We are very glad to announce that Israeli composer Effi Shoshani released a long awaited world music album, Mother Tongue, with the country's leading record label Helicon. Seven female singers (who all happen to be mothers) from seven countries each sing a folk song from their homelands, arranged with the wonderfully soothing Effi Shoshani sound. It's a special honor that Andrea has two songs on the album.
"I met Effi and his beautiful wife a good couple of years ago when they, just by chance, heard me singing in a park here in Budapest. They got my first acapella CD Madárka, Madárka, and a few months later Effi sent me an email. He said he has made some music to one of the songs from my CD, showed it to his friends who were amazed, and asked me very respectfully if he could send it to me to have a listen.
I never forget the moment when I received the CD with the song on it, put it on at a net café - and I began to fly... It was the song Lonely Is The Bird.
That's how our working relationship started. And that was one song that opened a new path for me as a singer."
Read what Effi Shoshani has to say about it on his website
Mother Tongue track list:
1. Trollmors Song - Sarah Nebel (Elisabeth Endresen) (Norway) 6:45
2. Oh Love Love - Karolina Kamberska (Czech Republic) 6:36
3. Stars In A Bucket -Maya Avraham (Israel) 6:30 4. Lonely is The Bird - Andrea Gerak (Hungary) 5:08
5. Ninna Nanna A Aette E Venti - Patrizia Deitos (Italy) 6:17
6. Oh, Varmeland - Mimmi Siegel (Sweden) 5:23 7. There Is No Greater Sadness - Andrea Gerak (Hungary) 8:18
8. If only I wouldn't love you - Shain Zakeim (Persia) 7:18
9. Bonus Track –
A Chant in the Lobby \ Oh Love Love - Karolina Kamberska 7:39
Released as a Womens Day gift, on the 8th of March 2011 in Israel, and the album will be available in Europe and worldwide as well.
Order one or more CDs, and along with your signed copy, get a small, personal surprise from Andrea in the mail.
You will also get a download code so that you can immediately enjoy the songs in your MP3 player, iPod or whatever you prefer, while waiting the mail to arrive.
You tell the price, what the whole thing is worth to you. (8,- USD, incl. shipping)
And if this is still not good enough: we have now a SPECIAL OFFER: the next 1000 customers (starting from 2010 November 22) can download the albumLonely Is The Bird album as a gift.
Andrea recommends:
All I wanted with this CD was to try and see how can one communicate through these old songs, in their purest simplicity. No fancy effects, no lines recorded twenty times - just as you were here with me and I would sing for you, all the things I have to say.
Feelings of love, happiness, joy, sorrow and longing were the same hundred years ago as they are today..." - Andrea Gerak
What listeners say:
"It was a very daring attempt to make such a long voice only album... It was worth to do it!!" - L. Z. (Photographer, Hungary)
"I just want to thank you again to let me enjoy your beautiful voice, so pure, on your cd with all those nice tunes. Although I can't understand what you are singing I do understand the feelings. And I like your fast voice vibrato so much." - Luc Callaert (Singer, Belgium)
The first buyers already got Andrea Gerak's second acapella solo CD, with mostly Hungarian folk songs and an Irish, a Turkish and a Solomon Islands traditional tune, and the album is now available for download as well.
It's been more than eleven years now that Andrea recorded her first album, Madárka, madárka (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.
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 was well ripe for a new release.
For many listeners loved the idea of having a voice only album, here is another one: the new album This Way, Sweetheart! features some of Andrea's most successful acapella songs, those that have become standard pieces of her performances through the years, as well as 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 lullabies 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...
All I wanted with this CD was to try and see how can one communicate through these old songs, in their purest simplicity. No fancy effects, no lines recorded twenty times - just as you were here with me and I would sing for you, all the things I have to say.
Feelings of love, happiness, joy, sorrow and longing were the same in 1809 as they are today, in 2009..."
17 tracks, total time 45:24
Recorded in November 2009, Eskilstuna (Sweden), at fortissimo CD production
Buy a signed CD from artist website Download album from BandCamp in any format you wish and you set your price, from as low as $5! Bonus material when you download the whole album: concert video of 2 songs
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!
These days, Andrea Gerak is recording songs for her upcoming album Little Songs From a Big World, of her same titled solo show.
With her acapella songs, soon you can enjoy a trip around to Hungary, Turkey, Ireland, Solomon Islands and other places of the world, from the comfort of your home.
Indeed, these songs are done in a way that you will have the impression of not listening to a studio recording but Andrea is singing for you right there and right at that moment.
As an appetizer, listen to a Turkish song called Asiye, from the East coasts of Black Sea, . A boy is singing away his sadness, because he can't marry his love, the beautiful Asiye, her father doesn't let them be together.
Andrea's first New Age, ethnic fusion album Arva Az a Madar - Lonely Is The Bird is soon available now for download at all the best digital music sites, including iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, Amazon and much more.
Only $5 if you buy it together with 2 other CDs from the sales bin
Get bundles of 1x, 2x, 3x3 etc, of Madárka, madárka, if you want to give it to your friends as a present. Or why not even sell it and keep the profit for yourself?
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