Editorial Product Review: :After a remarkable 15 years in, a band should by this time be content to slow down and rest on their laurels. Instead, ''Fortune's Favour'' sees Great Big Sea boldly embracing new sounds and new ideas, fearlessly pushing the boundaries of their own art and music. In their lifelong quest to marry the traditional music of Newfoundland with their own pop explorations, ''Fortune's Favour'' is a new benchmark. 14 new tracks plus a bonus DVD of the group in the recording studio.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Specially priced 2-disc set! Having sold millions of albums in their native Canada, Great Big Sea is now one of that country's most popular exports. Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert features a 26-song DVD with traditional live favorites such as 'Jack Hinks,' 'Scolding Wife,' and 'Captain Kidd,' plus Great Big Sea originals 'When I'm Up,' 'Consequence Free,' 'Sea of No Cares,' and many more, all presented in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound. The DVD also includes 4 music ...
Editorial Product Review: :Musicians have been fusing traditional Celtic music with rock & roll since the '60s, but few have done it as successfully as the Canadian band Great Big Sea. Rant and Roar is the band's sixth CD, and it's designed to introduce them to U.S. audiences by presenting the best songs from two of their earlier releases, Up and Play. Unlike most Celtic-rock fusion bands, Great Big Sea eschew electric guitars and synthesizers in favor of acoustic guitars and traditional instruments like bodhran, bouzouki, fiddle, ...
Editorial Product Review: :Great Big Sea's CD Turn includes their now standard mix of uptempo versions of traditional Newfoundland folk songs and folky, pop-inspired original compositions. The band has also stayed true to its successful formula of backing its strong harmony vocals with furiously strummed acoustic guitars augmented by traditional Celtic instruments like fiddle, bouzouki, and tin whistle. But this is more than just a rehash of what has worked before. The band's songwriting continues to get better, and original tunes like 'Consequence Free,' a heartfelt plea ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Includes bonus DVD -- an exclusive concert and conversation with the band! The Hard and The Easy is the ninth album from Great Big Sea, the Juno-nominated band that fuses Newfoundland traditional music with modern pop in a crowd-pleasing formula both heartfelt and vital. A pure force of nature - much like the ocean surge they take their name from - Great Big Sea's blend of instruments such as guitar, mandolin, bodhran, fiddle, and concertina, along with their vocal harmonies, revels in the ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Includes bonus DVD -- an exclusive concert and conversation with the band! The Hard and The Easy is the ninth album from Great Big Sea, the Juno-nominated band that fuses Newfoundland traditional music with modern pop in a crowd-pleasing formula both heartfelt and vital. A pure force of nature - much like the ocean surge they take their name from - Great Big Sea's blend of instruments such as guitar, mandolin, bodhran, fiddle, and concertina, along with their vocal harmonies, revels in the ...
Editorial Product Review: :Great Big Sea's canny blend of Celtic melodies, acoustic-guitar-driven rhythms, and thrilling vocal harmonies have made them bestselling artists in their native Canada. On Sea of No Cares, they tweak their signature acoustic sound by adding drums, electric guitar, Hammond organ, and even trumpet. But they never stray far from their roots, and even when they crank up the volume on the raucous folk song 'The Scolding Wife,' the droning electric guitar sounds more like an extra-loud set of bagpipes than a rocker's sonic ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Details:Newfoundland, Canadian Celts' 1996, Third-Ever Release. Includes an Interesting Cover of REM'S 'End of the World', plus a Whole LPs Worth of Traditional Irish-Based Songsmithy: 'Night Pat Murphy Died', 'Donkey Riding', 'Greenspond' and More.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The multi-Platinum band Great Big Sea has become one of Canada's most popular exports, and with the help of producer Michael Phillip (Barenaked Ladies), they're about to become even more popular with the release of Something Beautiful, their new studio album. From brisk Celtic pop sing-alongs like 'Shines Right Through' and 'When I Am King' to introspective, brooding laments like 'Summer' and 'Lucky Me,' Something Beautiful is the most accessible Great Big Sea album yet. 'Great Big Sea has been more successful than ...
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