Zephyr in the Confetti Factory
© Copyright-Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder
(837101305686)
Record Label: Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder
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After years of being immersed in traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, and Bluegrass music, we decided to head into inventive territory with this album and stretch the limits of what a pair of instruments (violin and mandolin, or violin and 'cello) could produce.
We found that arranging material with such sparse instrumentation invited us to intertwine our melodic lines, create unusual harmonic tensions, and even get off-the-wall with our improvisations, while still paying homage to the dance tradition of the British Isles.
The source melodies are primarily famous session tunes from Scotland, Ireland, Brittany (France), Galecia (Spain), and Appalachia. We're pleased with the way we were able to render this material with our own personality--influenced by hints of classical refinement and ethnic music from around the world.
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This is brilliance
author: Cedar Bough Saeji
I cannot stop listening to this CD, particularly "Old Man Elzic". Since I first saw Jamie and Ashley perform with Stanley Greenthal I've been meaning to buy their CD, I'm so thankful I finally did-- this CD is fresh, fun and full of brilliant arrangments. What a treat for my ears!
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Zephyr In A Confetti Factory
author: Judy Johnson
FANTASTIC CD! My husband and I fell in love with their music last summer when they played at Swannanoa Gathering. Their CD is a true reflection of their talent and spirit. We love them and the music they make!
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absolutely fantastic
author: melanie
We saw these two in a little out of the way concert. I was entralled by them. The way they play with eachother and off eachother is a treat to see. I can still see them playing when I listen to the cd. If you like celtic or violin you will enjoy this music.
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Irresistible whimsy and wistfulness- good on ya'!!
author: Julie Johnson, New Zealand
Listening to this album, I feel like a kid at the start of summer vacation: the music evokes the giddy promise of long, warm, lazy days of picking wild blackberries, digging for clams, building a secret lean'to under the canopy of a maple tree in full bloom. Ashley and Jamie bring such joy and energy to the music. You hear the unequivocal love they have for these tunes in their spirited playing and crisp arrangments, which are both carefree and carefully crafted. Particular favourites are the whimsies of Track 1 "Paddy, Jenny and the Boys" (get up and DANCE) and Track 7 "The Cuckoo and the Blackberry" and the wistfulness and yearning of Track 8 "Loudeac Round Dances."
Gorgeous, all of it. Get thee soon to Aotearoa!!
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