The Musical Box: “Solas System”

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:05 AM

Hey folks: check out this great review and interview we did with Walter Tunis over at the Musical Box.

“…And like the music it has produced since the release of a self-titled debut record in 1996, The Turning Tide is richly traditional in scope and style. Except when it isn’t.

‘In general, Solas doesn’t pay too much mind to labels. It’s very crippling to life, as well as to music and art, when you have to live according to how you’ve been labeled. Sometimes it is completely inaccurate.’

So what does that make Solas then? Is it the sort of band that bowed to enormous contemporary and commercial influence, like the Celtic ensemble Clannad during the ‘90s, to where it sounds almost like a pop group? Definitely not.”

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Posted in: Reviews Comments(0) January 2010


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