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Valley Advocate, CD Review >>
Beyond the Pale describes itself as Jewish-Balkan twang, but in many ways the music is hard to define. It is fusion, where Jewish and Romanian folk songs, Yiddish poetry, Roma melodies and Serbian rhythms mix freely. The sounds are jazz, bluegrass and funk with accordion, clarinet, violin and cymbalom (a type of dulcimer). The group's chamber-style compositions are loose enough for improvisation. Their influences include old klezmer 78s, vocal scores and an unreleased cassette recording of '50s pianist Irving Fields, and their inspirations range from national and personal tragedies to a bombing in Belgrade and the loss of a brother. While the description sounds complicated, the music is simply beautiful. —Jennifer Burwell 06/18/09 >> go there
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