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Some of these snippets have been found whilst trawling the web. If you know of any more mentions anywhere and from any date (although pre-school might be stretching it a bit) - then please send them to us either as an attachment or in the body of your email, to TheGreenMan@green-man-music.co.uk Please remember to mention the name/organisation of the reviewer, whether it was a CD or gig review, and the date.
 HIDDEN SECRET
Doug Peters [...] mixes a slightly progressive rock vocal style reminscient of Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson with some emotive guitar playing and song writing. Doug has been playing and writing for many years and his worldwide travels has meant he is something of a hidden secret in Hull's musical scene, grab the chance to see him live before he sets off for places and venues ranging from London, Edinburgh, Mexico and even further. Doug is also appearing on Radio Humberside's late licence show with David Reeves on the 4th July when he will be playing live and being interviewed about his varied and interesting life and muscial career so far.
(MUSIC HQ Press release 26th June 2006)
NICELY-WROUGHT
Doug Peters, from Hull, has been an occasional arrival over the last three years. He kicked off the final section of the night with a piece that was Spanish in both feel, and [...] language; nice imagery regarding a blue-green pick-up truck driven through the Sierra plains. Doug likes his folk, certainly, and his second track was the old tune of The Lowlands of Holland with some new words of his own making. "The Green Man comes from between the trees and he talks to me of that ancient lore", "repent, not ever, not even when I die". It was consummately played and sung [...} feel free to pass us the lyrics though, Doug. The last piece was another nice one, centred on the image of being 18, some time ago he says, and was another nicely-wrought folk piece ("I walked 18 miles and I knew that I was right").
- Scott Reilly at The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh
(OOTB Weekly Review, 13th May 2006)
WORTH CHECKING OUT
Came across a download pagan folk album today - Sacred Water by Doug Peters. [...] well worth checking out. [...] Those of you that know that I like some really weird/experimental music note that this is simply great singer/songwriter acoustic music - voice, guitar, drums and bit of keyboard.
(Hull Pagans, Music Reviews, May 2006)
LORE
There is an enduring link between folk music and the Pagan community. The direct communication of folk and its links to the land, history and nature make it a form that can express Pagan concepts effectively. Doug Peters is one such musician whose music shows a love of nature, an appreciation of our environment and the hidden spiritual mystery behind it. On his album he explores this through his self-written songs.
Doug's 'pagan folk' is subtle in its approach, indeed if you were not aware of this aspect for much of the album it is a conceptual undercurrent. It helps give the album a thematic cohesion and a sound that binds the songs together. The songs use acoustic guitar and percussion along with well integrated keyboards. Many songs also incorporate sound of the environment recorded vividly and interwoven carefully with the music.
Lyrically the songs explore the old gods and their relevance to us, their manifestation in nature, the qualities of fraternity and how lore informs our present existence. Doug's vocals remind of Perry Leopold and the arrangements sit somewhere between Gwydion and Clannad. We aren't pagans but enjoyed the album considerably as a contemplative work with excellent arrangements [...] he can count us as recently converted fans too!
(Woven Wheat Whispers, April 2006)
DIFFERENT GIFTS
" ... the conference drew to a close with superb and very different gifts of music & song from Damh the Bard and Doug Peters."
-John Mactintyre, The Pagan Federation
(DruidCon, Glasgow University Union, 23rd August 2003)
ALL-ROUNDER
"Later on in the evening, after we had all gone for our evening meal, was the eisteddfod, with two excellent bards, as well as impromptu poetry by Mad Mick, and anecdotes by several others. I really can recommend the music of Damh the Bard, whose stirring lines left the audience crying for more, and Doug Peters, whose music was well liked all round."
-Math Campbell
(DruidCon, Glasgow University Union, 23rd August 2003)
MAVERICK
"Picture a maverick storyteller singing to enchanted ears around a fire in the middle of a stone circle. This is Sacred Water. Doug Peters' acoustic dexterity - a daring blend of folk, Spanish and acoustic-rock guitar - might not shine until track 2, but the alluring textures of 'Spell' draw the listener in at once. Musically, each track has a circular feel - bridges/choruses are rare - "reminding me of the cycle of my destiny" (Samhain Song), while the self-conscious 'Scraper Days' is singularly appealing as a simple portrait of a friendship immortalised. Cactus Night Movement's swan song 'Nomad' recalls to mind THAT scene from Deliverance with its furious dancing across the strings. Aptly so, for Sacred Water, with its pervasive spirituality, documents a cry for deliverance from something you're not even sure you want to lose - especially if carrying this cross (Scraper Days) produces such refreshingly exquisite acoustic-folk music as this."
- Lou Hare reviewing 'Sacred Water' CD
('Musician' Magazine, April 2003 Issue)
LIKE MACBETH
His first song, “The Magician” [...] Evoking a world of fairies, magic and thieves stepping out into the night, it concluded “A true magician’s power lies in these six steel strings”. Prog-folk if ever I heard it (which I haven’t very often, I am sorry to say). More of an introduction than a fully-fledged song, this was followed by Sarah’s Song, another helping of imaginative storytelling and impressive playing on Doug’s brand new, jumbo-sized guitar. Leaving the best till last, Doug gave us “Samhain Song” , named after the Celtic festival that coincides with Halloween. Over a spare backing of atmospheric chord changes and drumming on his guitar, Doug unfolded a story full of striking images. “Ghosts reach out their bloody hands”, “it reminds me of the cycle of my destiny”, “take my branch from me” [sic]: it is like Macbeth in song form, full of menace and symbolism.
- Andy Thompson at The Waverley Bar, Edinburgh
(OOTB Weekly Review, 19th June 2003)
RESPLENDENT
" ... up-tempo, folk-tinged songs [...] some fine hammering-on, the lyrics perhaps veering towards acoustic 'Zep style. Resplendent in his gold brocade-trimmed waistcoat/shirt [...] lead lines traded with strums on the green guitar "
- Nelson at The Waverley Bar, Edinburgh
(OOTB Weekly Review, 31st July 2003)
AN UNEXPECTED TREAT
"Doug Peters comes from a lyrical, storytelling background with neat arrangements backing these songs. Titles [...] suggest prog rock but the lyrics actually convey something [...] It’s more ‘prog-folk’ His last was a love song though the line ‘you fit me in between your shifts/when you had nothing else to do’ suggests it wasn’t all a bed of roses. His break into Spanish during the last verse was an unexpected treat. "
- James Igoe at The Waverley Bar, Edinburgh
(OOTB Weekly Review, 10th July 2003)
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