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THE DUHKS
Your Daughters & Your Sons
"There’s this group called the Duhks. We’ve been wearing out one of
their CDs. Oh, God, it is so beautiful, some of the finest music
I’ve heard in many a day. There’s a girl singer, she is something
else." —Doc Watson in praise of Your Daughters & Your Sons
"The new wave. … They explore techniques and sound combinations
performed with incredible verve, tenacity, and some showy
stagemanship that is gaining new fans with every performance."
—DIRTY LINEN
The Duhks’Your Daughters & Your Sons is the record that got them
here! Your Daughters & Your Sons is the Mark Schatz-produced,
JUNO-nominated debut from Canada’s hottest export. While exposing
The Duhks’ traditional roots, Your Daughters & Your Sons also
reflects the developing genre-morphing style that helped to build
the buzz. The Duhks (pronounced DUCKS) have become the most exciting
emerging acoustic bands in recent years … as evidenced by their
often sold-out, non-stop tour schedule!
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Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
The success of the Winnipeg folk favorites' self-titled stateside
debut has sparked the reissue of this 2002 Canadian indie release.
Though the Duhks were a drummerless quartet in their initial
incarnation (occasionally augmented in the studio by a rhythm
section), they were from the start a band with ties to tradition,
but unbound by it. The virtuosic range on display here is a
freewheeling delight, with the propulsive instrumental dance medleys
from a variety of sources and the soulful vocals of Jessica Havey on
material that extends from the spiritual resonance of Gillian
Welch's "Rock of Ages" to the jazzy inflections of "The
Leather-Winged Bat." Much of the music spotlights the progressive
interplay of banjoist Leonard Podolak and fiddler Tania Elizabeth.
Though this was recorded not long after the Duhks came together,
they already had a vision of where they were going. --Don McLeese
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Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
Celtic fiddles, Irish reels, old-time banjo, gospel vocals, and
Latin percussion forge a common spirit within the uncommonly vibrant
fusion of the Duhks (pronounced "ducks"). The young band from
Winnipeg casts a wide net over traditional influences, breathing
fresh life into the age-old balladry of "The Wagoner's Lad,"
generating a dynamic tension between the soulful depth of Jessica
Havey's vocals and Tania Elizabeth's fiddle on a pair of spiritual
standards ("Death Came a-Knockin'" and "True Religion"), and keeping
the dance floor jumping with their sprightly instrumental medleys.
Though the Canadian quintet doesn't feature much original material,
they extend their interpretive reach to contemporary songs as well,
with the desperate edge of Ruth Ungar's "Four Blue Walls" providing
a bracing change of mood, while the bittersweet rendition of Paul
Brady's "You and I" (with the songwriter on harmony vocals) carries
the musical interplay beyond the traditional realm. (Their attempt
at fellow Canadian Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" represents a
rare misstep, lacking both the droll humor and the dark fatalism of
the original.) Banjo iconoclast Béla Fleck coproduced the album,
championing the Duhks as fellow trailblazers who use traditional
elements to create a sound all their own. --Don McLeese
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