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Written in Folk Roots issue 139/140, 1995

AD VIELLE QUE POURRA
Mosaïque
Green Linnet Xenophile GLCD 4017 (1994)

Third album from the Montreal quartet, drawing on an ever-widening set of traditional influences. Very European rather than American in feel, strong Breton influence, lyrics French, one in Occitan, Flemish bagpipe, tarogato, bombarde, guitar, hurdy-gurdy, a sudden burst of rhythm-section folk-rock gavotte or flamenco guitar, and vocals that are almost ecclesiastical. More muscular than ever; this is the sound of a band that's been around but hasn't become formulaic.


© 1994 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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