Rodney Cordner & Jean-Pierre Rudolph - Milestones

Published Wednesday 1st August 2007
Rodney Cordner & Jean-Pierre Rudolph - Milestones
Rodney Cordner & Jean-Pierre Rudolph   - Milestones

STYLE: Roots/Acoustic
RATING 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 28985-12892
LABEL: Solid Rock PGD1020
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £14.69

Reviewed by David Faulkner

Richard Thompson once sang of the journey 'From Galway To Graceland'. Cordner and Rudolph have been making the trip from Portadown to Strasbourg for a few decades now. This 2001 compilation is an excellent introduction to their art. There are judicious covers (including Gordon Lightfoot, Ralph McTell and Johnny Cash), traditional songs, instrumentals, social commentary and riotous originals such as "Fiddle Sticks", about a Chinese meal. All these get the Cordner voice and guitar, ruggedly dovetailing with Rudolph's dazzling violin work. It's one of those can't-go-wrong releases. A sheer joy thoroughly recommended for those with a taste for the Irish folk tradition.

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