the duhks

Last Saturday I spent the night in Raleigh after one of the greatest concerts I have ever been too, The Duhks. I hadn't heard of them until last semester when my friends from Ashville were going on and on about this folk band. My one friend had seen them open for another band and got their cd. I heard it, fell in love, and they are amazing in concert.
The lead singer is phenomenal; her and her brother, who is the drumer, are French Canadian. So one of their songs is completely in french(a language I much admire... but kind of fail at). They have a fiddle player. I will be the first to admit that I'm not overly excited about fiddles; they have a good sound and are like basses to me, essential but not a main sound. But no, the fiddler was amazing, she could make such amazing sounds come out of her instrument. It makes me want to play the fiddle(almost). The banjo player was halarious to watch; he had crazy, curly hair and glasses and bounced around alot.
sometimes at concerts, especially small ones like the berkley cafe, they can ramp up the sound so it just loud and overbearing(kind of how it was for the band that opened for the duhks). But not for the duhks, their sound is just so pure and the lyrics deep. Its amazing; I'm in awe. I suggest that anyone that like music, real music, listen to them, especially their fast-paced world cd(that one's my favorite right now).