Rodney Cordner & Jean-Pierre Rudolph - Sing For The Song
STYLE: Roots/Acoustic RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 10982-CAS1469 LABEL: OHM 5002 FORMAT: CD Album
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
Long before there was a roots music revival, long before world music awareness had banished the inherent cultural naffness of being a folkie, there was Rodney, plonking on his acoustic singing haunting songs of Ireland and faith, winos hard times helped out by his trusted French fiddler Jean-Pierre. Now if there's any justice Folk Roots magazine will be giving this major talent a front cover story and Christian festivals other than Greenbelt (GB have long since recognised the man's talent) will be showcasing this engaging songsmith whose cracked voice with its suspect pitching and world-weary air is so phenomenally effective as it drags the poignancy and pathos out of stories-in-song. It's a shame then that he chooses this moment to put out an album of over-familiar folk standards. We could have done with a might less trad stuff and a few of his telling compositions though Rodney's rendition of Sydney Carter's "Lord Of The Dance" is faultless.
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