LostFrontier Podcast 2009 November

The Spanish music website Lost Frontier features one of Andrea's song in their latest podcast. There Is No Greater Sadness is a traditional Hungarian folk song from Transylvania, arranged by Effi Shoshani Israeli composer, for his world music project Mother Tongue

Listen to 2 hours of beautiful New Age/Electronica music, download LostFrontier Podcast #615

01  Deuter: Light, ©1982 'Cicada'
02  Anewday: Early Rising, ©2009 'Summer Reflections'
03  Kori Linae Carothers: Blue Ice, ©2009 'Trillium'
04  Kori Linae Carothers: Dancing in the Clouds, ©2009 'Trillium'
05  Lisa Hilton: Pandemonium, ©2009 'Twilight & Blues'
06  Lisa Hilton: City Streets, ©2009 'Twilight & Blues'
07  Andrea Gerák: There Is No Greater Sadness, ©2009 'Àrva az a Madár'
08  Dithmar: Inside Eiszeit (short mix), ©2009 'Electronic Musique Compliation 2'
09  Uwe Reckzeh: Metamaterial, ©2009 'Electronic Musique Compliation 2'
10  Sam Vitoulis & Sergio Koval: Art and Science, ©2005 'Léonard'
11  Sam Vitoulis & Sergio Koval: Sectio Aurea, ©2005 'Léonard'
12  Frank Van Bogaert: Breathe, ©2009 'Air Machine'
13  Slumdar: A Través de la Lluvia, ©2009 'Dentro'
14  David Clavijo: Dancing on the Moon, ©2009 'The Landing'
15  Riad Michael: November Dreaming, ©2009 'Ambient I'
16  Paul Avgerinos: Love Is, ©2009 'Love'
17  Bruno Sanfilippo: Poema Electrónico, ©2009 'Auralspace'
18  Fridrik Karlsson: Crystals, ©2008 'Spiritual Fitness'

Compiled by Javier Bedoya

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Afternoon Tea

Stockholm's City Mission, the Stadsmission in the heart of Old Town, offers afternoon tea before the Christmas season, on every Sunday. The last occasion is the 22nd of November, when you can warm up not only your body with a cup of delicious tea but your soul with two ethereal voices singing to beautiful piano music as well...

Julien Matei composer (Romania) presents Eva Wikström (Sweden) and Andrea Gerak (Hungary)



Time: Nov 22 Sunday, 12-16h
Place: Stadsmission, Stortorget 3, Stockholm Map
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In Andrea's music player

A few great music artists, brought to you by Andrea Gerak, with personal comments, enjoy!

After I had 3 auditions in the first 3 days of the week (of which one of them was a demo recording session with a Swedish composer-producer who has written for example famous Christmas songs that are big not only in Sweden but in the UK, US, Italy and produced some of the now big name Swedish artists) plus practiced for the recording of my new album, and that involved listening to my own and others singing almost non-stop, intensely using my throat for about 4 hours a day on an average, I needed to have some instrumental-only sounds.

Here is a selection of music from my friends I listened to in the last couple of days. I could probably write long reviews on them and later maybe will; now just a short recommendation to each artist, picking one or two random songs, and let the music speak. New Age, Classical, Film music to your and my listening pleasure.

Started with Ballerina from one of my Spanish friends Gnomusy (David Caballero). I know this song since more than 3 years and have listened to it many times, always singing along - I think I will ask him to make a version I can use as a background for performing it...
Ballerina - by Gnomusy makes me always happy.

Went over to Jace Vek's page to see his latest piece and I had to give another go to the whole playlist again, besides plugging his 2 older albums Vision and Jace Vek Live with the Royal Sylvan Philharmonic in my ears very often. On ReverbNation, Jace presents us his newer stuff as well. His original tracks are an absolute must, you might easily find one of the greatest pianist-composers of our times...
All She Wanted - by Jace Vek
Viva la Vida - orchestrated and performed by Jace Vek is one of my faves, how do you like his version of the Cold Play hit?

Looking forward to his upcoming album!

Easy move to skip over to my other buddy Glen Gabriel. I have his CD Music In Chronological Order which is awesome, but here on RN you get the latest pieces from this composer as well. Glen's music says: Movie, Baby!!!
BIRCA - by Glen Gabriel shows me that the Viking spirit can be still found here in Sweden :-)

And a girl: Kori Linae Carothers whose new album Trillium is getting very good responses.
Dancing In The Clouds - by Kori Linea Carothers (feat. Jeff Oster)makes me do just that: dance in the clouds

And here you have them all five:
In Andrea's music player 2009/Nov/15

Have a nice Sunday everyone!

- yours, Andrea Gerak

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Featured on IAC Music

As of 3th of October, Andrea is the featured artist of Ambient Top 25 Radio Station of IAC Music, with the words on top of the page: "A big thank you to Effi Shoshani for bringing the wonderful voice of Andrea Gerak", featuring the song There Is No Greater Sadness and linking to three videos on Andrea's YouTube page.

Ambient Top 25 Station at KIAC and IACmusic.com

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Pre-sale of new album starts soon: This Way, Sweetheart!

It's been more than ten years now that Andrea Gerak recorded her first acapella solo album, Madarka, madarka (Little Birdie), and the haunting Hungarian folk songs are still flying around the world, giving joy to listeners and being downloaded on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Last FM and other music sites, the CDs travel continents.

According to Midwest Record: "Truly a solo record as Gerak takes front and center for a collection of Hungarian folk songs that feature just her voice. That’s it. Where does that leave the rest of the non-Hungarian speaking world in relation to this record? If you want to hear a pure voice in it’s highest state and just enjoy the ride, the lyricism in Gerak’s presentation will be enough to carry the day. A unique experience that many try to capture and fall short, this is the blue print for how to make such a difficult project look easy."

With a few thousand singing hours, more versatile vocal technique and performing skills, extended repertoire and intense life experiences under Andrea's belt since then, the time is well ripe for a new release.

For many listeners loved the idea of having a voice only album, here comes another one, while new releases with World Fusion songs are in the works as well.

This time you can hear one or two folk songs from other nations too, not only Hungarian ones. The upcoming album titled This Way, Sweetheart! features some of Andrea's most successful acapella songs, those that have become standard pieces of her performances through the years, along with new favorites.

The songs tell us about various stages and emotional aspects of love, the meaning of one's homeland, and we also find soothing lullaby tunes on the album.

"All these are traditional folk songs, old melodies, yet several of them reflect the exact situations in my life right now...", says the singer. "Since a long time I wanted to make another CD with my voice only, because I believe that the human voice is the most perfect music instrument: you don't need to carry big cases, spend a fortune on an excellent quality piece, it will not get lost or robbed from you, and what is most important: you don't need to use any physical object as a via, to communicate feelings and stories with your songs. In an ideal case for a live concert at a place with brilliant acoustics, you don't even need a microphone - what you scream and shout, lull and whisper, hum and chant, will be carried to the listeners only by air. And this is probably what I like most when I perform: to convey a piece of my soul to others, with as less things in between us as possible. Therefore I would like to give the feeling that on this album, I am there in your room when you want to chill out, or walking in the forest with you, sitting on a rock by the sea, laying in the grass and watching the clouds, standing on a mountain top, and I would just sing for you..."

Jaj partam (Wedding Songs)

This Way, Sweatheart! is scheduled for the first days of December, stay tuned for pre-sale offer!

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World March for Peace and Non-Violence in Stockholm

World March for Peace and Non-Violence arrives to Stockholm on the 29th of October. March together with the whole world, in this most embracive peace manifestation that has ever happened.

The march passes more than 150 countries and demands the governments to dismantle nuclear weapons, end war and all forms of non-violence. The World March implements joy to a new, global consciousness of non-violence.

On Thursday morning, the 29th of October the International Peace Group comes to Stockholm.

Join us in welcoming them when they arrive with the Finland boat to the Viking Line Terminal at Stadsgårdskajen, at 9:40. Bring balloons, drums, flags with you and your best mood.

In the afternoon we gather around the Hiroshima Torch which is carried around the world - the greatest symbol to remind us that NUCLEAR WEAPONS MUST DISAPPEAR from Earth.

In the evening we meet at 17:30, Raoul Wallenbergs torg/Nybroplan, in front of the Drama Theater, and march to Sergels torg where we will sing together.

Contributing artists: Regina Lund, Pepe och Mari, Bolingo, Andrea Gerak, La Populär and Love Aurell. On the screen we will follow Daniel Andersson and Andrea Csaszni Rygh, Perfect Performance broadcasting Bed-in for Peace.

Andrea Gerak and Regina Lund on the 2nd of October at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm

World March Sweden is supported by: World Without War, Women for Peace, Left Wing Association of Swedish Women, Swedish Peace Council, Green Party, Poetas del Mundo, Museum of Work Norrköping, Radio Studio, Feminist Initiative, Zinkensdamm Hotel, and many private persons, Maj Britt Theorin, Arja Saijonmaa, Mikael Wiehe, Malin Berghagen, Agneta Sjödin, and more.
Media partners: Music Industry News Network, Nordic Africa News, TilliT, Webfinanser, Facebook

Related news: Andrea Gerak sings for World March for Peace and Non-Violence Launch

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