User:Pdebee/Quilty (Swedish band)
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Quilty | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Irish folk |
| Years active | 1993–present day |
| Labels | Gammalthea |
| Members | Gideon Andersson Esbjörn Hazelius Dag Westling Staffan Lindfors |
| Website | quiltymusic |
Quilty is a Swedish folk band specialising in Irish folk music.
History
[edit]The group was formed in 1993 and consists of Gideon Andersson, Dag Westling, Esbjörn Hazelius[1] and Staffan Lindfors.
Quilty's debut album was A Drop of Pure (1995), which was followed by I'm Here Because I'm Here in 2001.[2] After gap of almost ten, the group released their third album Apples in Winter on March 13, 2015.[3] The release party was held at Nalen ("The Nail") venue in Stockholm as a sort of pre-party event for the Folk and World Music Gala.[4] Several of the group's concerts have been broadcast on Sveriges Radio.[2] In 2018 in connection with the group's 25th anniversary, bassist Staffan Lindfors returned after a long absence. In 2019, Quilty launched their new project, Out on the Ocean, with songs related to the sea. A new album has been recorded at the live concerts in autumn 2019 and spring 2020 with the title Out on the Ocean, shortly before all touring activities stopped due to the Covid19 pandemic. The album was released in the spring of 2022.
Personnel
[edit]- Gideon Andersson – bouzouki, bass, bodhrán, mandolin, guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards (1993–present)
- Esbjörn Hazelius – fiddle, vocals (1999–present)
- Dag Westling – vocals, five-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, mandolin (1993–present)
- Staffan Lindfors - bass, vocals (1997–1999, 2018–present)
Discography
[edit]- A Drop of Pure (1995)
- I'm Here Because I'm Here (2001)
- Apples in Winter (2015)
- 25 (2018)
- Out on the Ocean (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ Börjesson, Magnus (8 April 2015). "Apples in Winter". Culture & Fun (in Swedish). Örebro: Nerikes Allehanda. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
FOLK MUSIC. After a break of ten years, Quilty is making a comeback with a new album and tour. The group, with Esbjörn Hazelius, Gideon Andersson and Dag Westling, was formed back in 1993 and with its fantastic interplay in the Irish tradition has been – and is – role models for many other Swedish groups in the genre. On Apples in winter, the trio offers 13 traditional songs, exquisitely arranged both instrumentally and vocally. I have previously in other contexts praised Esbjörn Hazelius for his beautiful voice, but here he is "only" one of three. Just listen to "Diggers" where they join a cappella to subdued bodhran, or the beautiful Robert Burns poem "The Captain's lady". This is musicianship that is contagious.
- ^ a b "Quilty". Svensk media database. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Holmberg, Susanne (13 March 2015). "Apples in Winter". Disc review (in Swedish). Göteborg: Lira. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
After an almost ten-year hiatus, the band Quilty is now making a comeback, Sweden's foremost interpreter of Irish traditional music. The long break with their own musical projects has certainly done the musicians good and given new inspiration. For example, Esbjörn Hazelius has made solo records and toured with Hazelius Hedin. The new record is well produced, the expression is airy, light and with a clean and pleasant sound image that is not overloaded with heavy drum and bass accompaniment. Quilty is on the other side of the globe from the breezy pub music interpretations of Irish folk you sometimes hear. The trio, Esbjörn Hazelius, Gideon Andersson and Dag Westling, offer genuine musicianship and occasionally fine elements of vocal singing. The texts are like time documents that tell something about how life was in the past. Most of it is Irish traditional, but here there is also room for American, as in the bluegrass song "Charming Betsy", where the trio excels with their stringed instruments as if it were a game. For me, it is the ballad "In my prime" that rises above all the others with its fine-tuned fragility, but the album as a whole is really successful. Welcome back Quilty!
- ^ "Quilty". THE PRE-PARTY (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nalen. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
The Folk & World Music Gala is organised again in Stockholm and music lovers from near and far make a pilgrimage to the city to gather, meet and celebrate! No gala is better than its pre-party, and now Nalen is ready to open the doors to the dance floor and house a music & dance party! (...) Quilty plays traditional Irish folk music with a strong personal expression. Fast-paced jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas as well as songs about love, emigration and adventure are woven together into a colorful concert with many surprising and exciting musical experiences. (...)
External links
[edit]Andy Irvine & Quilty - Live in Sweden 2023 on YouTube. Recorded live at Gävle Concert Hall (17 March 2023).