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William Pint & Felicia Dale
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William Pint & Felicia Dale (Seattle,
USA)
Maritime Music and More - with Attitude!
Touring the UK in September - October 2010
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Felicia, the daughter of a Puget Sound sea-captain and a French immigrant. William, brought up in Wisconsin, about as far away from the sea as a boy can be, but dreaming of the salt tang of the ocean. Now, together, they make their home in America's Pacific North west, flanked by the sea on one side and the mountains on the other.
Go From My Window (2008)
William and Felicia sing songs of the sea in all her many moods, accompanied by guitar, hurdy gurdy, cittern and whistles. Their music is not the raucous bellow of the finger-in-the-ear shanty singer, but is more considered, melodic, and unusual, often driving and verging on folk 'n roll. There are songs of courage and adventure, sailor's ditties, love songs, voyages of discovery and the strange tale of the Lady Washington, sunk by...a train! There's not a yo-ho-ho within miles of William and Felicia's ocean. When they sing a chantey, they do it with great charm and an irrepressible introduction. Maybe, for good measure, they'll sing it in French.
Nasty Nell's Revenge (2009)
I Am Woman, I Am Man
In 2006 they toured the UK extensively as part of the (extremely well-received) Brian Bedford Band, building up their audience base even more. This song is also from the 2008 concert. 'I am Woman, I am Man' is a Brian Bedford song transmogrified from the band's repertoire to William and Felicia's. Great stuff. The bass player (for both this song and the one above) is Dan Mohler who played on their new CD.
Roy Harris' Living Tradition Magazine Review 2008
William Pint & Felicia Dale
The Set of the Sail
From the title of this CD and the artists reputation for maritime material one
might expect to hear a hearty set of shanties when the play button is pressed.
Well, shanties there are, and other songs of the sea but they are arranged and
performed in anything but the conventional style. Pint and Dale have command
over a plethora of instruments and use them to great effect in backing songs
in dynamic and encompassing fashion.
From the opening Fanfare, a French tune, hurdy-gurdy led, they go into a driving duet version of Go From My Window miles away from the gentle treatment it usually gets in the folk clubs, but none the worse for that. Following on is Linda Kelly's Northern Tide with a rhythmic accompaniment that supports the words superbly, and is enhanced by whistle playing that, to my ears anyway, mocks the call of sea birds. This is a standout track that segues into the Irish jig, Out On the Ocean.
In the course of these four pieces that open the programme we've had voices
plus hurdy-gurdy, fiddle, bodhran, whistle, octave mandola, and guitars. All
this and a large amount of imagination evident in the duo's arrangements, in
which although there's plenty going on never seem over busy. These are two
people with a firm grip on their material and their talent. They know what
they want to do and are able to do it. It is to their credit that they do not
allow their instrumental and arranging prowess to hinder them from putting
quality into their singing. They have good voices and know how to use them.
Their Dreadnought is a case in point, as is the excellent Mother Dinah. And
their version of Rolling Down to Old Maui? Different!
Pint and Dale are very popular over here and this CD gives notice why. I haven't seen them live as yet, but I look forward to doing so. It will be a pleasure.
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