FLAME OF FIRE

BRASS MONKEY
TOPIC

Item Information Artists Name: BRASS MONKEY Title: FLAME OF FIRE Format: CD Label: TOPIC City Hall Catalog Number:  550 UPC Product Code: 714822055024 List Price: 15.98 Musical Category:  FOLK/BLUEGRASS Release Date:  5/18/2004 Additional Musical Category Notes:   This English folk supergroup is led by Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick, key members of the major folk acts of the 1960s and 1970s -- Steeleye Span, The Richard Thompson Band, The Watersons & The Albion Band. Brass Monkey's "deep English sound" -- brass and percussion arranged with acoustic folk instruments -- is totally unique, giving them an identity all their own. "Flame Of Fire" is a technical tour de force and a fantastic collection of songs and tunes, some of which go back to John Playford's "English Dancing Master" of 1651. This gives the album a crossover appeal to lovers of classical and early music without betraying it's earthy folk roots.