Multipleks

Sharron Kraus [uk] + Meg Baird [usa] + Long Conversations

Reviews of Sharron Kraus‘ Songs of Love and Loss:
M.J. Fine, Philadelphia Citipaper: Best Local CDs of 2004
Recorded in her native Oxford, the second album from Fishtown transplant Sharron Kraus is a dark-folk gem. Listening to her high, clear voice cut through melodies woven from acoustic guitar, banjo and hurdy-gurdy, you may struggle to remember which late-’60s traditionalists beat her to the material. But with one small exception, these murder ballads and forest laments all come from Kraus’ pen. Here’s one folklore expert whose originals feel both authentic and alive.

Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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… Songs of Love and Loss is another winner; it may not be as startling as its predecessor since listeners have a frame of reference, but in its textures, dynamics, and sheer minstrelsy, it is even stronger.

Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur Magazine
Exquisite second album by this wonderful singer. She conjures up visions of Karen Dalton, Shirley Collins, Judy Dyble and even early Joni. Live she was fantastic too.

Rough Trade
The second album from Oxford’s fabulous Sharron Kraus is a wonderful follow-up to the haunting debut ‘Beautiful Twisted’. … this moves from traditional folk (in a Shirley Collins, Anne Briggs style) to her own songs and enchants all the way. An immaculate album from a major new singer.

Meg Baird is a contributing member of the psychedelic neo-folk band Espers, as well as a solo artist and one half of the acoustic folk act The Baird Sisters.

http://www.megbaird.com/
http://www.myspace.com/pennsylvaniawildlife
http://www.thebairdsisters.com/
http://www.espers.org/

Long Conversations: Writing songs, on and off, since he was thirteen, Olaf finally started taking his music seriously two-and-a-half years ago. Since, he’s been writing songs for his band Jalowski, and performing solo stuff on an irregular basis. After being rejected by the Rockacademie, he ran into some old friends from high school, who just started their own record label, in august 2007. They offered to work with him without having heard a single note of his music and the collaboration resulted in a four-song demo.