Teada

Téada | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B0000CNY1M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,431 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Whiskey in a jar, June 3, 2004

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J. TIMMERMAN (Lawson, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teada (Audio CD)

Teada is a young four-piece band which won the Irish Music Magazine's "Best Traditional Newcomers 2003" award. This is no nonsense traditional, West Coast style, mostly instrumental music played on fiddle, guitar, flute, bouzouki, piano, banjo and bodhran. Jigs, reels and hornpipes are played with consummate skill and the Gaelic songs have a gentle understatement that is appealing. The unaccompanied "Peigin `s Peadar" in three-part harmony has a truly ancient feel about it, while "A Bhean a' ti" will be familiar to lovers of early Clannad recordings. The whole album conjures up a great night at an Irish pub, rather than a studio recording. It rolls along at a pretty even and gentle pace, with emphasis on melody and charm rather than fancy arrangements. Perhaps the bodhran playing could have been more varied, but lovers of traditional Irish music will definitely enjoy. Interesting notes on the pieces are provided.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2003 New Band Irish Traditional Music Award Winners!, March 7, 2005

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Michael (Placerville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teada (Audio CD)

Failte! (Greetings) If Irish Traditional Music is your auditory taste, especially played in pub style instead of studio style, this is a very strong first album contribution of a young, very talented, new band. It brings back memories of Danu's first album.

There is Irish Traditional Music, and then there is real Irish Traditional Music played in the traditional way. There are traditional songs sung in English for the tourists. Then there are songs sung in the original Irish Gaelic for the locals. It is refreshing to hear the traditional music played in the traditional way without all of the typical studio ornamentation and improvisation. "Teada" in this sense can be translated as the tradition that binds us together, such as the pub and its music binding a community together.

This traditional pub style is becoming an endangered species. I love the blend of these instruments. Please see my review on the second album. The two albums are a strong contribution to keeping the tradition alive. I am eagerly awaiting a third album. Eire Go Brach! (Ireland Forever!)

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure drop, October 20, 2007

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Doc Random (Lexington, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teada (Audio CD)

I saw these guys in person at an Irish Festival near Cincinnati and if the performance tent had doors, they would have blown them off. The energy that poured from these musicians was incredible and the crowd was fired up.

So I bought their "Give Us A Penny and Let Us Be Gone" CD at the festival and heard a totally different side of the group. At first I was disapppointed - there is much less of the raw energy that they showed in performance. But that was only at first. It didn't take me long to realize that they really know the music, they grok it, and they are masters of their axes. The result is a product that is polished and technically masterful and still has the edge of a performance at a real Irish pub.

I've since bought the self-titled CD and they both are in heavy rotation. I'll be buying their latest CD "Inné Amárach" soon. If you like straight up "pure drop" IrTrad music and you don't have this disc yet, get it. 'Nuff said.