Acoustic folklrock.
It is not usual that newcomers write songs that
feels like classics. Doghouses Roses does this, however, and the reason
for their success is probably due to the chemistry between the vocalist
Iona MacDonald and the guitarist Paul Tasker. After two former EPs, the
Scottish Duo has gotten everything exactly right this time.
How’ve you been (all this time) includes 10 songs, of which 9 are written by Tasker and one by MacDonald. It involves ballads, peaceful melodies and folk rock. Some impulses appear – Celtic music, American folk song and Sandy Denna. Iona MacDonald has been compared with Denny and that is not an exaggeration. Together, this duo creates a moving landscape of sound, filled with feelings and spectacular lyrics" Gert-Ove Fridlund Lira Musicmagasin, February 2009
this is the text that accompanied our song on the cover CD of this issue.
DOGHOUSE ROSES
Gone there (from How've you been (all this time)? on Yellow Room Music)
The
distributor calls this duo “ A Fairport Convention/Pentangle for the
21st century”, so we had to check it up. And for sure, the songer Iona
MacDonald and Paul Tasker (guitar/mandolin/banjo) was a pleasant
discovery, where British folklore meats American singer/songwriter dito
in a slimmed, elegant, down-to-earth way. Iona´s fair voice is often
accompanied with a simple guitar comp, or sometimes with added bows or
a piano. Nice!
