Todd Menton • Punts

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Todd Menton
Punts

The Galway Races
The Bonny Ship the Diamond
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Three Polkas
The Blacksmith
Step It Up and Go
Martinmas Time
South Australia
Down by the Sally Gardens
Two Slip Jigs, Two Set Dances, Breton Dance
Pancho and Lefty
Johnny, You're a Rovin' Blade
   

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Announcing the release of Punts, the debut solo recording from ex-Boiled in Lead singer Todd Menton. Todd has recorded a selection of 10 songs and two-tune sets that have been mainstays of his live show over the past few years. This disc includes everything from such standards as The Blacksmith to a brilliant rendition of Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning." Recorded live in the studio with just a few overdubs, it is a bare bones recording that showcases Todd's impressive vocal and instrumental talents. It also demonstrates his unique interpretation of traditional and modern folk songs. Punts is an excellent first effort from the former BIL front man, with more to follow.

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Todd Menton • The Dolmen Field

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Todd Menton
The Dolmen Field

West Clare Reel/Frosty Weather: Snowy Weather (sile-na-gig mix)
Peggy Gordon
Sure of Me
Johnny Cope/The Kerry Huntsman
Bonny Light Horseman
Hills of Connemara
The Note Bird (St. Cloud)
Kevin's Carousel/Emma Bull's
Dolmen
Paddy On the Railway
Damselfly
Bold Reilly (Storm at Sea)
   

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Dirty Linen Review - July/August '09 #142

 Todd Menton The Dolmen Field [New Folk NFR 0492 (2008)] Concurrent with the revivification of the wonderful Celtic rock bad Boiled in Lead, frontman Todd Menton also found time to cut yet another great solo album, called The Dolmen Field. Menton cross-pollinates subtle mandolins and whistles with in-your-face electric guitars, squeaky harmonicas, rumbling didgeridoos and industrial percussion for a unique poly-cultural experience. There is a Springsteen-ish take on the traditional "Peggy Gordon," (complete with "Born to Run" -reminiscent glockenspiel), the lead-like urban dirge of "Johnny Cope/The Kerry Huntsman." and a powerful unaccompanied rendition of "Bonny Light Horseman." Menton's tastes are indeed diverse. He also displays his fine acoustic playing on songs such as "Hills of Connemara," the beautiful "Damselfly," and a set of reels called "Kevin's Carousel/Emma Bull's," the latter dedicated to the fantasy writer and fellow Minnesotan. The album's title track is a bodhrán-propelled, spoken-word piece about an extraordinary visit to the Brownie's Hill Dolmen in Ireland. The CD ends with two versions of the traditional "Bold Riley," one carried just by the voices of Menton and the Mass Morris chorus and one entrenched in feed-back-soaked electric guitar. (LB)

 

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