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Row Upon Row of the People They Know
Having dismissed themselves as mere "participants" on their award-winning 2009 self-titled debut, Newfoundland folk trio the Once return as very much the "creators" of their follow-up, Row Upon Row of the People They Know. Named after a line from a poem by fellow Canadian George Murray, a piece that also provided the inspiration for the grandiose closer, "Song for Memory," its ten tracks show that the bandmembers still remain fond of their hometown's traditional sea shanties and folk tales ("Jack the Sailor," "Valley of Kilbride"). But elsewhere, the accomplished multi-instrumentalists lean toward a more contemporary sound, whether it's the impassioned and gutsy nu-folk reworking of 17th cen...
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