Ferrera, Gina & Blended Beat / Life In The Key Of G
| Album: | Life In The Key Of G | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Ferrera, Gina & Blended Beat | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Engine Studios | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2007-10-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 21 | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 16, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Lucellino (Little Bird) |
4. | Sep 11, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Ganda Yina (The Strong Man Has Gone) |
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| 2. | Oct 12, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
Lucellino (Little Bird) |
5. | Sep 05, 2007: | Where the Girls Are
Ganda Yina (The Strong Man Has Gone) |
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| 3. | Oct 02, 2007: | radio randomulance
Down By The River, If Only I Could Remember, Ganda Yina (The Strong Man Has Gone) |
6. | Aug 29, 2007: | Where the Girls Are
Ganda Yina (The Strong Man Has Gone) |
Album Review
Red West
Reviewed 2007-08-21
Reviewed 2007-08-21
World/folk/songwriter fusion. Café music, feat. instruments bass & gyil in the deep register, fem sings gently (mostly in English, ensemble from Brooklyn) “The gyil is an African mallet keyboard from northern Ghana” which sounds like a xylophone or marimba. Flows. Laid back, warm, and personal. FCCsafe
+1.Gorgeous and mellow with some fem chanting, sax at end?
2.Song of a remembered love. Nice plucked upright-bass intro. Meanders a bit.
3.Happy semi-jam, wordless vocals in first half, and only lyrics until last minute seem to be the song title. Consider for voiceover?
+4.Light melody tripping, mid-tempo. Italian singing, based on a lullaby (and even without reading that, can tell it’s a children’s melody). I like the alto sax embellishment.
+5. Simple song, ¾ time with subtle rhythms going on, radio-friendly length, though brief “Xena-yell” in the middle is off-putting!
6.slow tempo, “slow blues”, getting-ready-to-close-the-bar kind of music. Radio-friendly
7.Alas, the only track I’d avoid, lacks a center. Mid-tempo w/overdubbed vox.
+8.Faster. First 3 mins are instrumental, then call & response in a language I don’t recognize
+9.Quiet, sparse, introspective duet between gyil & wood flute
Ps. Label has reasonable sales policy “all Engine releases available direct for $6.49”
+1.Gorgeous and mellow with some fem chanting, sax at end?
2.Song of a remembered love. Nice plucked upright-bass intro. Meanders a bit.
3.Happy semi-jam, wordless vocals in first half, and only lyrics until last minute seem to be the song title. Consider for voiceover?
+4.Light melody tripping, mid-tempo. Italian singing, based on a lullaby (and even without reading that, can tell it’s a children’s melody). I like the alto sax embellishment.
+5. Simple song, ¾ time with subtle rhythms going on, radio-friendly length, though brief “Xena-yell” in the middle is off-putting!
6.slow tempo, “slow blues”, getting-ready-to-close-the-bar kind of music. Radio-friendly
7.Alas, the only track I’d avoid, lacks a center. Mid-tempo w/overdubbed vox.
+8.Faster. First 3 mins are instrumental, then call & response in a language I don’t recognize
+9.Quiet, sparse, introspective duet between gyil & wood flute
Ps. Label has reasonable sales policy “all Engine releases available direct for $6.49”
Track Listing
| 1. | Ganda Yina (The Strong Man Has Gone) | 5. | Ghana | |||
| 2. | If Only I Could Remember | 6. | Water, Not Fire | |||
| 3. | Down By The River | 7. | The World Today | |||
| 4. | Lucellino (Little Bird) | 8. | Bewaa | |||
| 9. | Pire For Abraham | |||||