-wide party. The summer of 2007 saw them take festivals by storm across Europe and North-America; the Fall to Japan and Cape Breton. They kicked off 2008 at the BBC Folk Awards where they gave what was widely regarded as the performance of the night, went on to win BEST GROUP award and Bob Hoskins was last seen bowing down to the band proclaiming `I am not worthy'!
Lau are the product of a highly creative Edinburgh music scene in which band exchange and stylistic experimentation among musicians is almost an unspoken creed. Lau have taken a new approach to the folk scene by writing much of their own material, creating complex and melodic compositions which change as the emphasis shifts between their 3 instruments; moody or frantic accordion interwoven with driving fiddle and guitar.
The album, entitled simply 'Live', captures the excitement of the band's live shows and features new material as well as many of the tracks from their debut album 'Lightweights and Gentlemen'.
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Dynamic live performance from a rising Scottish folk band May 17, 2008
This is a sizzling live album by the Scottish trad trio known as Lau (singer-guitarist Kris Dever, fiddler Aidan O'Rourke and accordionist Martin Green). Recorded in Edinburgh, this is the kind of live show in which audience members are scarcely given a moment to catch their breath -- accordion fans, in particular, will thrill to O'Rourke's playful, often challenging attacks. Although the other two guys are hardly slouches themselves, I would hazard to say that this is really mostly O'Rourke's show, and if you like crazed, mile-a-minute accordion music, then this album will not disappoint. This is trad music with an edge, although there are no concessions given to crossover sensibilities or pop fusions of any kind; the modernism is in their youthful, blasting power, and their enthusiasm and skill are well-displayed here. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue music reviews)
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