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Track Listing
1. Cold Comfort
2. True Blue
3. Diamond Mountain
4. Right Here, Right Now
5. Sunny Sailor Boy
6. Black Is the Colour
7. To Begin To
8. Freedom Song
9. Holding Back the River
10. Background Noise
11. Fertile Rock, The
12. I Did Time
13. Sanctuary
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Luka Bloom (vocals, guitar); Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (vocals).
Producers: Paul Ashe-Browne, Brian Masterson, Luka Bloom.
Engineers: Paul Ashe-Browne, Brian Masterson.
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Luka Bloom seems more influenced by geography than most singer/songwriters. If RIVERSIDE was the sound of an Irishman in Chinatown (as one song so aptly put it), and THE ACOUSTIC MOTORBIKE was a return home to the traditional rhythms of Irish folk music, TURF stands apart from geography, cohesively blending the themes of both previous albums.
This time however, besides a few embellishments, the album is almost entirely Bloom and his guitar alone (four tracks were recorded live in a pub). Working without a net seems to bring out the best in his songwriting, including a newfound ability to address weighty subjects; "Freedom Song" evokes not only Dublin squatters but American civil rights icon Rosa Parks in a stark statement of the universality of human rights. However, TURF also addresses less weighty concerns; "Holding Back the River" and "Right Here Right Now" show that Luka Bloom seems to write beautiful love songs as easily as buying a pint. As always, his choice of covers is impeccable. This time around he tackles both old-school Irish traditional music in "Black is the Color," and the neo-traditional Irish revival in Waterboy Mike Scott's "Sunny Sailor Boy."
Industry Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...an extraordinary acoustic guitar sound that flows from the speakers....Bloom could carve himself a profitable niche...
Q (09/01/1994)
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