*The Fire Next Time-Folk Variety-Alastair Moock-Starting Out

Click On Title To Link To YouTube's Film Clip Of Alastair Moock Doing "God Saw Fit To Make Tears".

CD Review

Walking Sounds, Alastair Moock, Bad Moock Rising Records, 1997

Here is an early Moock CD.

So what is good here? For you topical folk types with a little sense of humor how about “Me And My Friend” (with a very nice sense of the use of language getting a strong workout here). “Dance in the Night” and “Walking To The End Of The World ” deserve a listen but if you have only time to listen to one give a listen to “ What If Love Came Too Soon” then you will know why the old folk tradition like the blues is still in capable hands. This is an early CD (maybe his first?) and reflects a little unsureness about where he was at and a little showing off of the literary end of his work. That’s okay. We know from later experience that he has the goods.