The Duncan McFarlane Band (electric)
The world can always use more good English folk-rock and this is loud, fast music,
based on the rhythms of English country dance music with sharp-edged electric
guitar leads, electric fiddle, and gutsy, gritty singing.
Essentially solid, energetic English electric folk, full of pumping riffs and
loads of energy. Its nice to find a folk-rock band that understands both folk
AND rock and knows how to draw on one without diluting the other.
’Robust folk-rock - reels, jigs and stout songs, well-executed and infectiously
lively.’
(these quotes from fRoots; Yorkshire Evening Post; Dirty Linen(USA);
Shreds & Patches; Tykes News; Stirrings)
Duncan McFarlane (solo)
Classy English Folk Guitar, eminently listenable vocals and great songs,
both traditional and contemporary. (Mike Raven)
Duncan’s a punchy guitarist in the ’English folk’ style and offers a
set about equally split between his own songs, other people’s and traditional.
(fRoots)
Stylistically, Duncan’s guitar technique falls very much within the Carthy/Nic
Jones school, with a strong rhythmic impetus that’s infectious in the extreme. His singing has real character too. (Traditional Music Maker)