Raasche & Alan Mills - Raasche and Alan Mills Sing Jewish Folk Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From performances at WWII military hospitals to the musical stages of New York, Raasche has brought a Inchpassion and sincerity to her interpretations of Hebrew and Yiddish folk melodiesInch that has garnered her accolades throughout the world. In Jewish Folk Songs of Europe, she expresses her Inchpenchant for authenticity in styling, text and instrumentationInch by presenting songs in precisely the manner sung by her parents and grandparents.

Has there ever been a band more underrated than The Beau Brummels? Their body of work stands up to many of their more celebrated peers (country rock, for one, is almost unimaginable without albums like Bradley's Barn and Triangle). Thus, the 1975 reappearance of The Beau Brummels in their original line-up for the first time since their 1965 debut Introducing the Beau Brummels was momentous indeed. The eponymous record that resulted, produced by Ted Templeman and Lenny Waronker, still stands as one of the greatest InchreunionInch albums in rock history, featuring fine songwriting from Ron Elliott and vocal work by Sal Valentino in a classy update of the Brummels' trademark folk and country-tinged style. However, bassist Ron Meagher left before the album was finished, and the band's subsequent touring failed to connect the record in the marketplace, and so The Beau Brummels has never been accorded the attention it deserved. However, time for a reassessment is nigh. Because this new expanded edition features pristine remastered audio and no less than a baker's dozen unreleased demos, alternates and outtakes from the album sessions recently located in the Warner Bros. #tag vaults. Reissue producer Alec Palao has worked closely with the surviving Brummels in shaping this , and tells the full story of it's evolution with an extensive essay inside the illustrated package. Available on CD and a two-LP orange vinyl pressing!

Rarely does and album come along that is so multi-faceted that it can duly incite the listener and honestly bewitch the critcs. Kid Icarus' 5th full length does just that before you can comprehend it's subtle complexities. Be My Echo doesn't make the customary 'indie rock nods' but rather clutches the whimsy of Robyn Hitchcock and Syd Barrett yet regrounds with a direct gaze similar to Lou Reed. It also manages to charm the listener with it's confounding instrumental passages that recall Love, Bevis Frond, and Can. An album that utilizes chiming 12 string guitars, echo-box harmonica, and vocal melodies to maximum effect!