Alba's Edge / Born To Fly
Album: Born To Fly   Collection:World
Artist:Alba's Edge   Added:Jan 2016
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-01-10 Pull Date: 2016-03-15 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Feb 14 Feb 7 Jan 31 Jan 17
Airplays: 1 2 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 14, 2018: Melange
Run To Fly
4. Feb 05, 2016: Emergency Crew 063620 fri 2-5-16 jazz
Hrk: Strength In Recovery
2. Feb 11, 2016: Melange
Summer Scraps
5. Jan 28, 2016: Melange
Summer Scraps, The Diamond
3. Feb 06, 2016: Music Casserole
Hrk: Strength In Recovery
6. Jan 27, 2016: 1-27-2016
The Diamond, Run To Fly

Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2016-01-07
Talented brother and sister duo play Scottish/Jazz/Latin fusion pieces on fiddle, piano, drums, and bass to commemorate personal events in their lives and other quirky subjects. I liked the more Scottish sounding songs the best. This is a first effort so they bear watching (or listening).

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Recommended tracks: 4, 6, 7, 9

1-Rising (1:59) – intro starts off with pretty treble piano riffs, modulating chords underneath

2-Willard State Park (5:21)- piano with fiddle trading comments, Scottish tinges from fiddle; band and percussion kick in; more layered; a bit circular

3-Scott and Rhonda (5:04) – jazzy beginning with fiddle tune and percussion; fiddle takes over; then piano comes back; a little repetitive

*4 – Run to Fly (5:39) – starts with bass chords, then solo fiddle with piano underneath, a little meandering; then picks up and demands more of your attention

5-General Jinjur/Nola Chill (4:01) – lively; more of Scottish-style fiddling with marching rhythm and jazzy overtones

*6-HRK: Strength in Recovery (7:45)-- starts off with bass plucked chords and high treble piano; nice texture, midway through segues to hardcore piano and violin jazz with drum underneath; then goes back to quiet bass chords and piano

*7- The Diamond (3:42) – traditional sea shanty has vocals as well as fiddle in beginning; long instrumental bridge with jazz overtones;

8- The Sordid Life of Scientists (3:52) – piano noodling leads to violin tune with other instruments

*9-Summer Scraps (5:39) – uptempo jazzy piano chords with fiddle tune played over vamp; segues to voices and back to fiddle

10-Setting (1:25) – denouement

Track Listing
1. Rising   6. Hrk: Strength In Recovery
2. Willard State Park   7. The Diamond
3. Scott And Rhonda   8. The Sordid Life Of Scientists
4. Run To Fly   9. Summer Scraps
5. General Jinjur/Nola Chill   10. Setting