Peatbog Faeries
Live @ 25
(Peatbog Records)
The Peatbog Faeries celebrate their 25th anniversary by showcasing what they’ve become experts at over these years, dragging people physically on to dance floors and out of festival bars to get swept up in the grooving, reeling, piping, whistling maelstrom of an exuberant band at full tilt.
And just as their live performances make a party pooper out of anyone who prefers to stay on the sidelines, the quality and energy of these recordings, taken from gigs in Herefordshire and closer to the Peatbog Faeries' heartland at the Hebridean Celtic Festival, put the listener right in the heart of the auditorium.
Aside from the tightness and flair of the melodic arrowhead at the front of the band, what comes across most forcibly is the variety of sounds and often exotic colours that get stirred into the intoxicating brew.
Afro-blues guitar, Arabic ambiences and downright dirty Hammond organ licks propel high-octane pipes and fiddle tunes with the more reflective soul ballad setting of Fishing at Orbost and the chilled desert atmospherics of Strictly Sambuca offering chances to draw breath before a recording of Calum Kennedy singing The Skyline of Skye ends the party with a sentimental touch.
Rob Adams
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