Lounge Suite Tango (Armchair) Despite the shared suffix can any two instruments be more dissimilar than the sousaphone and vibraphone? The former suggests some lumbering earth god and the latter is all flitting notes and air. That both happily cohabit in the Umbrellas says much about this little orchestra and…
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Crème de la Crème (Silvox) This album may surprise the many admirers that Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem has attracted across her numerous Australian tours. Best known as a superlative interpreter of Brel, Van Hautem here ranges across quite startlingly diverse material: try Wild Is The Wind and Moon River…
Dallendyshe (ECM) Although singer Elina Duni was only 10 when she left Albania for Switzerland it is her homeland’s music that fuels her mature artistry. Duni’s expatriate status gives her the luxury of distance in the way she approaches the traditional songs, while also imbuing her performances with a compelling…