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Swift Years - Joe's Report from the Afterlife - Flaming Nora Records One part Celtic, one part Cossack and one part Clash, that's the essence of Swift Years. The Montreal trio is tighter than Fat Elvis's jumpsuit, plucking and fretting and rollicking its way through souped-up traditionals and toe-tapping originals like the environmental sing-along Old Man Santo Had a Farm. The bouzouki-powered title track is an ode to the late great Joe Strummer, who set singer Patrick Hutchinson on a musical path, all those years ago. –Mary Lamey -The Gazette, Montreal |
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| SWIFT YEARS, "Three" (Flaming Nora).... The word eclectic does not even come close to describing what goes on when these three people come together. The common threads throughout the genres on display here are humor and great musicianship. Not content to relax or play anything safe, everything is done with break-neck energy and virtuosity. ...Diversity is the name of the game....band-composed tracks...(and)...plenty of styles of traditional tunes, ranging from Breton to Irish to Russian. Scotland's great son, Robbie Burns is represented, reggae-style...I would imagine an evening with this group would make for a fantastic experience.... - SING OUT - |
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"What do you get if a Hungarian gypsy lands in the Deep South and joins a Celtic band playing mandolin? Montreal's Swift Years. This trio (mandolin, guitar, bass) are equally at home playing bluegrass and jigs as they are reinterpreting gypsy melodies or writing their own comedic songs. What makes Swift Years unique is the humour they approach their material with - both the lyrical and the instrumental. It is blatant in the lyrics of songs such as "I Dreamed I Stopped Smoking" where the singer receives the gift of a pot farm, and passive in the instrumentals where you'd swear the musicians broke into wide grins as they recorded..."Brent Hagerman -Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority- |
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| " I love it...well done - more please" - Jurgen Gothe - CBC Disc Drive (Swift Years' debut CD was included in "Jurgen's Hit List") |
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| List of Tracks : Swift Years (disc #1) | |