Folk album review: Rallion - One For Sorrow
RALLION One For Sorrow *** Big Sky Records BS136, (download only)
A Rum mountain, a Dutch drinking song and the whiff of camels come together in the second release by Scottish band Rallion. It's more wanton acoustic folk rockery than a quiet garden of authentic tradition; although Netherlands-born singer Marieke does give us an impressive a cappella rendition of Lassie Lie Near Me, before she finishes the album with a Dutch drinking song. And she's no slouch on the bodhran in the quartet's big, multi-instrumental sound. Their music can even evoke, in jest, the Middle East, as in The First Time Ever I Saw Your Fez.
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• This article was first published in Scotsman on Sunday on 10 January, 2010.
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