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In addition to being called Ship of Fools, this album is credited to John Renbourn's Ship of Fools, signaling that it is not a Renbourn solo album, but rather a group effort. Previously, Renbourn has used the credit "the John Renbourn Group," but since the personnel is different, he seems to have opted for a new moniker. The chief difference is that, in this case, the female singer is not his old Pentangle partner Jacqui McShee but rather Maggie Boyle, who takes lead vocals on four of the ten tracks, in addition to playing flute. Tony Roberts plays wind instruments, as he did in the John Renbourn Group, with Scott Breadman, producer Mitch Greenhill, and Michael Tempo adding various percussion instruments. Renbourn is joined on the guitar by Steve Tilston, who also adds mandolin. The music is stately traditional British folk in Renbourn's familiar manner, and the mixture is also familiar, with "Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawls" the instrumental and the album concluding with an a cappella hymn, "Travellers' Prayer." The album is thus a worthy successor to the John Renbourn Group albums A Maid in Bedlam and The Enchanted Garden. ~ William Ruhlmann
Personnel includes: John Renbourn (vocals, guitar, cittern); Steve Tilston (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Tony Roberts (flute, pipes, clarinet, saxophone, background vocals); Maggie Boyle (whistle, bodhran, background vocals); Mitch Greenhill (percussion).
Celtic Delight Everything acoustic wizard John Renbourn has done is of superb quality and this album is no exception.
This is a pleasant and relaxing album with John joined here by Maggie Boyle, Tony Roberts and Steve Tilston among others. Tony played the flute and other traditional wind instruments on many of Renbourn's greatest albums such as 1979s 'The Black Balloon' and 1985s 'The Nine Maidens'. Maggie supplies some lovely vocals, whistle and bhodran, Steve plays mandolin and guitar and and John plays matchless guitar as always.
This album fits in the category of Celtic music though John has worked with a wide variety of other styles. Submitted by a reviewer (North Cheshire, England) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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