by Catherine L. Tully

Artist: Kinfolk
Album: "This Land"
Year produced: 2006

This duo (Brian McDaid and Gerry Power) has joined together for their debut album, "This Land" and have managed to merge their musical experiences into a pleasant and fun CD. Both musicians have dabbled and experimented in different genres of music, and now have come back to the things that have remained there all along: folk and acoustic music.

Strongly influenced by their backgrounds in Irish, Scottish and English folk music, they have brought these markings to this CD. Most tracks have a light feel to them and although there is definitely the mark of traditional music on some tunes, you'll also find a contemporary influence has crept in sideways and made a place for itself. This keeps the album from settling into a predictable pattern,making each track a discovery.

Together since 2004, both McDaid and Power have played in a variety of bands before coming together to form Kinfolk. There is an ease in this duo that is most often present with those who have played together for a long time. Their voices blend seamlessly and the mood of most tracks is upbeat and peppy. Listen for the harmony done especially well--yet not overdone--on track 8, "Lady of the Isle."

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Catherine L. Tully is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in the arts. She has written for American Style and Classical Singer, among others and reviews music for Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. You can reach her through her photography website at www.moonbeamdigital.com.

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Posted by Marc Gunn, Thursday, January 11, 2007.
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