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Hothouse Flowers
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Sometimes this Irish quintet mixes U2`s preachiness with Donovan`s hippy sentimentality. So much for young idealism. But on the understated
”Christchurch Bells,” ”Sweet Marie” and ”Trying to Get Through,”
their prayerful passion is riveting. The call-and-response between Liam O`Maonlai`s voice and piano evokes the spirit of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, while the mix of traditional instruments, saxophone and fiddle gives the music a buoyant, folkish charm.
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