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Dervish are back to their best  DERVISH
have released their eagerly-awaited new album.
Produced by the legendary John Reynolds and featuring a host of talented
guest musicians the album is entitled Travelling Show.
Ever imaginative, the album features new arrangements of rare and unusual
traditional songs such as Lord Levett.
Cathy Jordan has refashioned this poignant lyric by writing a new melody
and asking the superb Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill to play harpsichord.
She also sings a spine-tingling rendition of Suzanne Vegas’ The
Queen And The Soldier and the results are enchanting.
Newly-composed material Crucán na bpáiste by Brendan Graham
and Gráinne by Nashville song-writer Sharon Vaughan and Cathy Jordan
is treated in a tender and moving fashion while My Bride And I is a hauntingly
enigmatic tale written by Canadian Dan Frechette and featuring Steve Wickam’s
skiful string arrangement.
For those who like their traditional music fast and furious Dervish deliver
with their trademark high-energy instrumentals ably aided and abetted
by Tríona and the inspirational Rick Epping among others.
In essence Travelling Show is a beautifully-crafted album, a multi-facetted
amalgamation of influences traditional and contemporary showing Dervish
at their best — a band constantly reinventing themselves and exploring
new musical territory while keeping in touch with their traditional roots.
Dervish have risen phoenix-like from their Eurovision stumble with an
album worthy of any folk music stage.
The musicianship on the new album is as graceful as ever.
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