Friday, April 22, 2011

Jahrtal/William Blake von Unschuld und Widerfahren/Ahnstern/2009 CD Review


Jahrtal is a Psychedelic Folk project from Austria and this is a review of their album "William Blake Lieder von Unschuld und Widerfahren" which was released in 2009 by Ahnstern.

There are alot of many different folk instruments such as a sitar, lute, banji, dulcimer, gzitar, harpzither, psalter, flute, dubuk, schalm, violin, organ and bird's voice which all bring the music a heavy psychedelic folk feel.

Acoustic guitars use a lot of finger picking and open chords with a small amount of a distorted electric guitar being used at times with some solos, that make you feel like you are in a folk music gathering, while the vocals are all clean singing vocals with some female singing being used at times.

Lyrics are based on the poem's of William Blake and are all translated in german, while the production has a mid 60's, early 70's folk feel.

In my opinion Jahrtal are a very good Psychedelic Folk band, and their approach to reciting William Blake is a lot different than bands that have recited hes work in English, if you are a fan of this genre, you should check this band out. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Nacht" "Wiegerlied" "Das Schulkind" and "Ach ! Sonnenblume". RECOMMENDED BUY.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/785822-Jahrtal

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