The Rite of Spring, by Davey Dodds

The Rite of Spring

by Davey Dodds

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Nickie Harte Kelly Off to the land of the Celts with ye! From the opening notes of the harp, whistles and pipes intertwining to the lighting of the Beltane Fires as the recording concludes, you are transported to an ancient time and place throughout this offering. Superb Pagan Celtic music with a whiff of psychedelia. Favourite Track: Prelude Favorite track: Prelude.

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1.	Prelude 02:15	buy track
2.	Summon the Tribe 01:16	buy track
3.	The Elemental Circle 06:18	buy track
4.	Sing the Sun 04:53	buy track
5.	The Rite of Spring 08:35	buy track
6.	Bridge 02:00	buy track
7.	The Telling 02:45	buy track
8.	Awens - 1 00:33	buy track
9.	Hand in Hand at the Rollnights 03:44	buy track
10.	Awens - 2 00:33	buy track
11.	Unwind the Circle 06:16	buy track
12.	Light the Beltaine Fire 07:07	buy track

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Davey’s music is Celtic, psychedelic, Pagan, life-affirming and provocative. He weaves strong melodies and striking lyrics around complex rhythms. Last year, Fantasy Forest Festival billed him as ‘The Master of Celtic rock’n’reel’ and have booked him to open the main stage this year!). His live shows fizz with energy and he truly connects with the audience.

Once upon a time, Davey Dodds was the front man for the quintessentially English prog-rock band Red Jasper. After topping the bill at The European Symphonic Rock Festival at The Noorderligt in Tilburg (Holland) in1994, Davey ‘retired’ and went to live on a different planet. He spent many years working as a fly-fishing guide in remote, wilderness locations and never envisaged returning to playing music.

Events and people persuaded him otherwise. His songs were being recorded by top performers – The Unthanks covered his classic ‘The Magpie’ which was used on The Detectorists on BBC2, was played at The Proms in 2018 and was even covered by Dave Gilmour last year! His solo album, ‘Kernowcopia’ was released by Angel Air Records in 2017 and showed that his songwriting was as strong as ever. The comeback gig at The Fleece in Bristol in July proved that he was still the master showman and story teller.

Davey’s current album, ‘Toadstool Soup’ was released last March. Rave reviews and a hectic schedule of gigs and festivals meant that Davey was looking forward to a hugely successful 2020. He was on tour in Europe with Pendragon when the corona chaos erupted and everything unravelled. Davey was relieved to catch the last flight out of Poland before the borders were shut.

Rather than sink into a pit of frustration and be depressed about what he couldn’t do in 2020, Davey decided to be positive and concentrate on what he could achieve. He pulled forward an ambitious recording project. ‘The Rite of Spring’ is a seriously pretentious concept piece! A Beltane celebration, it’s structured as a Druid ritual. A veritable constellation of other great musicians have joined Davey to produce a fabulous, ground breaking meisterwerk. There are great gigs booked to promote the new album and Davey hopes to bring his high-octane Celtic sounds to lots of festivals throughout the summer – let’s hope that the corona crisis abates!

On stage, Davey is joined by a band of top musicians. Playing great music with real live humans to real live humans is what Davey Dodds does best! Here are a couple of links to YouTube videos filmed at the gig at The 1865 in Southampton on the 1st of October 2020 (socially distanced of course!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTjo8IFDUpI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUJKpIA3P50&t=749s

The adventure will continue!

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Davey’s music is Celtic, psychedelic, Pagan, life-affirming and provocative. He weaves strong melodies and striking lyrics around complex rhythms.

His songs were being recorded by top performers – The Unthanks covered his classic ‘The Magpie’ which was used on The Detectorists on BBC2, was played at The Proms in 2018 and was even covered by Dave Gilmour last year! ... more

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