Customer Reviews

Play on Light

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Play on Light manages to be both introspective and joyful at the same time. Patsy Seddon and Mary Macmaster weave complex melodies around each other, bouncing musical ideas off each other, with the two very different harp tones completely interdependent. Although the music is very carefully crafted, it remains spontaneous, with the tight, honed technique and a flowing, rippling sound providing a rich backdrop to haunting vocals. This is a good album for the times you just need to stop, listen, and float away.

Play On Light, the third album for the Scottish harp duo Sileas, is a fantastic effort! The interweaving of the very traditional-sounding vocals with the blend of different harp sounds is fascinating. Tracks 6, 7, and 10 are particularly impressive, though the entire album is worthy of praise. And you're in for a surprise on Track 11!

The only problem I have with Sileas is that there aren't enough releases by them!

I am a Norse Pagan and very much into Tradional,or simi-Tradional, music that harkens back to pre-Christian Europe.

Sileas' " Play on Light", as with their previous releases, avoids the foot stompin' pre-bluegrass sound of many Celtic releases with which I've been disapointed. Even the remake of "Ain't no Sunshine" sounds oddly contemporanious with the other selections.

#7 is my favorite; Planxty Crockery gives way to "Dombnall Dubh", an upbeat but minor-key tradional song that makes my Heathen heart skip a beat.

If I had to guess at what the music sounds like in Valhalla, I'd lean towards the sound of Slleas! WASSAIL!!!