Plain spoken
John Mellencamp
Emneord
Anmeldelser (2)
No depression
d. 16. feb. 2016
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John Apice
d. 16. feb. 2016
"This album works because instead of just playing notes and reviving old tunes Kaia Kater manages to magically instill the spirit of the music into her performance. While it's clean and fresh and excellently recorded (...) the music has its depth, it retains the dust and scents of a bygone era. It exemplifies the talent of the people who wrote and performed these songs equally - so long ago. And that's no mean feat on a new album with young people at the driving wheel".
fRoots
2015 October
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Steve Hunt
2015 October
"Originally from Quebec, and now based in Toronto, Kaia Kater also spends extensive time in West Virginia, exploring Appalachian music, dance and culture, and the complex racial history of the mountain traditions that range from eastern Canada to Alabama. Familiar songs like West Virginia Boys are made fresh, while her own compositions are both elegant and eloquent. There are plenty of young artists who have mastered the techniques of traditional music, but few whose original work seems so naturally a part of the traditional continuum ... A remarkably assured debut album".