FolkWorld Issue 38 03/2009
First one by a more than interesting band from Sweden called the Katzen kapell. Before I heard the CD I guessed it would be a klezmer/Yiddish kind of CD. How wrong I was! This sextet impresses me with a good mixture of tango, classical, jazz and rock related music. Six original tracks, over forty minutes of passionate cross-over music with a central role for Catharina Backman on the accordion and Eva Lindal on the violin. Although it wouldn’t be fair not to mention the other musicians on piano, organ, vibraphone, marimba, drums, percussion and bass because they create the solid foundation of the band. It’s energetic, furious and technically of the highest level. Maybe a bit to far out for the real tango fans, but I love this creative album full of surprising sounds and passionate music.
Eelco Schilder
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