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11 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Fintan Lucy
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:19 Broken Wing lyrics BUY MP3 03:19 Broken Wing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:19 Broken Wing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Bye So... lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 Bye So... lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Bye So...
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Grey-Blue Eyes lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Grey-Blue Eyes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Grey-Blue Eyes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 The Is and Was and Maybes lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 The Is and Was and Maybes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 The Is and Was and Maybes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Nohoval lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Nohoval lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Nohoval
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 Peace Will Come Again lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 Peace Will Come Again lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 Peace Will Come Again
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 Surely lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 Surely lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 Surely
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 The Day that She Comes lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 The Day that She Comes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 The Day that She Comes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:16 Warm Salvation lyrics BUY MP3 05:16 Warm Salvation lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:16 Warm Salvation
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 You Don't Care lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 You Don't Care lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 You Don't Care
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Who Feels the Most lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Who Feels the Most lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Who Feels the Most
A folk original, varying in influence from blues to rock to celtic to world music, with hints of such as Van Morrison, Zeppelin, and John Martyn thrown in.
Bio / Background
Album Review:Dan McCarthy, Irish Examiner
The Is and Was and Maybes, by Fintan Lucy
THE all-encompassing time-frames of Fintan Lucy’s first solo CD suggests a man at once firmly alive in the present,
nostalgic and uncertain of the future. That he can sometimes convey each of these conditions in one song is testament to
the man’s songwriting abilities.
Well-known in traditional music circles in Ireland, Lucy has drawn on his life experiences to produce an album of lasting
endurance. The sound is reminiscent of long-time friend and collaborator Ger Wolfe but has Lucy’s own unique imprint.
The title track The Is and Was and Maybes is a gorgeous love song and utterly passionate. Nature imagery keeps cropping up
throughout: lightning, wind, light, rain, sun, snowfall, thunder, suggesting a brooding, passionate heart. Relationships,
particularly with women, are the driving-force of the album.
↓ more ↓Paeans to love, love lost and found and the possible rewards of
sticking with a relationship gone sour are beautifully expressed. Of course, love of place should not be forgotten.
Nohoval, (near Kinsale, Co Cork) is the singer’s stark statement that he can only be happy in this place. “So you’ve heard, I’m
in danger of losing the head to a stranger.”
Woods and streams, cliffs, the man snug in his bed, the sun in his kitchen, are the minutiae of life which makes the man. But
the message is beware: nature has an unforgiving heart, itself. Nohoval also indicates the soaring range of Lucy’s voice.
His verbal dexterity should not be forgotten in the face of his driving melodies or slower-paced tunes: Grey-Blue Eyes
shows his keen ear to combine lyrics with pace: “So glad I asked you, twice, three times, thought we might have sweet
times.” In You Don’t Care, Lucy demonstrates an ability to see a situation from multiple perspectives by singing in a voice
dissimilar to his regular air.
Peace Will Come Again, evokes the English traditional music of Damien Barber or Scotsman Bert Jansch. That is seriously
good company to keep and Lucy is not out of place with them. His understated humour (Peace will come only when ostriches
take to the wing), does not detract from the song’s serious wish.
The return home is a classic element of this genre. Warm Salvation describes the wanderer returning home and shows Lucy
at his best, neatly concluding and closing off a cyclical episode in his life with reconciliation. If this shows the artist at his
heights he is going through the motions on The Day that She Comes which has a tendency to drift.
In this self-produced album Lucy has come up with an all-round gem. The nature cover design of Rachel Padfield also
deserves a strong mention. Refreshingly timeless.
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