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One Morning / McFarlane, Ayreheart
Sono Luminus

One Morning / McFarlane, Ayreheart

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Composer
MCFARLANE, RONN
Artist
Mcfarlane, Ayreheart
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
May 25, 2010
Catalog #
DSL-92111
UPC
053479211125

About

American lutenist Ronn McFarlane has had a successful career as a traditional performer and educator offering concerts and recordings of Renaissance and Baroque repertory. With the justification that lutenists of the past have been both performers and composers, he has begun to write and record crossover music with a small band called Ayreheart, consisting of flute or harp, bass, and percussion, augmented at times by strings and mostly wordless vocals. Despite the large collection of instruments, it's a crisp sound not weighed down by sentiment, with McFarlane's lute front and center, supported by subtle acoustic percussion and other sounds that accent the material according to its rhythmic qualities. The album One Morning is a successor to McFarlane's Grammy-nominated 2009 album Indigo Road, and it's in the same vein but perhaps a bit more uptempo; few of the tracks have the new age ambiance the rather cheesy sunset-and-lute cover might suggest. Likewise, although there is certainly some Celtic influence in the music, McFarlane avoids the clichés of the genre. The music here, in fact, is pleasingly impossible to categorize. There are enough hints of McFarlane's Renaissance background to satisfy anyone who has come to the music through a general liking for what might be called pop-Renaissance culture, but there are also moves derived from later eras of classical guitar, folk styles, and even bluegrass, with the rhythmic orientation being basically toward jazz. Fans of pure Renaissance music are unlikely to be satisfied by this, and it's likewise not well suited to those whose ends are meditiative, but the album is recommended to pretty much everyone else who likes the sound of a lute; McFarlane's accomplishment in reimagining its capablilities is considerable. A plus is that the Dorian label can record the lute very well indeed.

-- James Manheim, All Music Guide

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 One Morning 02:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    One Morning
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  2. 2 Borderland 04:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    Borderland
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  3. 3 Before the Wind 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Before the Wind
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  4. 4 Man of Arms 08:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Man of Arms
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  5. 5 Snapdragon 03:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    Snapdragon
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  6. 6 A Day in November 03:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    A Day in November
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  7. 7 Wolf Summit 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Wolf Summit
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  8. 8 Union Bridge 02:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Union Bridge
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  9. 9 Bad Hair Day 03:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bad Hair Day
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  10. 10 Dakota Days 02:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Dakota Days
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  11. 11 Nocturne 02:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nocturne
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  12. 12 Thistle 03:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    Thistle
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  13. 13 Honeysuckle 03:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    Honeysuckle
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  14. 14 Haeddre 01:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Haeddre
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  15. 15 Lullaby for Anne 02:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Lullaby for Anne
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  16. 16 Sings in Her Sleep 05:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sings in Her Sleep
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart
  17. 17 One Morning (full band version) 02:18
    Track
    17
    Title
    One Morning (full band version)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Ronn McFarlane
    Ensemble
    Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart