Waiting for a Call

Tommy Peoples | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000087DSW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,966 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing Irish trad album, January 10, 2004

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This review is from: Waiting for a Call (Audio CD)

Another fine, fine instrumental album by this Irish master fiddler. When you're playing at the level Peoples is at, the need to push yourself and to find unusual new material -- or fresh takes on familiar tunes -- must be immense. On this new set, Peoples lives up to all our expectations... and then some! Odd, angular melodies, broken, unhurried rhythms, and keening, slight dissonances that create intricate new keys of their own are the hallmarks of his rugged yet eloquent, soulful style. Tune after tune will draw you in and richly reward close listening... I've never been a big fan of the endless jigs and reels of Celtic trad, but this album is a delight, full of surprising approaches to seemingly familiar music. No studio trickery or crossover touches either -- these tunes are played with the sparsest of instrumentation, either solo, or with a bit of guitar, but People's playing is ornate enough to match any hotshot trad band you can think of... An impressive performance... highly recommended!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly entrancing performance, September 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Waiting for a Call (Audio CD)

Imagine coming across a wonderful violin player in some public venue like Boston's Fanueil Hall. You stop and stand in awe at the beauty of the performance, and wonder why you can't find anything like this on CD. That's what this CD is! Tommy People's playing is the most perfectly natural and unmannered performance you can imagine. It's infectiously lively and engaging, with just the right touch of meloncholy that makes Irish/Celtic music so special. No fancy new-age slickness here. Just a wonderfully humane and entrancing performance. Highly recommended.