Album review: John Carnie
JOHN CARNIE Far From Home *** Broken Fiddle Records BF1, £10.99
The universal folkie totes an acoustic guitar, but it's usually strummed. Not here. Carnie plays jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas and even an air or two from the Scots and Irish traditions on his wire-strung instrument, in an exposition of fleetfingered flatpicking.
The Scot sometimes doubles on mandolin, with tasteful accompaniment from jazz bassist Brian Shiels, second guitarist Dave Moir and Spider MacKenzie on harmonica. Sandwiching the 30 tunes, the opening Jim Sutherland hornpipe swings like a cat, and the album reels out on the self-penned 'Hillhead', and the riffy blues of his 'Web of Life'.
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