Day 15 - It's folk folks

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
I've heard of these of course, just never listened, so here's another first for 1man. Sounds like people with accordians and acoustic guitars dancing around a tree. And an inexplicable song in French? Still, the singer has a sweet voice that I like a lot, and though the music is not so much my taste it's not bad in places. One of the highlights is "A Sailors Life" with its celtic, folksy feel and tense undercurrent. All told though, not one of my favourites, despite a couple of tracks that I enjoyed (a bit!)
Standout tracks: Autopsy, A Sailors Life



John Fahey - Days have gone by
This album has started pretty well with some very cool laid back blues style acoustic guitar (the amusingly titled "Revolt of the Dyke Brigade"). Reminds me so far of an acoustic riff I learned once to improve fingerstyle. It's good playing, but so far not totally blown me away in the way a Phil Keaggy acoustic album would. It does get a little more pacy at a later stage, with the standout Night Train of Valhalla. Overall a very good guitar album, but not a *great* one. Sadly I felt while listening that there were large parts of this album I could sit and play myself, and I don't consider myself a *great* guitarist, although I must be fair and admit there are many parts I couldn't possibly play.
Standout Tracks: Night Train of Valhalla



Ibrahim Ferrer - Buenos Hermanos
More world music, and I rather like it. It sounds a little to me that it's influenced by both African roots and South American roots. The latin style is more prevalent, but there's enough African style percussion for me to think of this as a fusion of two styles. There's some super piano in La Musica Cubana that brought a smile to my face (as does the whole record. It's hard not to smile when listening to Latin music). All in all a fun album, I always enjoy a little latin stuff!
Standout Tracks: Buenos Hermanos, La Musica Cubana, Naufragio