December 2006 (n.a.v. release CD Meltemi)
Door Eelco Schilder
in FolkWorld
Inner strength "Meltemi"
Label: Private release
The Dutch folk-rock band Inner strength started at the end of the last century.
The inspiration was a concert of the famous Dutch flute player Chris Hinze who
gets inspired by music from all over the world. The idea behind the band was to
mix music from the western part of the world with that of the other parts. World
music meets folk and rock so to say. After a demo and a three song ep, the band
has now released itís full cd called Meltemi. It are the vocals of Noortje van
de Voort that take a central role in their music. Around her vocals the band has
a traditional folk-rock setting with flutes, violin, drums and guitars completed
with bouzouki, bagpipe and didgeridoo. The cd contains nine nice tracks and one
remix. I think itís a promising debut cd. Van de Voort has a nice voice although
I would like a bit more variation in her way of interpretation of the songs. On
Meltemi, I personally find that the vocals are too much the same. The band plays
really decent folk-rock music, suitable for a big audience. I like a bit more
adventures approach. Especially because the original idea was to mix Music from
around the world with music from our own part of the world, I think the music
stays a bit too close to Western Europe to make this idea real. Adding a
didgeridoo is not enough to compensate that. Absolutely a nice first cd from a
group that has the potential to grow and become a major name in world of
traditional, folk, world rock.
www.inner-strength.nl
Eelco Schilder
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