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City: Glamorgan
State: Wales
Country: UK
Signup Date: 7/7/2006

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 

 

 

 

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Sunday, December 03, 2006 

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Category: Music

A slightly flute-biased review but then it is in the British Flute Society's Dec.mag!

"This recording comprises 11 songs, written in the most part by the performers. The CD cover shows flute & guitar, though this is by no means a flute & guitar duo CD. I would describe this primarily as a vocal album, featuring a number of accompanying instruments, though the flute features with duos with the voice on most tracks.

The musical style is folk, & although I am not ordinarily a particular fan of folk music, I found it enjoyable to listen to. The songs are catchy & lyrical, & well performed. The flute playing is polished & effortless; at times beautiful & moving, at other times giving us a glimpse of Catherine Handley's technical prowess. Huw Chidgey's voice is captivating throughout.

I would recommend this CD to anyone interested in exploring the world of folk music & the use of the flute within it."..Carla Rees.

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Monday, October 02, 2006 

At last.... it's done. We recorded and mixed the CD at Stiwdio Felin Fach in Abergavenny under the watchful eye of Dylan Fowler, and were pleased to have it played on BBC Radio Wales in its first week out. It is a combination of original and traditional songs and tunes along with arrangements of some well known writers. The track listing for A Journey is as follows

Y Deri Fach (Catherine Handley)         Keep Your Distance (Richard Thompson)          The Journey (Catherine Handley)             All the Answers (Kieran Halpin)         Where the Angels Sleep (Bebo Norman) Bhutis/ Dusty Windowsill (Trad ar Catherine Handley)       Bonnie Bessie Logan(Trad ar Chidgey / Handley)        Ride On /Piper/Pipit (Catherine Handley /McCarthy)      Trader Johns (Peter Jagger)    Writ in Water (Robert Atkins)        Ar Lan y Mor (Trad ar Catherine Handley)

                        

The CD is available at shows ,of course, or online at

www.creightonscollection.co.uk      

which is a great site for independant labels like ours.

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Latest Review. This is what "Taplas" thought of it

"This is a satisfying, peaceful, assured, well produced CD, as home made in Wales as your mam's bara brith. Dylan Fowler works his expert influence, which includes mastering, percussion and clarinet. The duo carefully select six writers, from Richard Thompson to Keiran Halpin to Bebo Norman, and intersperse them with words and tunes put together by flautist and keyboard player Catherine, who is maturing finely as a writer.

Particularly likeable are Peter Jaggers "Trader Johns" and Roberts Atkins "Writ in Water" - great choruses.

I started out expection to hate "Ar Lan y Mor", that old Welsh chestnut, but was strangely fascinated by it instead; shades of Enya with solo keyboard and those ethereal voices echoing, full of good old Celtic stuff. It really is very different.

I'll play this CD time after time."

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Friday, August 04, 2006 

                          

The first collection , which is called "In the Tradition", was recorded and mixed within a few weeks of our first gig. It was done at Catherine's home by our good friend Peter Jagger, with the help of his mobile studio. It has done very well for us, and helped to get work both here and abroad.

It also provided a good representation of the live show and gave us the impetus to start a regular concert programme.

And people seemed to like it too...............................................

"Two amazing musicians have produced this CD upon which every single track is worthy of note. There are, of course, some more worthy than others. Unicorns, for example. The CD is an accurate reflection of their incredible live performance and includes some great songs and a set of tunes in a most entertaining mixture. The total accuracy and quality of Catherines playing, along with the beautiful timbre of Huws voice means that this is one CD that I would wish every one to have in their collection".

                                                                    Folk on Tap

                       " A confident debut"     TaplasFolk Magazine

                                            

"Huw Chidgey and Catherine Handley are a South Wales based duo who have been performing together for over two years. Singer and guitarist, Huw, was born and brought up in the area, while Catherine hails from Harrogate, is a principal flautist with the Welsh Sinfonia, and a highly regarded teacher at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

As the title suggests In the Tradition, their debut CD, is a collection of traditional material combined with some fine modern contemporary songs that are performed in a manner that pays homage to the folk tradition. Chidgeys understated guitar playing is complemented by an ideal folk voice, interpreting and delivering lyrics with great appreciation, sensitivity and feeling, while Handley supplies throughout the CD what can only be described as virtuoso performances on flute.

The CD opens with a trilogy of very special traditional songs - the old and rousing All Along the Barley; followed by The Parting Glass, a more reflective song that has been covered often but this duo does it more than a little justice; and Star of the County Down, another song from across the Irish Sea.Catherine Handley produces some breathtaking - and in some cases, breathless - exertions on the flute, one an original from her and two Yorkshire hornpipes, the other a set of jigs -BanisHhmisfortune /Morrisons/Fair Head boy.

Theres an excellent version of Unicorns, one of Bill Caddicks best-known songs, Wings, a Brian Bedford song that has almost become an evergreen standard on the folk circuit. However, probably my two favourite tracks on the CD are Pete Coes stirring ballad about Cheshire athlete, Joseph Baker, and Andy McKays epic tale of injustice, in the form of a lesser-known folk hero, Richie Graham, a song about one of the foremost Riever families on the Scotland/England border in the 16th century. The album closes with a fine rendition of Kieran Halpins Nothing to show.

This is an accomplished debut from two formidable performers perfectly suited. Huw Chidgey and Catherine Handley demonstrate a great musical chemistry and sincerity and firmly put their own slant on traditional and modern contemporary songs and tunes. The result is a collection that flows seamlessly from one era to another and back and I eagerly look forward to the duos next offering that is due out this year". Lewis Jones Folk North West Magazine

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