Julian Howard wins Octobers Find-CD review competition
It is never easy choosing the winner of Find-CD monthly competition and this month was no exception. The standard of the reviews submitted was exceptionally high and the jury was out for some time before the final choice was made.
Julian will shortly receive his £50 Amazon voucher.
The Waterboys have produced an album of beauty combining the fine vocals of Katie Kim, the fiddle of Steve Whickham, the talent of Mike Scott and the words of the great Irish poet Yeats. This is undoubtedly an album of quality music. Mike Scott is himself an accomplished lyricist and has always had an affinity with the words of the great poet. It was only a matter of time before he melded the poetry of Yeats into his music and the result is a triumph.
Julian has reviewed the album clearly and concisely and we have a short extract:
Several albums on and with nothing left to prove, Scott has turned his enormous singer-songwriter talent to what many might see as a hubristic attempt at marrying the mystical poetry of Irish poet WB Yeats to the 'Waterboys sound'. I'll admit I was apprehensive at what this was going to sound like but thankfully he has pulled it off, and brilliantly at that. His basic approach has been to blend the folky style of 1988's Fisherman's Blues with the later rock sound of his 1990s work and then apply the mix sensitively to Yeats' words. Sonically this is far more natural than the Celtic rock effect you might be forgiven for thinking would result. Scott is too subtle and too talented for that. Instead a multi-talented band provides a firm platform for the lead instrument of choice to give just the right amount of mystical and literary edge, be it Steve Wickham's masterful use of the fiddle or Scott's own penetrating Edinburgh-tinged vocal entreaties.
Thank you Julian, your review is much appreciated and we thank everyone who sent us their review in October. Now we can look forward to our November competition. Don't delay. Choose an album or single from any of our categories and get your review to us as soon as you can. You could be the next winner of a £50 Amazon voucher. Good Luck!
There are some superb albums by The Waterboys for you to add to your CD collection;
CDs reviwed by some of our recent competition winners