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When Duhks fly again: August

(NO DEPRESSION.NET) -- The Canadian sometime-stringband the Duhks, now referring to themselves a punk-folk act, will release their fourth album, Fast Paced World, August 12 on Sugar Hill. This will be their first release with Sarah Dugas on lead vocals, replacing Jessee Havey.

The album was produced by Jay Joyce (Bela Fleck, Tim O'Brien) in his basement studio in Nashville. The present Duhks lineup includes Dugas, Leonard Podolak (clawhammer banjo), Tania Elizabeth (fiddle, mandolin), Jordan McConnel (guitar), and Sarah's brother Christian Dugas, a worldbeat drummer who has been added to the lineup.

Hints to the album's sound include a French pop song ("Toujours Vouloir"), what is described as a scratchy soul meditation on the venerable topical folksong, "Mighty Storm," about the 1900 Galveston flood, and "Sleeping Is All I Wanna Do." Plus what is decribed as the soundtrack of the weirdest 1930s Marlene Dietrich film, "This Fall."

The Duhks have also gone green with a new website (www.greenduhks.com).

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