by Catherine L. Tully

Artist: Larkin
Album: "Alexandra"
Year produced: 2007

In the tradition of punk/Celtic/Shane McGowan style music, here is Larkin's "Alexandra," offering up energetic craziness for all--too bad there isn't more of it! With only seven tracks, you really just get going and then it all comes to an end! The vocals are perfect--appropriately gritty and rough, but on-key and entertaining.

Track 3, the title track, whips itself up into a mad frenzy of fiddling--personally my favorite track on the CD. You have to get a kick out of titles like "Johnson's Motorcar" and "Faith of a Felon," and while humor may not be the outright goal here, it is present and accounted for.

Punk-styled Celtic music's main characteristic may well be a feeling of ongoing energy--at least it is one of the benchmarks it is judged by. This CD definitely has plenty to go 'round--and 'round again. For those who enjoy this genre of Celtic music, this is a no-brainer choice. It is a mood-lifting jumble of instrumentation, capped off by vocals that are belted out with enthusiasm. If you get on for the ride here, be ready--it's a whirlwind!

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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 Marc Gunn's Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. You can reach her through her photography website at www.moonbeamdigital.com.

Labels: cd_review_2007

Posted by Marc Gunn, Saturday, July 21, 2007.
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