 |
La Minor - Death of a Jeweller
Newest Review: ... premier of the film Import-Export cemented their place in World Music circles. Vocally, Slava Shalygin tends to sing in his ... more  ... stylishly sad yet jolly Russian crooning voice as he belts out lyrics representing the 20's-40's Soviet films of gangsters, love stories, con artists and prostitutes a plenty. The band themselves also go for the gangster look and stylishly pull it off with an array of hats and braces. Known as Russian Chanson or Odessa Beats (due to being a criminal playground for decades), their brand of klezmer makes use of the Russian accordian, sax and occasionaly a bit of banjo on top of common instruments to create classic moo...more |
||
Read Reviews for La Minor - Death of a Jeweller
La Minor - Death of a Jeweller: Old School Gangster Klezmer Music! (285 words)
by - written on 27/02/09 (Very useful, 48 readings)
Rating:
La Minor are a Russian Jazz Folk band that tend to play klezmer music, their 2006 album "Death of a Jeweller" is a bit of a cracker, well-appreciated in Germany, Netherlands and France particularly - it's taken the band a bit of touring to get themselves known outside of their native St. Petersburg but their performance at the Cannes Film Festival to the premier of the film Import-Export cemented their place in World Music circles. Vocally, Slava Shalygin tends to sing in his stylishly sad yet jolly Russian crooning voice as he belts out lyrics representing the 20's-40's Soviet films of gangsters, love stories, con artists and prostitutes a plenty. ... Read the complete review
Products similar to La Minor - Death of a Jeweller
A few decent tracks 
No way near as good as the critics made out, vocals are irritating A lot of variety, some tracks are excellent So much variation that you might not like all tracks Very listenable, lots of variation and excitement None Nice guitar jazz Only instrumental Just a great album 1 weak trackThe Stooges - The Stooges
Throughly enjoyable Maybe slightly rough around the edges for some
The Idiot - Iggy Pop
Features some of Iggy's most enduring solo numbers such 'Night Clubbing' and 'China Girl' None, this album is beyond criticism in my mind!
Tambourine - Tift Merritt
Country - Alt. Country - 2004
Nude & Rude: The Best Of Iggy Pop - Iggy Pop
New Wave & Post-punk - 1996
Bramble Rose - Tift Merritt
Pop - 2002
Blah Blah Blah - Iggy Pop
Classic Punk - 2004
Another Country - Tift Merritt
Country - Alt. Country - 2008
A Million In Prizes: The Anthology - Iggy Pop
Nice Collection Of All The Best Bits Not Much Unreleased Material
Advantages and disadvantages from the dooyooCommunity
Home - About dooyoo.co.uk - Advertising - Contact dooyoo - Terms and Conditions
dooyoo Europe:
Deutschland 
España 
Italia 
France - Sitemap - Product Index
