Deep River of Song: Georgia [Original recording remastered] Review

To a certain extent, in terms of historical purposes, I feel that almost all the Lomax recordings are essential documents. Having said that, they all attain various degrees of musical success. What I mean is, some you'll want to hear over and over again, and others you'll feel you can do without.
This is one of my favorite discs in the Deep River Of Song Series.
I have noticed that this website doesn't bring up every disc in this series with just a "Deep River Of Song" search. In the interest of helping people find these discs here, I'll name every other disc in the series.
South Carolina
Bahamas 1935
Bahamas 1935 Volume 2
Mississippi: The Blues Lineage
Mississippi: Saints and Sinners
Black Texicans
Big Brazos
Black Appalachia
Virginia and the Piedmont
Alabama
Now, onto Georgia. First and foremost, this disc is an essential purchase for Blind Willie McTell fans. From a handful of excellent performances to some commentary and small interviews interlaced with the music, he once again displays his full wealth of musical and emotional power. Just hearing him talk about parents in the fields singing during the old days will be enough to get you all choked up.
There are also a couple good tracks of some of the music from one of the Georgia Sea Islands.
If you are wondering which few discs to pick and choose from the Deep River Of Song series, I would definitely recommend this be one of the ones you choose to buy.

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Dead Man Walking [Soundtrack, Import] Review

This isn't exactly a review of the Dead Man Walking Soundtrack -- you can find that under one of the other listings for that CD.Rather, it's a Eddie Vedder/PJ-centric review of this particular Legacy Edition version of the CD.The Legacy Edition of the Dead Man Walking Soundtrack is a bit different in that it includes Eddie Vedder's "Dead Man," which was originally left off the original soundtrack (and the movie) because it conflicted with Bruce Springsteen's eponymous tune.Not exactly a reason to go out and buy this CD, since "Dead Man" can already be found on PJ's "Lost Dogs" album.Likewise, while the Vedder duets with undisputed master of Quawali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, "Face of Love" and "Long Road" are pretty awesome, the complete extended versions are on the Dead Man Walking Score (not soundtrack), along with some other tunes featuring Nusrat, so you should buy that instead.

The reason to buy this Legacy Edition package is that it includes a DVD of the "Not in Our Name" charity concert denouncing capital punishment at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1998.Politics aside, the concert includes Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett (accompanied by cellist John Hagen), Ani DiFranco and then a very cool set by Eddie Vedder with Jeff Ament, John Densmore (from the Doors), David Robbins (Tim Robbins' brother, who did the movie score), along with Nusrat's nephew, Rahat Nusret Fateh Ali Khan and Dildar Hussain (on tabla).Nusrat died in early 1998, so couldn't make it here, and the acoustic mini-set by Vedder and Co. is something of a tribute concert.First, Vedder plays the Cat Stevens tune, "Trouble," a nice plaintive tune with Ed on vocals and acoustic guitar.Pretty cool.Then he does "Dead Man" with Jeff (who's on acoustic bass) -- this is such a great song and apparently one of PJ's favorites.Finally they sit down with the rest of the players for "Long Road" and "Face of Love."Everybody's pretty chill, sitting cross-legged out on a rug spread onstage, and the group tunes have great interplay between Rahat and Eddie.Eddie's even doing the Nusrat parts near the end.Of course, Rahat is no Nusrat, so it's not quite as good as the score, but it's live and pretty inspired.Parts of the mini-set used to be available on YouTube, but no more -- someone from Sony must have gotten upset -- so here's where to go for the music and the footage.

Ed clearly revered Nusrat and was influenced by his singing (e.g., "Arc" on 'Riot Act'), and it's a pity they didn't have the chance to collaborate more.But this gives you some idea of the potential, and this 30 minutes of music was well worth the (used) price I paid for the soundtrack.

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Afro-American Blues and Game Songs Review

This is possibly the worst transfer of data into digital format that I have ever heard.I have a 30 year old copy of this album on vinyl that I carefully recorded in MP3 format.The quality of this home recording maintains the fidelity of the original recording infinitely better than this CD.I bought the CD hoping for a better digital format, not worse.I am sending back this opened and played CD to Amazon.com today.Let's see how they respond to a return that is based soley on the fact that it is an incredibly inferior product.One final note.The music of the original recording will make any effort you take to find one of the older vinyls well worth your effort.

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Salvatore Adamo en Chile [Live][Import] Review

If you whant 1 cd from Adamo, thats the one you have to get. You're live in de stade de Chile while playing this music.

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Blue's [Import] Review

The Blue's album ment Zucchero's breakthrough in Italy and certain parts of Europe, it's a nice mixture of rock, soul and a touch of blues. The cd contains many now Zucchero-classics like the original version of Senza una Donna, Con le mani, Pippo, Hey Man and the beautiful Hai Scelto Me. If you like this album you might also want to buy the '95 Spirito DiVino album and the '01 Shake album (featuring a duet with the late John Lee Hooker)!

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Metropolis [Import] Review

How many times we italians who leave in the States are disgusted by the the stuff they sell here as "italian music"? Tired of mandolins from Neaples? Bothered by "Oh sole mio" and "Volare"? Do you want something more than the usual pummarola-music, "facciamoci quattro spaghi, sei italiano dunque mafioso, la pizza si mangia con sopra l'ananas" etc... Here you have Guccini at his best, an experienced musician, a novelist and wine drinker in the "Osterie" (bolognese pubs) all the time. Listen to "Venezia", "Bologna", "Bisanzio", "Black-out"... Juicy! Probably his best album.

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La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae [Import] Review

I heard this recording in a shop on a Friday evening a couple of years ago. I listened for a couple of minutes and I bought it then and there. This is a very unusual Early Music recording.

Instead of the usual polite and rather staid Tarantellas we often hear on recordings of Italian folk music today, this is wild and untamed music, much more suited to dancing tarantula venom out of one's system!

Christina Pluhar's L'Arpeggiata ensemble includes: three singers, 2 Baroque harps, theorbo, 4 Baroque guitars, 2 archlutes, colascione (a kind of lute), 3 "chitarra battente", psaltery, lirone, viola da gamba, cornamuse and percussion. The sounds are very rich and colourful.

The singers, Marco Beasley, Lucilla Galeazzi and Alfio Antico, sing with great verve and "naturalness" - Marco Beasley, for instance, is a tenor, but he doesn't let himself get too bogged down by his Classical technique here. This is music with a Folk origin and everyone concerned with this recording seems to have kept that in mind. The result is full of energy, colour (as I said) and rhythmical energy.

I cannot describe the music on display here, it defies description. However, take my word for it, this is a great recording and I think you will find it as fascinating as it is entertaining.

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Zucchero & Co. [Box set, Import] Review

If I were stranded on a desert island with only 10 CDs, this is definitely one of the CDs that would be with me.Zucchero may not have made it big in the States, but the list of performers who want to do duets with him of HIS music, not theirs, is so dazzling it leaves one speechless.Zucchero is a musician that other musicians listen to, and that speaks volumes.Trying to select a favorite piece on here is almost an impossibility, but I'll give it a try.Diavolo in Me with soul, R&B, and gospel godfather Solomon Burke borders is almost a religious experience.What a Wonderful World, Cosi` Celeste, Balia Morena all get under my skin and stay there.

Seeing the performances on the DVD is exhilirating as well.Again Solomon Burke just shines, even while confined tohis throne.His duet with his daughter is also charming.

If you like good music, whether or not you understand the lyrics, this collection is literally a must have.

Ironically the day after I recieved this collection, I learned from a mutual friend in Italy that I know Zucchero's current drummer.That makes listening to him even better.

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Alan Lomax Collection Sampler Review

If you've never heard of Alan Lomax, this CD is a great place to start, with bits and pieces of several collections of his field recordings. It touches down in Spain, Italy, the British Isles, the Carribbean, the deep South, the Appalachians, and a few other places, too. But keep in mind that it is a *sampler* album. Many of the tracks are faded out well before the end of the song in order to fit so much onto one CD. Think of it as a catalog: if you hear something you like, you figure out which of the other CDs it's from and go buy it so you can hear the rest. It's fun to listen to by itself, too.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [Soundtrack, Content/Copy-Protected CD] Review

AMAZING soundtrack. of course, everyone is complaining that Staralfur by Sigur Ros is not included.

well, it is available, LEGALLY, for FREE as an mp3 download at an indie music site called epitonic.

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I Successi Di Adamo, Vol. 1 [Import] Review

With one of the most expressive voices of our age, this extraordinary singer/songwriter has been delighting me for decades. I bought my first Adamo in 1970, because of the face on the cover. I figured anyone with so much sensitivity and beauty in his eyes had to be a great singer, and great he is.
I love this Italian language CD because of my fondness for "Non Voglio Nascondermi"...it also has translations of some of his most popular songs. The classic, "Inch Allah", "Amo" ("J'aime"), "Affida una Lacrima al Vento" ("Une Larme aux Nuages"), etc. Though born in Italy, he usually sings in French, and if you haven't heard Adamo before, I recommend getting a CD in French first, which seems to be the language he's most comfortable in, but for those of us who are die hard fans, this is the only collection that has " Non Voglio Nascondermi" in it, and that makes it a must to own !

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Collection [Box set, Import] Review

Poor chioce of songs and arrangements...Too "Jazzy"...The albums are trying to be American instead of sticking to the proven Italian sound...Claudio should stick to what he does best and stay with singing inthe Italian Romanza form.

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Library of Congress Collection: Afro-American Blues and Game Songs [Original recording remastered] Review

This is possibly the worst transfer of data into digital format that I have ever heard.I have a 30 year old copy of this album on vinyl that I carefully recorded in MP3 format.The quality of this home recording maintains the fidelity of the original recording infinitely better than this CD.I bought the CD hoping for a better digital format, not worse.I am sending back this opened and played CD to Amazon.com today.Let's see how they respond to a return that is based soley on the fact that it is an incredibly inferior product.One final note.The music of the original recording will make any effort you take to find one of the older vinyls well worth your effort.

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Völker hört die Signale: Lieder der Europäischen Arbeiterbewegung Review

'Songs of the European Workers' Movement' is an excellent collection ofworkers' songs from European Union countries. Each song is individual,being performed by singers and musicians from its country of origin. Thestyles vary from the solo ballad of France's 'Les Temps des Cerises' to thebrass band and choir of Ireland's 'Watchword of Labour'. 'L'Internationale'features in its full French version and in German as 'Die Internationale'.The rendition of all these songs is a delightful contrast to themilitaristic 'workers' songs' characteristic of the former Soviet Bloc.

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Radici [Import] Review

The sick vice of Italian songwriting is pretentiousness, the hope that by merely mixing together bundles of portentous words and images you will turn out to sound like the love-child of Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan.What sets Francesco Guccini quite aside is that he manages it; that this former high school teacher of Italian literature, who really does know poetry and writing, manages it with apparent effortless, writing the best lyrics I have read in any language, setting it to superb tunes, and singing it with a powerful, distinctively masculine voice.His triumph is the more remarkable in that his politics, as expressed in "La Locomotiva" here, are abominable, and his view of the world somewhat confused."La Locomotiva" is nothing less than a hymn to terrorism; but try and not get swept along by the power of the images, the pace, the passion.Even more majestic is "La canzone dei mesi", in which he gives a lyrical description of the months of the year that shows his grounding in the poetry of his ancestors.What to say?All the songs are magnificent.They survive the test of being sung as he often does - sitting on a chair with an acoustic guitar and a glass of wine, and NO BACK-UP whatever.But there is a special place in my heart for the heart-stopping tale of an old man and a child, "Il Vecchio e il Bambino", and how they communicate or fail to.One of the greatest singers in the world, at the height of his powers.

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Zucchero [Super Audio CD - DSD][Import] Review

Discovered Zucchero on American cable system featuring RAI (Italian television station); we started buying his CDs and swiftly became hooked.Charming and gritty like a sexy Cocker, his words envelope you while hismelodies send you around the world. 'Sugar' sings in both Italian &English (switches back and forth from line to line sometimes) -- softsultry ballads, swooning r&b, and he can also rock pretty hard.If youlove music you'll adore Zucchero!

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Zucchero [Import] Review

Discovered Zucchero on American cable system featuring RAI (Italian television station); we started buying his CDs and swiftly became hooked.Charming and gritty like a sexy Cocker, his words envelope you while hismelodies send you around the world. 'Sugar' sings in both Italian &English (switches back and forth from line to line sometimes) -- softsultry ballads, swooning r&b, and he can also rock pretty hard.If youlove music you'll adore Zucchero!

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Southern Journey, Vol. 13: Earlist Times - Georgia Sea Island Songs For Everyday Living Review

This is absolutely amazing.To hear "authentic" African-American spirituals lend a true appreciation for the creations that were made so long ago.These works are as distinct as they are educational.I know each work by memory and have no problem in promoting their righteous place upon American music. Brava!

Dr. PT Burns

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Onda [Enhanced] Review

Much of Fiamma Fumana's music is founded upon Northern Italian traditional folk music, with many a nod to Scottish folk music as well. FF seasons these traditional sounds and themes with contemporary ideas - for example, waiting around in airports between flights, in "Check In" - and modern sounds - perhaps most notably, Medhin Paolos's electronica, which is laced throughout their albums; but also Lisa Kant's vocals, which sometimes strike a traditional, soulful stance, just as they at other times strike a modern rock pose. It is this amalgam of the traditional and the modern which is FF's defining characteristic.

Onda is a superb album. Lisa's vocals display remarkable virtuosity on each and every song. She simply has a beautiful voice, at times gentle and soothing, at other times, bursting with good-natured energy.Another distinctive feature of FF music is the often unexpected and delightful presence of Alberto Cottica's piano and acoustic guitar, which are often subtly interlaced throughout the electronica. Lady Jessica's pipes and whistles and Alberto's accordion are also defining sounds.

I mentioned before that Onda is bursting with good-natured energy. Let me add that this characteristic is indeed one of the things that makes this album so much fun: it is genuinely upbeat. While it is in many ways "modern" music, there is nothing cynical about it. On the contrary, it is a celebration of human perseverance, comradery, and talent. These latter items define FF's philosophy. If you read around on their website, it becomes very clear that these are very smart, good, and talented people who want to preserve great music, along with an emotional connection with the past, but who also want to bring these traditions forward to effect positive change in the here and now. If this all seems too heady, don't worry: this album is extraordinarily danceable and sing-along-able. Anyone with half a soul won't be able to resist smiling and tapping a toe. (Side note: For anyone who has seen FF live, their studio albums are NOT a letdown. I saw them play in Bloomington IN back in '06, and immediately purchased all their albums, and have not been disappointed by a single track. For anyone who has not seen them live, do so if you can - they're amazing.)

One more thing: If you listen to some Fiamma Fumana and like it, do an Amazon search for "Contatto." "Contatto" is Lisa Kant's remarkable solo album; but since it features her Fiamma Fumana cohorts providing instrumentation, hearing it is almost like discovering a lost FF album. See my review.

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Fiamma Fumana Mixes Electronic and Contemporary Grooves with Traditional and Pop Music.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home Review

Words fail to describe this incredibly powerful album.I've had a copy since the 60's, and still have an unopened LP copy in my "vault" (along with the first Roberty Johnson LP). Luckily, I don't have todescribe the power of the music - you can click on the samples, and hearfor yourself.
Reams of praise have been heaped on this album, and everyword has been an understatement.
If you have any interest whatever inAmerican folk music or in blues or jazz, you either have a copy of this orshould get one. This is the absolute peak of Lomax's years of collecting.
Incredibly clean sound for the 40's, all well recorded, musically superbpieces, each a perfect gem of its kind, preserving some of the oldest andbest of American music, done by some of the finest singers you've neverheard of.
You will listen to this again and again.

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"These songs belong to the musical tradition which Africans brought to the New World, but they are also as American as the Mississippi River. They were born out of the very rock and earth of this country, as black hands broke the soil, moved, reformed it, and rivers of stinging sweat poured upon the land under the blazing heat of Southern skies, and are mounted upon the passion that this struggle with nature brought forth. They tell us the story of the slave gang, the sharecropper system, the lawless work camp, the chain gang, the pen." --Alan LomaxThis is a reissue of Alan Lomax's legendary album Negro Prison Songs in its entirety. A complete CD of previously unissued material from the same field recordings is also available: Prison Songs Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?

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Caribbean Voyage: Martinique [Original recording remastered] Review

an invaluable document and resource, a variety of ensembles that allows for perspective on the genre.Great spirited music that sheds light on the Creole influence in early New Orleans Jazz.Taken by itself it is a pleasure to listen to.

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Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity Review

Of all the myriad Christmas albums available, this gem stands out as one of the finest.The Cambridge Singers cement their place as one of the world's finest choral groups and John Rutter's beautifully writtenChristmas musictruly captures the meaning and wonder ofthe season.Ifyou had to own only one Christmas abum, this would be a wonderful choice.
The recording is warm and reverberant, with good depth and space, marredonly by a certain amount of vocal siblance.The best recorded of all theRutter Christmas albums to date. I cannot recommend the disc highlyenough.

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An incredible collection of 22 carols, old and new, including I Wonder As I Wander, Away In A Manger, O Tannenbaum, and In Dulci Jubilo. "In the field of choral Christmas CDs, Christmas Night shines brightest of all."David Vernier - Classics Today

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Sounds of the South [Box set] Review

This is the greatest collection of American music I have ever found.

James


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Around the World Review

In Jose's so called "Autumn" of his carreer he has never failed to amaze me. Around The World features several different types of songs that convey Jose's fondness of the world in which we all live. This is evident in songs like "Wind Of Change" featuring a duet with Klaus Meine (from The Scorpions), "Kawa No Nagare No Yoni" from Japan, "Vurria" from Italy, & "Hine E Hine" from New Zealand. You are not going to hear Jose belt out high c's on this one. What you are going to hear is Jose sing, with his golden velvet voice, evergreens of love and passion. In my opinion Jose sounds every bit as fresh and in command with his voice as he did in the late 80's and early 90's. This is a must for all who love Jose and enjoy great singing from the soul.

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Total Classics Review

Nice eclectic collection - Russel Watson presentation of NellaFantasia using guitar interlude instead of traditional oboe is special piece.

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2-CD compilation featuring the greatest stars including Bond, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Pavarotti, The Three Tenors, Sarah Brightman and many others. Decca. 2004.

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Italian Love Songs Review

Fell in love with this beautiful romantic music. my friend translated some of the songs for me. i was in awe of the beauty of this wonderful collection. Thank you!

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Southern Journey, Vol. 5: Bad Man Ballads - Songs Of Outlaws And Desperadoes Review

Alan Lomax recorded these folk songs during the late 1950's in people's houses and in prisons.Incredible to have recordings of prisoners singing to the beat of their axe strokes as they work.Housework seems lessmundane when doing it with this music on.Wide range of music representedhere, but many of the songs in this volume are concerned with crime,especially murder, and prison life.Two (actually three) great versions ofPo' Lazarus, and an interesting John Henry.I would have given it 5 starsexcept there's 1 track I hate and two others I don't care for.That leaves14 great tracks.

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1.0 [Enhanced][Import] Review

As worldbeat continues to spread and diversify, it's really refreshing to come across something not only new and original, but captivating as well.As far as I know, this is the first group to take traditional Italian folk songs and fuse them with dance electronics.Rather than being just another entry in the often tired worldbeat arena, this album sings, pops, bounces, and sparkles.The female vocalist, Fiamma, is excellent, and the musicians with her are equally as talented.
As is true with the most sophisticated and skilled worldbeat practitioners, the group does not limit themselves to their native melodies and instruments.Inspiration is drawn from sources as diverse as Finland and the Celtic world.Aside from programming and keyboards, instruments include accordion, tin whistle, bouzouki, and uillean pipes.
This is a top-notch release!

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Onda [Enhanced, Import] Review

Much of Fiamma Fumana's music is founded upon Northern Italian traditional folk music, with many a nod to Scottish folk music as well. FF seasons these traditional sounds and themes with contemporary ideas - for example, waiting around in airports between flights, in "Check In" - and modern sounds - perhaps most notably, Medhin Paolos's electronica, which is laced throughout their albums; but also Lisa Kant's vocals, which sometimes strike a traditional, soulful stance, just as they at other times strike a modern rock pose. It is this amalgam of the traditional and the modern which is FF's defining characteristic.

Onda is a superb album. Lisa's vocals display remarkable virtuosity on each and every song. She simply has a beautiful voice, at times gentle and soothing, at other times, bursting with good-natured energy.Another distinctive feature of FF music is the often unexpected and delightful presence of Alberto Cottica's piano and acoustic guitar, which are often subtly interlaced throughout the electronica. Lady Jessica's pipes and whistles and Alberto's accordion are also defining sounds.

I mentioned before that Onda is bursting with good-natured energy. Let me add that this characteristic is indeed one of the things that makes this album so much fun: it is genuinely upbeat. While it is in many ways "modern" music, there is nothing cynical about it. On the contrary, it is a celebration of human perseverance, comradery, and talent. These latter items define FF's philosophy. If you read around on their website, it becomes very clear that these are very smart, good, and talented people who want to preserve great music, along with an emotional connection with the past, but who also want to bring these traditions forward to effect positive change in the here and now. If this all seems too heady, don't worry: this album is extraordinarily danceable and sing-along-able. Anyone with half a soul won't be able to resist smiling and tapping a toe. (Side note: For anyone who has seen FF live, their studio albums are NOT a letdown. I saw them play in Bloomington IN back in '06, and immediately purchased all their albums, and have not been disappointed by a single track. For anyone who has not seen them live, do so if you can - they're amazing.)

One more thing: If you listen to some Fiamma Fumana and like it, do an Amazon search for "Contatto." "Contatto" is Lisa Kant's remarkable solo album; but since it features her Fiamma Fumana cohorts providing instrumentation, hearing it is almost like discovering a lost FF album. See my review.

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