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Dubl Handi - Up, Like the Clouds (2013)

Dubl Handi - Up, Like the Clouds (2013)

BAND/ARTIST: Dubl Handi

Tracklist:

1. Shout Little Lula (2:29)
2. C'mon Buddy (3:17)
3. New River Train (4:21)
4. Cluck Old Hen (2:04)
5. Fall On My Knees (2:37)
6. Pickin' Chicken Breakdown (1:49)
7. Undone in Sorrow (3:39)
8. Shortnin' Bread (2:27)
9. Katie Cruel (3:07)
10. Little Orchid (2:26)
11. Randy Lynn Rag (2:11)
12. Lonely Ghost (2:35)
13. Little Birdie (2:21)
14. Single Girl (2:26)
15. Poor Ellen Smith (3:26)

reviewed by Steve Thorngate
Banjo player Hilary Hawke has displayed her fine chops and deep folk foundations in several ensembles. Here she pares things down to a duo, but the sound isn’t all that spare. Percussionist Brian Geltner plays aggressively—on snare drum, various shakers and the antique washboard for which the group is named—and he’s quite forward in the mix; his occasional backbeats are the main element that locates the old-timey material in a new-timier context.

Hawke’s reedy singing isn’t that exciting, but it serves the music well. And her playing is expressive and precise. She’s adept at bluegrass fingerpicking, but the main event is her clawhammer playing—the percussive, strummed banjo of old Appalachia. It’s a thrilling sound, especially on the instrumentals that really show it off. If you know the banjo only from bluegrass—or from Bela Fleck or Sufjan Stevens—Dubl Handi will show you a whole different world.


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  • whiskers
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Many thanks
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  • nilesh65
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Thank you so much for sharing!!