Nadurra [IMPORT]

Capercaillie

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Valley
• ASIN: B00004XSPD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #174,681 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Of all the bands who have tried to modernize Celtic music, Capercaillie have been the most successful at adding electric guitars, synthesizers, and elements of world music while still retaining their connection to the Scottish music's deep roots. On Nadurra, which is Gaelic for "naturally," the band drops the experiments in African and Latin rhythms and timbres that marked their last few releases in favor of a sound that emphasizes traditional Celtic instruments like fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, cittern, and accordion. While the sets of dance tunes such as "Argyll Lassies" and "The Cockerel & the Creel" show the band is at its peak instrumentally, it's the vocals of Karen Matheson that set Capercaillie apart from the rest of the pack. When she sings in English the songs barely rise above the level of workmanlike contemporary pop. "Truth Calling" could almost pass for a k.d. lang torch song, but when Matheson switches to Gaelic she takes the music to an entirely different plane. Non-Gaelic speakers may not understand the lyrics to songs like "Hoirreann O" and "Mo Chailin Dileas Donn," but they would have to be deaf to not recognize the magic Matheson and her bandmates create when they perform these ancient melodies. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Capercaillie returns to a more traditional sound, October 17, 2000

By	Lewis A. Kapell (Shenandoah Valley - Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

With this album Capercaillie provide a more traditional sound than they have in several years. The music still has a contemporary feel, but the traditional element is prominent, as it has not been since 'Delirium'. I found it a welcome change; however, those who prefer the group's more recent approaches should enjoy the album also. The playing, and Karen Matheson's singing, are top-notch as always.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of scottish folk!, October 9, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Wuerzburg, Germany) - See all my reviews

Once more, Capercaillie set a milestone in schottish folk music. There is nearly nothing that is comparable. Harmony for your soul.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but not their best, October 8, 2000

By A Customer

Even the greats sometimes have "just ok" releases, and I think this is one of them. The music is (as always) well performed, but it's not breathtaking (as "Beautiful Wasteland" was). Enjoyable and worth owning.