Vagabond Opera / Sing For Your Lives!
| Album: | Sing For Your Lives! | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Vagabond Opera | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2012-05-05 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 29 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 01, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Red Ballon |
4. | Apr 27, 2012: | The Songsmith Show
Spirit Dances Evermore |
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| 2. | Jan 11, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Beard And Moustache |
5. | Apr 06, 2012: | Mountain Music
Lullaby |
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| 3. | Jul 13, 2013: | Music Casserole
Hanumonsoon |
6. | Mar 29, 2012: | The Songsmith Show
Red Ballon |
Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2012-02-29
Reviewed 2012-02-29
This Portland-based band combines European folk melodies and burlesque sensibilities into a wacky mélange that is both fun and dark. Great stuff with a klezmer-meets-the-Muppets-at-the-opera feeling with a touch of a circus freak show thrown in. Unpredictable and all so good. Yay!
1. Spoken word leads into a mid/upbeat klezmer-infused mix.
2. Upbeat Eastern European/klezmer instrumental. Slows later.
3. Jazzy & slow then upbeat and fiery. Suggestive but not dirty.
4. Bohemian/gypsy ode. Starts mid/picks up w/wacky male vox.
5. Nostalgic bal musette-infused ballad. Like an old carousel song.
6. Fast and driving gypsy dance. You picture fire eaters on stage.
7. Sweet old-timey waltz w/sexy modern female vocals.
8. Slow drama w/dark and twisted vocal effects. Rather creepy.
9. Modern jazz-y infused take on fire dance. Mid/upbeat & so cool.
10. Contemporary, relaxed. Twists & turns as the circus packs up.
11. Slow, tinny piano into mid/up overwrought vox as all pitch in.
1. Spoken word leads into a mid/upbeat klezmer-infused mix.
2. Upbeat Eastern European/klezmer instrumental. Slows later.
3. Jazzy & slow then upbeat and fiery. Suggestive but not dirty.
4. Bohemian/gypsy ode. Starts mid/picks up w/wacky male vox.
5. Nostalgic bal musette-infused ballad. Like an old carousel song.
6. Fast and driving gypsy dance. You picture fire eaters on stage.
7. Sweet old-timey waltz w/sexy modern female vocals.
8. Slow drama w/dark and twisted vocal effects. Rather creepy.
9. Modern jazz-y infused take on fire dance. Mid/upbeat & so cool.
10. Contemporary, relaxed. Twists & turns as the circus packs up.
11. Slow, tinny piano into mid/up overwrought vox as all pitch in.
Track Listing
| 1. | Red Ballon | 7. | Spirit Dances Evermore | |||
| 2. | Tough Mazel | 8. | Lullaby | |||
| 3. | Beard And Moustache | 9. | Hanumonsoon | |||
| 4. | Coimbra | 10. | The Last Dance | |||
| 5. | Penny | 11. | Sing For Your Lives | |||
| 6. | King Of The Gypsies | . |