Voice of Ages
- The Chieftains
- Band Name: The Chieftains
- Record Label: Hear Music
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2012
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Apr 23, 201280There are occasional flat spots (Paolo Nutini, the Secret Sisters) but ease, exuberance and quality easily outweigh any faux moments.
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Apr 20, 201280If its purpose is to celebrate the traditional Irish music that The Chieftains have played for half a century, note their influence and even open them up to new audiences, it does exactly that.
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Apr 13, 201280Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. [May 2012, p.94]
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Apr 6, 201280An epic hour of music. [May 2012, p.69]
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Feb 21, 201280The Chieftains' new Voice of Ages gives voice to the Civil Wars, the Decemberists, the Low Anthem, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pistol Annies, and the Secret Sisters, among others, but its identity as a Chieftains album is never in doubt.
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Mar 12, 201275A few songs flop... but the overall is a fitting celebration of the Chieftain's 50 years of music. [No. 85, p. 53]
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Feb 21, 201275The dreamy "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" showcases Miranda Lambert and her Pistol Annies, while the Civil Wars connect Ireland to Appalachia.
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Feb 21, 201274Plumbs current indie folk and country, with varying degrees of success.
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Apr 16, 201270As a tastefully populist exercise this set represents a job well done.
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Apr 19, 201260Paolo Nutini brings the apt timbre and weary dignity to "Hard Times (Come Again No More)", while The Decemberists' Colin Meloy has the sturdy asperity of a righteous ranter on a version of Dylan's "When The Ship Comes In".
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Apr 19, 201260This new set has a fashionable cast list, but is more patchy.
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Apr 19, 201260It works remarkably well. [May 2012, p.83]
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Feb 21, 201260Indie rock's cult of schlubby singing doesn't always merge with the Chieftains' crystalline professionalism.
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Feb 21, 201260Voice of Ages is a good Chieftains recording; its solid performances easily outweigh its duds, but it feels like something less than a 50th anniversary celebration.