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The droll, heavily accented delivery on his original tunes is a throwback to mop top days of yester-year that adds to the charm of these finely crafted songs. He is a walking encyclopedia of the Liverpool streets, with a writer's knack for detail. It's not a linear story. At this point, I guess you'd say that this would be the one that leads to closure and looking back at where the character has come from and what he feels about what has happened to him. He's made this journey from Ireland to Liverpool, and then from Liverpool to London, and then from London to the States, Then he found a whole bunch of people of Irish heritage in the southern sates and he celebrates that.
The final installment of Michael Snow's "Skelly" Trilogy - "Never Say No To A Jar" - an exploration of music inspired by his Liverpool/Irish background - is arguably his most melodic, lyrically powerful offering yet.
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Michael is retuning to his roots, re-kindling his embers as the son of Irish immigrants who settled in Liverpool.
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Never Say No To A Jar is one of the best albums that has come from the Irish diaspora. Michael Snow has take his personal experiences and feeling and presented them in a way that becomes personal to each listener and better with each listen. It will probably be my choice for FolkWax "Album of the Year."
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There is a directness and honesty fundamental to Michael Snow's music.
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Snow retraces his Irish roots, turning out a rousing series of folk songs that taps tradition and aims to be pub perfect. An album of authentic Irish folk music may not be to everyone's taste, but Snows skill as a songwriter touches a universal chord. Never say no to an album like this.
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Snow has a whiskey tenor, and his musical style is Celtic folk-rock. An Excellent combination for his thematic collection of songs full of feeling and universal meaning.
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The singer/songwriter may not be familiar to many of you but you need to remedy that immediately with one, two or all these albums. They reflect all that is good in modern song writing without falling into the trap of underestimating the intelligence of the listener. I hope you can afford all of these albums they are all gems.
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Transports you so completely you'll think you are in a pub in Ireland. On Here Comes the Skelly: Snow's voice is all rough and edgy, perfect for the conceit of the disc, and the talent (both writing and performance) brought to the table on this project is formidable. I encourage you to seek this disk out.
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