27 January 2010
By Lyov
In Pop
Dela Paji
The effects of two years of intensive touring are clear in !DelaDap’s second album. And staying true to the motto “Dela Dap” (Romani for “move your booty!”) several outstanding musicians from middle and eastern Europe were taking part in the further developement of the unique mixture of the !DelaDap sound:
Musical guests are among others the Russian “gypsy queen” Leonsia Erdenko and her trio known from her work with the #1 russian gypsy group Loyko. The brillant accordionist Martin Lubenov from Bulgaria also contributed some excellent passages as well as the Czech rooted producer and saxophonist Philip Noha (NOHA, Frank Popp Ensemble) from Collogne who had already worked with !DelaDap remixing the first single “Amaro Shavo”. The performances of singer Kiki Sauer and other musicians of the Berlin group “17 Hippies” bring more unique mixes to !Dela Dap....
Go To Listen
!Deladap, baile funk, balkan, Dela Paji, emusic, fusion festival, gypsy
20 November 2009
By Lyov
In Lounge, folk
19 November 2009
By Lyov
In Jazz, folk
Este Mundo
One of the more quirky but thoughtful albums of the year comes from a San Francisco band fronted by a multi-lingual singer who has a day job as a hospital doctor. Rupa Marya moves effortlessly between different musical styles and languages because she has spent much of her life crossing borders. After all, her parents are from India, she was born in San Francisco, but spent much of her life in southern France before returning to the west coast to study medicine. She started out playing in Bay Area clubs and cafes, but surely deserves to become something of a global celebrity thanks to her cheerfully cool and soulful vocals and ability to write songs that switch between Gypsy and Mexican styles, reggae, French chanson and Indian themes, with a dash of jazz and hip-hop thrown in – but without sounding forced. The songs are in Spanish and French (and just one in English) and her guitar work is matched by her five Fishes playing bass, drums, cello, accordion and trumpet. The result is a set that constantly switches direction. This is a band who sound even better playing live, and they’ll be back in the UK later this month....
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female vocalists, gypsy, indie, Rupa, Rupa & the April Fishes, the April Fishes, Une americaine a Paris, world folk
Ledisi
James Blunt
Gretchen Lieberum
Enzo Enzo
Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson
