Uprooting

Warsaw Village Band - Uprooting

Uprooting
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Artist: Warsaw Village Band
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-04-12
Music Label: World Village USA
Soundtracks:
  1. Roots: Josef Lipinski
  2. In The Forest
  3. Woman In Hell
  4. At The Front Of The Gates
  5. Polka From The Sieradz Region
  6. Matthew
  7. Roots: Janina Zdrzalik
  8. Let's Play, Musicians!
  9. The Owl
  10. Grey Horse
  11. Roots: Kapela Mariana Pelki
  12. When Johnny Went To Fight In The War
  13. Lament
  14. I Slayed The Rye
  15. Roots: Kazimierz Zdrzalik
  16. Fishie

Free Music Notes for Uprooting

Free Music Review: Kapela delights and astounds!
Hit: 5 Stars

From the band's name, Kapela Ze Wsi Warsawa (which is directly translates into English as "Warsaw Village Band" but it means something more like "Band from a Little Village called Warsaw") we know that there is a humor and zest for life in the young musicians that comprise Kapela. From start to finish, this record takes that energy and sends it into motion, swirling through time, space and consciousness.

Before I go on, I'd like to address some of the other reviews here on Amazon that I have read about this particular album: as other reviews point out, this album is not the same as "Wiosna Ludu" (People's Spring) and yet they compare them anyway. This is commonly known as "lazy journalism". They are not the same record, they do not have the same musical "goal" nor are they even made with the same line-up and therefore they should not be compared; each is a spectacular record in it's own right.

This, their 3rd album, "Wykorzenienie" (Uprooting) shows not only the growth of these amazing musicians and conservators, but also that these traditional and ancient sounds of Poland are relevant and even mesmerizing in today's electronic and bass-driven popular music. This album is a must-have for the folk enthusiast or those interested in the audio fusions of national and global culture. Listen to the audio samples above and hear for yourself!

Uprooting Poster

Most listeners probably associate the words "Eastern European Folk Music" with klezmer, polka, and just about nothing else, but that may change after listening to the Warsaw Village Band's Uprooting, which in its sometimes gut-wrenching juxtaposition of ancient Polish instruments like the hurdy-gurdy and dulcimer with modern DJ scratches and trance beats is somehow both more traditional and more futuristic than the group's debut, People's Spring released in 2002. Devoted to updating Polish folk music, on Uprooting the band teams up with several traditional Polish folklorists who contribute some short interludes ("Janina Zdrzalik" and "Josef Lipinski") that make portions of the disc sound like the Polish equivalent of early American field recordings. But the band's skill is in blending these traditional Polish musical elements so seamlessly into their own compositions, which use a striking half-screamed vocal style called "white singing," cello and szuka (a small Polish violin) along with sometimes dirge-like drumming. "Women In Hell" manages to sound trance-inducing in both the ancient and modern sense of that word, while "Let's Play, Musicians" is a beautiful cello-based ballad and "When Johnny Went to Fight in the War" marries Polish folk music with Tom Waits-ish trip-hop. Overall, Uprooting proves that at least in the Warsaw Village Band's hands, the meeting of ancient and modern isn't so much a collision as it is cause for celebration. --Ezra Gale

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