2 a Roue

Jez Lowe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tantobie Records
• ASIN: B00005QKEI
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Hurdy-Gurdy, September 22, 2007

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Russell Engebretson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2 a Roue (Audio CD)

I'm so weary of reading the wretched one-star review of this fine album each time I check out Amazon for a new Jez Lowe CD, I feel the need to scribble a quick retort.

Jake Walton does indeed play hurdy-gurdy, but he also plays dulcimer and guitar, and contributes vocals. "Two a Roue" is not just a collection of hurdy-gurdy tunes. The songs range from dance tunes from the north west of Spain ("Galician Dances") to the anti-war "Japs and English" to Lowe's sad and beautiful lament to a polluted river, "Over Seal Sands."

Ignore the naysayer. This is a gorgeous album that will delight Jez Lowe fans as well as lovers of new and traditional folk music.

0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Less than mediocre, December 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 2 a Roue (Audio CD)

I bought Two a Rou on a lark, being a fan of hurdy-gurdies in general and wanting to expand my collection with someone I'd not heard of before. I wish I hadn't. This CD disappoints on every level. The songs are dreadful; sappy poetry with tired symbolism, pedantic, and poorly-sung. The instrumentals are played well enough, but the arrangements lack fire.