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» worldcritic - the mcdades world music

I think that whoever it was that wrote that The McDades were a traditional Irish group had better give them a good second listening or they should check out some real traditional Celtic/Irish music. The McDades are not traditional and are definitely not like riverdance. I have seen the band perform a couple of times and have two of there CDs. They are very creative and combine music from around the world in a unique way. You do a great disservice to your readers by have a short one line review written by someone who doesn't know anything about world music and that is a real shame.

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» Danny Brown - The McDades

Especially when the band are from Edmonton and Montreal...

Certainly there is the undertone of Irish music there (not surprising when you see The Chieftains as one of their main influences). Yet any band who cites such an eclectic range of other influences (Charlie Parker, Ravi Shankar, Broken Social Scene and Edith Piaf) can't just be dismissed as atypical of whether you like Riverdance or not.

And I couldn't envisage Michael Flatley ever paying a tribute to Muddy Waters, as The McDades do on "McKinley Morganfield's," a tribute to Muddy Waters.

Further reading required, mayhaps?

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