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An Cat Dubh - Celtic Folk Rock from Darmstadt
Music
The musical repertoire of AN CAT DUBH ranges from celtic traditionals,
played in fresh and modern arrangements, to original material
with an unconfusably own style. The greater part of the program
consists of self-written material, since the members set great
store by individuality.
Lyrically AN CAT DUBH's songs deal with the same topics many
of the traditional Irish songs and ballads do - famine, war,
emigration, exploitation, unemployment, the Northern Ireland
conflict and revolt against British repression. If you think
all of this is much to melancholic or even melodramatic, you'll
find the typical Irish-Scottish songs about love, loneliness
and drinking as well as some celtic mythology influenced lyrics
a welcome relief. All in all its a well balanced program which
perfectly represents the band's name and their musical style:
lyrics as black as Guinness, ballads as quiet as velvet paws
and "rockers" as sharp as claws.
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