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Darcie Deaville Plays the Fiddle and Sings is the overdue response to the request from Darcie's fans to record some traditional songs. In her own exuberant style, Darcie sings and plays the fiddle at the same time, and some of these cuts are simply that. Others have a fuller sound, Darcie backing herself on guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, and vocal harmonies. Engineer Marvin Dykhuis guests on percussion and guitar on several cuts, but almost everything you hear on this recording is Darcie. Produced by Darcie, Plays the Fiddle and Sings is the companion to her book on learning to play the fiddle, The Twinkle Principle, due to be published in fall 2004.

Selections:

Cotton Eyed Joe/Red River Jig - Hoodoo Blues
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Roving Gambler
Farther Along
Morning Blues
Jimmy Johnson, Pass the Jug Around
Wayfaring Stranger
28th January
Pigeon on a Gate
Wildwood Flower
Beautiful Lake Dore Waltz
Little Birdie
Drunken Hiccups
Red Haired Boy/Liberty/Soldiers Joy
Midnight on the Water

This recording has gotten good reviews from Sing Out! Magazine and allmusic.com (you can read their review here), among others.

You can order it now at www.spsource.com just by clicking here!
link to Redwing Music's album description
Tornado In Slo Mo Redwing Music's main site 

An inspired collection of songs from one of Austin's finest writers and most exciting singer-instrumentalists. Tornado In Slo Mo is a survivor's narrative and its songs resonate with hard-won hope and resilience.

This CD has also gotten good reviews, and also has had a story and interview published about it which gives a great deal of background about how the songs came to be written.

You can order this recording from Redwing Music by clicking on the album cover.
link to mp3.com's album description
The Last Hitchhiker On The Lost Highway link to mp3.com's main site 

Originally only available on cassette, this recording is now available via special arrangement with mp3.com. Just click on the album cover.

(Note: for whatever reason, the scan really doesn't do the artwork justice.)

Note: Apparently mp3.com has been bought out and soon this, along with the rest of its content, may not be available. So if you've been thinking about purchasing Hitchhiker, now's the time!
link to Evor.com's album description
Ways To Fly link to evor.com's main site 

This collaboration with Jane Gillman was originally released in 1994 on Flying Fish Records. You can order this recording from Evor.com by clicking on the album cover. They've got samples of the music, too!

"Jane Gillman's and Darcie Deaville's voices mingle so purely you'd think they were sisters . . . songs reflect the duo's outstanding musicianship on a variety of instruments, some marvelous harmonies and a well-tempered skill for writing compact stories set to appealing melodies. . . ." --Gavin

". . . one of those rare albums that set a very traditional genre into a wholly fresh context." --Riverfront Times

You can also find a link to another review here.

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Last updated Sat Jul 17 00:26:19 CDT 2004