From The Duhks comes Migrations, an Americana album on Sugarhill. This is the CD edition. This edition was released on September 12, 2006.
The Duhks self-titled release in 2005 won them universal acceptance as 'the' up-and-coming neo-folk-rock band. Visually stunning, musically inventive, and emotionally stirring, the Duhks garnered massive critical acclaim, as well, as earning a Juno award. With the release of MIGRATIONS, the Duhks will doubtlessly elevate, as the talented young quintet continues to develop it's singular brand of eclecticism with an album that is increasingly confident, personal, and distinctive. With each release, this Canadian quintet's adventurous, energetic eclecticism sounds more like a signature fusion (and less like bluegrass, despite Tania Elizabeth's fiddle and Leonard Podolak's banjo). The material on Migrations ranges all over the map--geographical as well as musical--with a pair of spirituals steeped in the tradition of Georgia's Sea Islands ("Moses, Don't Get Lost" and "Turtle Dove"), a zydeco romp through Cajun country ("Down to the River"), a ballad in tribute to an Irish patriot ("Who Will Take My Place?"), a syncopated revival of Tracy Chapman's "Mountains o' Things" and the ragtime blues of "Ol' Cook Pot." While a pair of instrumental medleys highlight the musicians' acoustic virtuosity, the soulful vocals of Jessee Havey and their ability to fashion songs from a variety of sources into such a cohesive whole distinguish the Duhks from folk acts, jam bands, or any other musical category. --Don McLeeseMore Duhks
