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"The 2005 release by the Flemish folk rock band features three great female vocalists, Kadril singer Mariken Boussemaere, English singer Heather Grabham and the wonderful Hungarian singer Szilvia Bognár. The songs include traditional Flemish, Hungarian and British emigration songs and tunes.
Flemish band Kadril gives us a history lesson on a disc with this multi-faceted release. The nineteen songs here loosely weave the story of emigration to America through the port of Antwerp during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They've invited a few friends along to help tell the story. English singer Heather Grabham, Flemish singer Mariken Boussemaere, and Hungarian singer Szilvia Bognar lend their voices to the tale. Adding touches such as clawhammer banjo, brass band, and spaghetti western guitars to the traditional buzzy, drony Flemish sound makes this one of the more variegated releases to come down the pike in a while."
01. A fényes nap
02. De gespeelkens
03. The New York trader
04. Túl a vizen - ördög söre
05. Treurig lied
06. The Dreadnought
07. Elment az én rózsám
08. Matty Groves
09. Mikor a szoroson
10. The Americans have stolen my true love away
11. De scheiding
12. De Lutine - Le canal en Octobre
13. De andere kust
14. American Tune
15. Ludasim, pajtásim...
16. Kecskés
17. Gone to America
18. Cluck old hen - Whiskey before breakfast
19. Amerika is een schoon land
Mariken Boussemaere, vocals;
Bart De Cock, bagpipes, nyckelharpa;
Erwin Libbrecht, accoustic guitar, Irish bouzouki, koboz, vocals;
Harlind Libbrecht, dulcimer, mandoline, vocals;
Peter Libbrecht, violin, vocals;
Hans Quaghebeur, hurdy gurdy, fife, accordion;
Dirk Verhegge, electric and accoustic guitar, 5 string banjo;
Koen Dewaele, electric bass;
Philippe Mobers, drums;
with guests
Szilvia Bognár, Heather Grabham, vocals;
Stéphan Pougin, tapan;
Didier Heggerick, tuba, trombone;
Henk De Loose, trumpet;
Filip Demeyer, sax;
Koninklijke Harmonie St. Cecilia Boezinge;
Koninklijke Fanfare St. Cecilia Elverdinge
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"Antwerp city, with its harbor, has always been a melting pot of different cultures. The Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra reflects that openness in an intriguing way; seven musicians from all over the world - each with a very diverse musical background - have teamed up to combine the pure, raw energy of authentic Roma Gipsy melodies with the ultra-danceable ska groove.
This band has it all! A charismatic front man, street credibility, incredible energy on stage, a vast variety of styles and rhythms that stretch the boundaries of what we know as ska music, striking melodies that soar with joy and dive with melancholy, improvisational skills to match a jazz combo and best of all… their own sound that is so rich and natural that one can’t help but wonder why nobody came up with this idea before.
You can see that classifying AGSO as just another ska band would be a mistake that one is not likely to make after seeing them at work.
Based solely on their live reputation they played the Melkweg (Amsterdam) with Balkan Beat Box and left the audience screaming for more. A few months later they performed at the prestigious Eurosonic festival in the ‘Stadsschouwburg’ (after the Magic Numbers) which confirmed their popularity status and has them headlining many festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The debut CD which was released in June 2007, was unanimously applauded by the Belgian Press as a masterpiece, terms like all hits, no misses got the band many interviews and frequent airplay on Belgium’s Radio 1. Since the last of the band’s illegal immigrants received his permit to stay just before the release, “Tuttilegal” seemed an appropriate title.
The Musicians
Gregor - Vocals & trumpet
Kike - Alto Saxophone
Vincent - Soprano/Tenor Saxophone
Mukt i- Guitar
Suki - Keyboard
Filip - Double Bass
Alfredo - Drums
Gregor and Mukti are old friends, they played together in Moss, a hardcore punk band with Mukti on drums. At the same time Mukti played in Tachyon, at that time also a punk band (he also joined Belgian Asociality later on)... one thing led to another and Gregor became the singer of Tachyon. As this group gradually became a ska band, Kike (Argentina) was asked to join them on sax. After Tachyon split up in 2003 these three friends found each other again in AGSO.
Kosovo born Suki plays in numerous gipsy-projects.
Gregor, Vincent (France) and Kike are part of the Ambrassband, a fanfare that grew out of the Antifare.
Gregor and Kike also form the horn section of Donkey Diesel.
Filip played bass with Le Trio Perdu. After their breakup, he formed the klezmer formation On Fidldikn Mamzer with the accordeonist. He's active in the gipsy scene apart from AGSO and you also can hear him perform with Bobby's Evil, Bacalhou (Fado), Tagsim (Arabo-Andalusisch) en Delicatessen (Free). He's also recording with Lais.
Alfredo was born in Chili and also plays jazz sessions and other side projects."
01.Erkilet güzeli
02.Artik Sevmeyecegim
03.Pussinality
04.Tuttilegal
05.Djelem Djelem
06.Duy Beren
07.Suki's theme
08.Tutti Frutti
09.Duj Sandala
10.Agsong
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