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Maddy Prior - Ravenchild (2000)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 25 Jan 2024 15:36:39

On Ravenchild, Maddy Prior teamed up again with keyboard player Nick Holland and multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley, whose arsenal included Uilleann pipes and low whistle, as she had on her previous album, Flesh & Blood. The centerpiece of the album was a six song suite dubbed "In the Company of Ravens" (also the title of the first song), a series of Prior originals concerning the carrion birds who give the word "ravenous" its meaning. This was sometimes gritty stuff, as Prior described the birds' eating habits, though their mating habits were far more inspiring. The album also contained a three song suite, "With Napoleon in Russia," tracing that famous historical defeat. Then there was "Rigs of the Time," a condemnation of contemporary media culture set to a traditional melody, and the album concluded with what Prior herself described as the eerie traditional song "Great Silkie of Sules Skerry." The music and Prior's singing could be haunting, but Ravenchild was an album of disquieting material, whether the subject was aviary, historical, or contemporary.

Review by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com

Maddy Prior has never been one to rest on her laurels: whether with Steeleye Span, duetting as one of the Silly Sisters with June Tabor, or in her solo projects she's always been at the experimental edge of British folk. Here the centrepiece of the album is a sequence of songs all about Ravens: Ravens as tricksters, as mischievous adolescents, as harbingers of death, as parents. It's an intriguing concept and one that works well in patches ("The Masts of Morrigan" is especially evocative), but six songs out of 13 on the album stretches the idea a little too far. Elsewhere, she turns her attention to Bonaparte's retreat from Russia, blacksmiths and poachers–traditional folky subjects, to be sure, but all given characteristically moody treatment by Prior, whose oft-voiced mission is to rescue folk from its cosy "fol-de-rol" image. In this quest she is aided immeasurably by sensitive accompaniments from her musical collaborators, who add synthesisers, electric guitars and even a Chapman Stick to the mix, helping to make Ravenchild an unusual and thought-provoking folk album.

Review by Mark Walker

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Tracklist:

01. Twankydillo (2:59)
02. Bold Poachers (4:15)
03. Boney (1:52)
04. Scorched Earth (4:22)
05. Loot (5:01)
06. Rigs of the Time (4:07)
07. In the Company of Ravens (3:10)
08. Young Bloods (4:09)
09. The Masts of Morrigan (3:42)
10. Rich Pickings (4:33)
11. Ravenchild (3:01)
12. Dance on the Wind (3:59)
13. Great Silkie of Sules Skerry (6:57)

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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 19. October 2013, 22:34

Maddy Prior / Ravenchild

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