Weather and Water (Dualtone, 2005)
The Greencards
Reviewed by Brian Wahlert
The album starts with "The Ghost of Who We Were," a stunningly beautiful, painful song of a marriage gone sour, sung by Carol Young backed by an acoustic guitar and aching viola. Eamon McLaughlin lightens the mood with "Like a Melody," a bright upbeat song of new love. Kym Warner, the band's crack mandolin and bouzouki player, sings "Bordered on a Breakdown," a breakneck mandolin-driven song. The Greencards have succeeded in creating a set of songs that are at once old and familiar, while still feeling new and familiar. Perhaps it's their disparate backgrounds - subtle Irish influences, for instance, lie just below the surface of some of the songs here. They're all well-written and exceptionally performed.
Catch The Greencards this summer touring minor-league baseball stadiums with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. But first catch this album for some of the best acoustic music you're likely to hear.
CDs by The Greencards
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