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"Looking Through Jacky Tar's Window" - A collection of Defenestration CD reviews.
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".. Defenestration is a whirlwind of Celtic, Rock, Alternative and Dance influences..."
The Package Livescene Review, Wellington, Dec 2002: One you get reeling around Bodega's dance
floor to a set from Jacky Tar you are a drowned and grinning whisky rat. Jacky Tar undoubtedly makes hip,
funky rock n' roll originals out of traditional Irish, Scottish and English folk songs. Their Celtic roots
can quench a mead lovers thirst. ... read more
Dominion Post, Wellington, November 2002: Jacky Tar is back from 4 months touring Europe and it is as
if the band has never been away; its infectious melding of Celtic, rock, pop, folk and almost
every other musical genre fills Bodega. ... read more
Daily News New Plymouth, April 2002: What did the Scotsman and the Irishman say to three Kiwis?
No, it's not a joke. Apparently they must have said words to the effect of 'Let's form a band' and almost
in the same breath 'and let's not leave anything out!'. ... read more
NZ Musician, February/March 2002: Gaelic dub, Irish groove, call it what you will, it's Jacky Tar,
the most bottom heavy traditional group in the land. ...read more
NZ Musician, Feb 2002: Jacky Tar's stonking good repertoire of hook-laden songs and funky rifts in their latest
album shows them streets ahead of your average Celtic pub band. ...read more
'Rip It Up', Feb 2002: Billed as Funkin' Celticisms from New Zealand, one way to describe these musical magpie
would be jack of all trades but masters of the traditional and modern Celtic sound. ...read more
FRoots magazine, UK Dec 2001: Their second album Defenestration is a whirlwind of Celtic, Rock, Alternative and Dance influences
with one eye on the cerebral and the other hitting the intellectual. ...read more...
Salient Magazine review, October 2001: Jacky Tar have long transcended the typical "Irish Band" label - for full proof look no further than this
album, the group's second, but first "professional effort" if you like. ...read more
Capital Times, Wed 21 November 2001, 4 Stars: DEFENESTRATION means to throw someone out of a Window. How
that relates to this high energy mix of Celtic music, rap, funk and rock is anybody's guess. ...read more
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