Davey Dodds "The Rite of Spring"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Prog Folk
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 1, 2021 (CD, digital), July 17, 2021 (vinyl)

Tracklist

1. Prelude (2:15) 

2. Summon The Tribe (1:16) 

3. The Elemental Circle (6:18) 

4. Sing The Sun (4:53) 

5. The Rite Of Spring (8:35) 

6. Bridge (2:00) 

7. The Telling (2:45) 

8. Awens - 1 (0:33) 

9. Hand In Hand At The Rollnights (3:44) 

10. Awens - 2 (0:33) 

11. Unwind The Circle (6:16) 

12. Light The Belltaine Fire (7:07) 

Total Time 46:15

Line-up
Davey Dodds (Red Jasper) - vocals, mandolins
  With

Daniel Billing - bass
Gillie Hotson - electric violin
David Clifford (Red Jasper) - drums

Colin Loveless - frame drum, bodhran

Colette DeGiovanni - vocals
Martin Soloman - Celtic harp

Description/Reviews:

... it’s a full-on concept piece of many layers, forming a folk-rock song-cycle that takes the listener through the ritual, albeit in a modern, contemporary format. Although it has been described as Celtic-influenced, there’s also a broader touch of psychedelia, and the notion of pagan ritual is both ancient and modern, centred around the highs and lows of the natural year in this Sceptred Isle of ours – the spirit of Albion is alive and well! The core sound is an electric mandolin providing the foundation for electric violin and continued tribal drumming, percussion and bass. 

Read the full review by Richard Proctor at velvetthunder.co.uk

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