Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Druha Trava, Peter Rowan Title: New Freedom Bell Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Universal Release Date: 1/17/2003 Album Type: Import Genres: Country, Folk Styles: Outlaw Country, Classic Country, Traditional Folk Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 731455726725 |
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 | Druha Trava, Peter Rowan New Freedom Bell Genres: Country, Folk
Bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan first heard the Czech Republic bluegrass sensation Druhá Tráva in 1993, and in 1999 he's banded together with them for a pleasant-enough, though hardly stirring record. They grab som... more » |
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Amazon.com Bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan first heard the Czech Republic bluegrass sensation Druhá Tráva in 1993, and in 1999 he's banded together with them for a pleasant-enough, though hardly stirring record. They grab some wonderful cover songs, including a pair from Dylan's Time Out of Mind and one each from the Country Gentlemen, Guy Clark, and Van Morrison, but the often-lifeless readings don't always match the impact of the material. An exception, oddly enough, is Dylan's "Cold Irons Bound," which is stretched to nearly 10 minutes but retains its emotional force. Rowan also reworks two of his best compositions but doesn't add much value to either. --Marc Greilsamer Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGrowing to amaze 02/11/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "This is a Peter Rowan album... and I came looking for Druha Trava. It's growing on me... liked the first track straight way... now I dig about half... particularly Dust Bowl Children and Burning Ground.Check out Czechmate for a truly hybrid without failings album." Good CD.... but a different Druha John Hawkins | Waxhaw, NC | 10/07/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "I was very impressed by Czechmate. Listening to it, there is no doubt that by good fortune a great assembly of world class musicians have merged. In listening to New Freedom Bell the music stands very well on its own, but is certainly of new influences and direction. It is as if it is a new Druha. In fact if I were comparing the two and not just rating this CD, I'd have listed one less star for NFB.
And just to note, it is sad to realize that more recent departure of both Jiri Meisner and Martin Ledvina will have an even greater impact on the group. Someday I'd love to hear about a reunion of the Czechmate supergroup." |
