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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
Nienke has recovered well, and before we drive to Graz next week in our new Harmony Van we decided to do an 'unofficial' concert to give Nienke a chance to loosen her fingers and tonsils again.
CafÈ De Zaaier, famous for its huge collection of the typical Dutch drink 'Jenever'. Come and party with us, have a Jenever or maybe even better, a Guinness!
Saturday February 9, 10 PM 
You are all very welcome to come and party with us on Saturday 9 February in the most cosy café in Gelderland: Cafe De Zaaier, Herenstraat 33, Wageningen! We'll start playing around 22:00, entrance is free, so don't hesitate and have a Guinness with us!
Check our agenda online for detailed information and directions.
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Streaming Tunes Review by NetRythms |
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
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This review comes from the UK music website NetRythms.co.uk
Ever heard Irish traditional music played by a Dutch folk band? Well, that's just one part of the stock-in-trade of this inventive young five-piece based in the Netherlands, whose lineup sports fiddle, banjo, guitars, double bass and bodhrán/tarabuka (with a soupçon of clarinet). Then again, any record that starts out with Grieg's famous Morning (from the Peer Gynt incidental music) done out as an Irish reel ought to deserve more than a cursory listen - but the rest of the disc (the group's second CD) is actually pretty persuasive too. Harmony Glen may however be thought a slightly misleading name for a band who specialise not in vocal harmony but in well-turned and relaxed (albeit harmonious in their own way) instrumental sets - but in the extensive booklet-note to the song of that name, we learn that their Harmony Glen is more of a mysterious sanctuary. Anyway, the instrumental tracks tend on balance to favour Irish forms, with the odd Swedish tune also finding its way into the mix at times - although several of the individual pieces are compositions by group members (singer/percussionist Vincent Pompe Van Meerdervoort and banjoist/guitarist Sjoerd Van Ravenzwaaij) - and there's more than an occasional dash of klezmer and jazz thrown in for good measure. Having said that, six of the 12 tracks are actually songs rather than instrumentals, and these are an appealing collection overall: three are self-penned (one by Vincent, one by Sjoerd with singer Nienke and one by all three), a rather strange interpretation of Cyril Tawney's Chicken On A Raft and two self-arranged traditionals - Rocking The Cradle and an interestingly unusual take on House Carpenter). There's enough energetic individuality and independent thought in evidence on this album to ensure it's worth seeking out.
David Kidman
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Streaming Tunes Review Folkiger Rundbrief |
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
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Another Streaming Tunes review from Germany. We're working on the translation to English, for now the German version: Erstklassiger Irish Folk aus den Niederlanden Dieses Album war der Grund dafür, dass ich im Folker! 06.07 die CD „Fame and Fortune” von Chris Simmance nur als Kurzschluss besprach, denn ich hatte schon zwei CDs von Chris länger besprochen, eine von Harmony Glen mit dem Titel „Before Dawn“ im Folker! 05.06 aber nur kurz, obwohl schon diese mir sehr gut gefallen hatte. Harmony Glen sind eine Irish Folk Band aus Wageningen in den Niederlanden. Sie spielen und singen gleichermaßen gut, wobei die Instrumentals wirklich feine, aber auch mitreißende und groovige Tunes sind, die sie mit Concertina, Fiddle, Gitarre, Banjo, Kontrabass und Löffeln, Bodhrán und Tarabuka in der Rhythmusabteilung vortragen. Walzer, Jigs und Reels, aber auch mal was Schwedisches zwischendurch, darunter einige Eigenkompositionen der Bandmitglieder. Das alles ist so meisterhaft gespielt, dass sie sich hinter den besten „echten keltischen“ Bands nicht verstecken brauchen. Besonders genial erscheint mir der Set „Kickin’ a Cuckoo“, der besonders jazzig oder ragtimig daher kommt, so wie sich vielleicht amerikanischer Irish Folk in den 1930ern angehört haben mag. Es gibt auch ein paar langsamere Tunes, so „Sunrise in Somerset“ und auch die Lieder sind ruhiger, im Balladentempo gehalten, so auch das den Bandnamen gebende Lied „Harmony Glen“, und werden von Vincent und von Sjoerd van Ravenzwaaji gesungen. Sie sind schön, ja, aber die Instrumentals sind in ihrer sehr gelungenen Verbindung von Tempo und Filigranität die eigentliche Stärke der Band. |
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