Reverie

"Rant are four young female fiddle players who move between ancient and modern tunes with an elegance, exuberance and skill that has rightly established them among the leading instrumentalists in the inventive Scottish folk scene. Jenna Reid and her sister Bethany, from the Shetland Islands, are joined by Sarah-Jane Summers and Lauren MacColl from the Highlands to create an intricate "chamber folk" style. There are only fiddles in this string quartet, but the music constantly changes".

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""Chamber folk" may serve as a term of convenience to describe this fiddle quartet (...), but it conveys nothing of the irresistible vivacity and classy execution of their music, both traditional and self-composed".

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"That's the thing about fiddles: they go together so well, to make completely satisfying music, in unison, harmony or parts, without even adding the lower tones of big relatives viola, cello or bass. RANT is four of them (...), played with the lift and spirit of Scottish and Shetland fiddling and rich elegance of tone, in thirteen tracks of memorable, shapely material in arrangements that fully utilise the possibilities of four-layered lines to make a fiddles-only string quartet ... Further increasing the variety is an atmospheric arrangement of an Icelandic hymn, and guest singers Julie Fowlis with a Gaelic vocal strathspey and Ewan McLennan in "Mary's DReam", with the strings making splendid, enveloping accompaniment".