Few artists have reflected on the shocking riots around and in the Capitol during President Biden's nomination on January 6, 2021. Mike Scott, the animated leader of The Waterboys (actually he is the band) performs it like a Shakespearean royal drama in his song The Liar: "Watching all this, the liar stood clad in his cloak of victimhood. Scott is again in usual good form on All Souls Hill. This
… Irish-British troubadour never seems to be short of inspiration or words. In the nine-minute country song Passing Through, the storyteller in him even gets loose and Bob Dylan is never far away. All Souls Hill offers a fine collection of personal and committed songs. Never averse to production bombast or pretension, but that is precisely The Waterboys' strength. (MR)more
