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Principally recorded at Stillorcan Heath Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
There's Celtic music, and there's Celtoid music, an uneasy mix of traditional and new age (with or without electronics). While this disc sets foot in the former camp several times, its real lack of roots means that it really ends up in the latter. The musicianship can't be faulted, although some of the lyrics, as in Loefke's own "Maplewood and Strawberries," are the kind of thing to induce retches in the strongest stomachs. It's polite, as drifting as any North Atlantic tide, and while the hearts of all those involved might be in the right place, the end result just doesn't cut it. ~ Chris Nickson
Noel Duggan (vocals, guitar); Pardaig Duggan (vocals, mandolin).
Adapter: Kerstin Blodig.
Thomas Loefke: Thomas Loefke; Padraig Duggan (vocals, mandolin); Ian Melrose (whistle); Kerstin Blodig, Máire Breatnach, Noel Duggan.
Personnel: Thomas Loefke (vocals, harp, celtic harp); Ian Melrose (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, synthesizer, programming); Kerstin Blodig (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Noel Duggan (vocals, guitar); Jens Kommnick (cello); Urs Fuchs (percussion); Mick Franke (programming).
Audio Mixer: Mick Franke.
Recording information: Ballybeatach Wood, Dublin, Ireland; Stillorgan Heath, Dublin, Ireland; Studio Harderberg, Georgsmarienhutte.
Arrangers: Kerstin Blodig; Ian Melrose; Máire Breatnach; Noel Duggan; Ciaran Brennan; Padraig Duggan.
Personnel includes: Thomas Loefke (harp); Kerstin Blodig (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Ian Melrose (vocals, guitar, whistle, synthesizer);
Additional personnel: Máire Breatnach (vocals, violin, fiddle, viola); Ciaran Brennan (vocals, keyboards); Finbar Furey (pipes, Uilleann pipe).
Atlantic Driftwood Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, New Age, World, Celtic | | Label | Alula | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  389696  | | CD Universe Part number | 3648360 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 04, 2002 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Thomas Loefke; Mick Franke | | Engineer | Oisin Murray; Mick Franke | | Personnel | Ian Melrose - vocals, guitar, whistle, synthesizer
Kerstin Blodig - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
Thomas Loefke - harp
Pardaig Duggan - vocals, mandolin
Also: Ciaran Brennan, Noel Duggan, Mßire Breatnach, Padraig Duggan, Finbar Furey, Mick Franke, Jens Kommnick, Urs Fuchs |
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