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Straight Outta Ireland features Irish bands that are still on that road to recognition. One of the brightest artists on the album is Katell Keineg, a vocalist with a clear, pure voice. Another act with strong potential is the Chanting House, with their neotraditional flute and fiddle sound. These are the groups that will help link Ireland's musical past with its future. "We write the songs using the rhythms of jigs and reels, but at the same time they are unmistakably rock songs," says Chanting House lead singer Susan McKeown. "Traditional music is dear...
After church, Mobutu joins guests for a flute of his favorite pink Laurent Perrier champagne at the nearby presidential palace. Like an amiable monarch amid courtiers, he bows gracefully to kiss a woman's hand and banters politely with a local Jesuit priest before herding everyone across an immense terrace toward a buffet laden with lobster and thick steaks. In the 100 degrees heat, a wave of satisfaction seems to envelop the presidential party, a sense that all is still well in this remote hinterland far from the chaos afflicting the rest of the country...
...time, and spent the next four years fulfilling that promise. The songs here, happily, avoid the worst of the excess; the pleasantly catchy "An Elegant Chaos" captures the flavor of the period, and "Sunspots," Iyrically a doodle, is worth listening to if only to hear what a Jethro Tull flute solo over a Nirvana guitar break might sound like. With a tuba...
After intermission, the EAR Unit played Morning Chill by Takashi Koto, a piece for flute, clarinet, cello, violin and piano. Koto achieves deep, dark tone in the piece with instruments often holding on certain notes and going sharp or flat. The rising and falling dynamics add to the jarring atonality of the piece, creating a sensual and disturbing composition...
...final selection of the evening was Fanatical Dances by Andrew Rindfleisch. The piece is written for piano, violin, cello, clarinet, flute and much percussion. The beginning of the piece features everyone except the flutist playing some kind of percussion--the cellist plays the back of the cello...