CD Review – Old Blind Dogs (Celtic masterpiece!)
Wherever Yet May Be
Compass Records
I love Celtic/Irish/Scottish music. I love the bagpipes, the accent, everything. So when I received Old Blind Dogs in the mail, I was stoked. And it was everything I thought it would be…and then some.
The opening “St. Kilda” is a slowly expanding instrumental and flows right into “Lough Erne’s Shore.” What struck me right away is how this Celtic quartet sounds almost like a Scottish band that has been listening to a lot of American bluegrass. The voices and fiddles blend seamlessly with the pipes and percussion to make an audio dream. A third of the tracks here are instrumental and normally that would bring an album down in my mind. I love reading the lyric sheets and seeing how they make them into the songs. Old Blind Dogs prove that you don’t need lyrics. “Psychopomps” and “Portobello” are just as good as the lyrical “Scotland Yet” and “Sir Steve Huska of Bryce Canyon.” Bottom Line: If you like either Celtic or American bluegrass music, then Old Blind Dogs is a must listen.
http://www.compassrecords.com, http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk
