The Best Concert I've Ever Been To
Apr. 5th, 2007 12:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
affrecaSadly, it's late and I'm starting to wind down so my squeeing isn't as strong. I went to KC for concert of my favorite band, the Duhks. Fuck, yeah!
They play.. music. I've been trying to figure out what genre they fit in. According to the Grammys, it is country (they were nominated for country single this year). Some of it is gospel, some of it is reels, some of it is French Canadian (with zydeco influence). And some folk (they do an awesome cover of Tracey Chapman's Mountains of Things).
I knew every song they did (we have all their CDs), and was happy to hear each one. I tend to not like instrumentals, but each of their reel sets had me clapping, hopping and yipping. As was every damn person in the bar (small crowd, maybe 50).
I was worried, as I found out Sunday that their singer had quit a few weeks ago. Winnipeg must have a happening folk scene, because the replacement was awesome. Her voice is not as gravelly, but her highs in the gospel songs were reaching for the heavens and bringing them down to us.
Four Blue Walls is one of my favorite of their songs. It has lines that reach out and grab you ("and she dragged him home for love.") They've changed the pacing. Different lines emphasized, and ends up with a different tone, and I loved it.
So, they're playing the Brookings Art Festival in July. Umm.. I might have to come home for a visit, and go up their for that weekend. Anyone in SoDak interested?
They play.. music. I've been trying to figure out what genre they fit in. According to the Grammys, it is country (they were nominated for country single this year). Some of it is gospel, some of it is reels, some of it is French Canadian (with zydeco influence). And some folk (they do an awesome cover of Tracey Chapman's Mountains of Things).
I knew every song they did (we have all their CDs), and was happy to hear each one. I tend to not like instrumentals, but each of their reel sets had me clapping, hopping and yipping. As was every damn person in the bar (small crowd, maybe 50).
I was worried, as I found out Sunday that their singer had quit a few weeks ago. Winnipeg must have a happening folk scene, because the replacement was awesome. Her voice is not as gravelly, but her highs in the gospel songs were reaching for the heavens and bringing them down to us.
Four Blue Walls is one of my favorite of their songs. It has lines that reach out and grab you ("and she dragged him home for love.") They've changed the pacing. Different lines emphasized, and ends up with a different tone, and I loved it.
So, they're playing the Brookings Art Festival in July. Umm.. I might have to come home for a visit, and go up their for that weekend. Anyone in SoDak interested?
