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Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland

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I normally dread samplers, thinking that I will find perhaps one or two great performers stuck among tracks that I wouldn't want to hear twice; this is a happy exception.

This collection contains 17 tracks representing different performers of new Scottish music. The style is a combination of traditional folk melody with some jazz and rock augmentation. For the most part, the instruments are traditional guitar, pipes and drum (no bagpipes) with a little slide guitar, electric augmentation and synthesizer thrown in very unobtrusively. Roughly 3/4 of the album has vocal tracks, about three of which are already stuck in my head after a few listens.

My knowledge of Scottish music before this was limited to anonymous bagpiping and folk players and Mouth Music, a group which tends toward a more extreme synthesizer rock/hip-hop fusion with traditional Scottish singing; this album falls solidly in the middle with some modern jazz and rock influences thrown in. The recording has wonderful atmosphere and is worth hearing on headphones. END

This is an excellent collection of some really great celtic music that makes a fantastic introduction to some very talented Scottish musicians. Buy this CD..this is the best record in my collection of 200+ CDs!

I bought this cd for my dad. He had it when I was growing up and we painted signs together. Last year he lost it and so I went hunting. It is his favorite cd and I was so happy with the prompt delivery of a fully functioning product. I listened to the entire cd and it plays great, no skips, no nothing........very pleased.

Bought this just from listening on Amazon. I wish I could find more compilations like this. For the most part I enjoy the entire disc. It's not "traditional" celtic music, but updated pop/rock/folk utilising celtic instruments.

Give it a listen. If you like what you hear on the samples, you'll enjoy this disc.

Everything was as expected. Fast delivery, product was in perfect condition. Thank you so much. Will look for you again when I need a hard to find album.

I agree with the previous poster about buying samplers; usually it's a disappointing experience, however this CD is the exception. Fun fun music by talented artists. Listen to it a few times before you decide whether or not you'll keep it on your playing list, it will haunt you and you will!

I stumbled across this one at a library. "hmm...well, it don't cost nuthin' to try" I thought and checked it out. It's been on my top list ever since.
The cover and title might be a bit misleading, since there's no punk-head-bashing-drunken-riot songs that one might expect from such a presentation and cover picture. All in all it's closer to folk than to anything else, BUT: there's damn good tunes and songs in there, to suit akmost anybody with an open ear for something good.
I won't list all my fovorites since that's nearly the entire album, but as an expatriot "Beaujolais Nouveau" nearly reduced me to tears, and the opening track is a great tune with nice electronics to complement it.
Highly recommended

This fussion of scottish tunes and modern genres shows the the amazing potential of this potential style.

First off, I am a big fan of this style of music...

That said, I have enjoyed the CD in general. It is good, quality music. However, not one track can be called 'fiery' let alone live up to the title 'Folk N Hell'. I had expected something a lot more rockin', so to speak. I guess I'll go back to my Brother and Leahy CD's.

mUSIC IS VARIED BUT JIM SOUTHERLAND AND PAUL MOUNCEY ARE THEE BEST......SEXY, LOVING, I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THESE GUYS..GREAT...VALUE..GREAT MUSIC. GOES INTO YOUR SOUL.....