![]() ![]() ![]() While the moon showers the sea with silver light” If I say I’ll be your lighthouse in the darkest night? The second track ‘Pacific Waves’ has a calypso rhythm, echoes of Van Morrison’s ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ and a beautiful chorus with compelling imagery that shows the duo’s interest in the natural world: ![]() It is only with the later lines “And maybe you’d believe me/ If I weren’t telling you lies” that the meaning becomes clear in a powerful way. The album starts in a very engaging way with the duet ‘Lies’ which initially sounds like a falling out of love song: “It’s not your hand I want to hold/ It’s not your heart which captivates my soul”. ![]() Instruments such as piano and organ are added in to give a lush musical sound that is much less sparse than some folk music. However, there are also tracks that are closer to americana and others which are more mainstream. Their music would be broadly categorised as folk, with acoustic guitar being the main instrument, and they were on the Main Stage at the Warwick Folk Festival this year. This is their fourth record since then and is a very good album full of interesting lyrics, sweet melodies, wonderful vocals from McNeill, and great support from Smith on their duets, where they complement each other very well. Sweet melodies and strong, emotional lyrics from folk duo.įrom North Wales, Stacey McNeill and Jonathan Smith formed as a songwriting duo in 2020 when they realised that they had a musical compatibility. ![]()
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