Re: Charming Hostess

[Corey Marc Fogel <mecorey...>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Ari Davidow wrote:

> I've just begun listening to an album by an Oakland, CA group
> called "Charming Hostess." Gideon Aronoff also wrote about them
> in his Forverts article last month. Although they mostly sing/play

> I'll write more about it on the klezmer shack once I know the album
> better, but it is very seldom that I am so blown away by an initial
> listening that I wanted to pass the word on.

this album is very amazing. sometimes the textures could be richer, because
alot of times its just violin and vocals up towards the higher register, and
then the rhythm section. they use an accordion live though. There is a page
about them linked from their record label's main page http://www.vacrec.com 
The members are involved in lots of different musical projects, one of them
including clarinetist Ben Goldberg's (New Klezmer Trio) jewish/free jazz cd on
the Avant label, "called 12 Minor"