The Bringers
It's About Time
© 2001 The Bringers
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"Music Without Borders" is the only way to describe this talented group of young musicians. Celtic traditions merge with the Australian didgeridoo, Tribal percussion, and World Folk influences to create a sound unlike anything you've heard before.
tracks
- 1 Tamlyn the Bard
- 2 Leaving of Liverpool
- 3 Marching McCahill to Milltown
- 4 Cold Blows the Wind
- 5 Irwin Owen on the Road
- 6 Geordie
- 7 Walks of Eireland
- 8 King Henry
- 9 Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
- 10 French Canadiennes
- 11 I Am Stretched On Your Grave
- 12 Anatolia
- 13 Irish Blessing
- 14 Celtic Circle Dance
- 15 Cup of Wonder
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"It's About Time" is the first ever Cd release from The Bringers. On this outting the band is joined by guest artists Joe Bethancourt on guitars/banjo/sitar/vocals, and Nichelle Scott & Catherine Rustenbeck splitting lead and harmony vocals.
This album is an ecclectic and globespanning blend of sounds and influences. From new reworkings of old Irish ballads, to Turkish dance tunes. From old world ghost stories to original poetry and songwriting, "It's About Time" is a rollercoaster of sounds and emotions.
Reviews of The Bringers and "it's About Time":
"To anyone who might be reading some of these for opinions of this group let me say this - Outstanding!! The Bringers do just that - they "bring" on the music in the form of relentless and flawless bodhran work by Vash to the jaw-dropping high energy fiddling by Michi Regier and the hypnotic and funky droning didjeridoo of Byron Miller. You can't ask for a more ecclectic and exciting blend of sounds and rhythms. A Bringers performance is like trying your first cauppicino - it's a new taste for you, and you're not sure you'll like it, but it's hot and pretty soon you're addicted."
--Brett Blackshear
Musician/Comedian
"To describe the Bringers, the term "eccentric traditional" is only a start. It is almost impossible to compare the Bringers to any other band. Michi Regier's fiddle playing on the instrumental tracks is excellent, even if she
inclined to play extremely fast, she has always been a crowd pleaser. The addition of Byron Miller's dijeridoo (which has an effect similar to the drones on bagpipes) gives them a very distinctive sound, and Vash's bodhran playing is both skillful and showy.
Here is where it get strange. Joe Bethancourt is probably the most famous folk musician in Phoenix. He still travels extensively to do performances. He is an accomplished musician and songwriter. However, not only is Joe
much more of an Appalachian folk singer than an Irish singer, he brings a background in medieval reenactment and science fiction folk music.
The CD opens with an extremely unusual version of standard Tam Lyn Reel with Cathernine and Nichelle reading a poem in the middle of the piece followed by thunder before Michi begins a very fast rendition. It is highly theatrical and effective.
This is then followed by Catherine and Nichelle doing a bouncy and upbeat
version of the standard, "Leaving of Liverpool." I literally did not
recognize it the first time through.
Joe's two vocals are especially unusual. The first, "King Henry" which he performs with Catherine and Nichelle is a mythic tale about the king's confrontation with a frightening creature of the night. His second is the
Celtic Circle Dance "calling forth archetypal images of ancient gods, standing stones, and long forgotten rites."
Some of the other pieces such as "Cold Blows the Wind" about a "supernatural love story". When added to more familiar pieces such as "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" and "Johnny I Hardly Knew You", the overall effect
is quite chilling.
Not every vocal is chilling. Vash's version of the Scottish song, Geordie, where the wife gets enough money to buy his freedom, is one of the few examples of a Scottish tune with a happy ending and the "Irish Blessing" is very well done."
--George O'Brien
Arizona Irish Music Society
"Let's talk about the amazing fiddle pieces on this CD. I'm going to go on the record now and say that Michi Regier is probably one of the 10 best fiddle players I've ever heard. She's "Mark O'Connor" good. "Natalie McMaster" good. She's good enough to play with the Chieftains, something I saw her do about six or seven years ago. She keeps this up, in 20 years people are going to be comparing new fiddle players to her.
The Bringers get lumped into the category of "Celtic Music Groups," but they really are much more than that. On the back of this fantastic CD, they describe what they do as "Acoustic Music Without Borders." Indeed, the songs
and influences heard on this CD reach from the shores of America to the back streets of Turkey, with a healthy vacation in the Emerald Isle and the UK, of course.
And how can you call a band "Celtic" when the "bottom" of its sound is provided by a didjeridoo? You can't. You should simply call the Bringers "splendid."
--Tom Tuerff, ConNotations Magazine