Red Rice (Topic)
Maybe folk music was once the province of the finger-in-ear fisherman's-sweater brigade. Maybe. Welcome to the new folk, not quite the same as the old folk - and welcome to its new star. Eliza Carthy drags this genre, without the kicking and screaming, into the '90s. Not only is she traditional - Red Rice has some gorgeous ballads ("The Snow It Melts the Soonest") and instrumental sets that the fiddle sizzles on - but she can also knock down the barriers, putting her instrument over drum-'n'-bass DJing, tossing dub elements into an old song. At 23, Carthy already has the experience to write a grand and highly individual tune ("Accordion Song") or offer a sensitive cover (Ben Harper's "Walk Away"). She sees folk music for what it is: a living entity.
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