Gypsy music from all over the world, American and Russian roots music bluegrass like Bela Fleck, Doc Watson, and Keller Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Allman Bros., Jerry Douglas and Chris Thile.
Revered blues mama Leeann Atherton and former Red Elvises guitarist/vocalist Zhenya Rock have joined forces in Gypzee Soul, a meeting of his fleet-fingered ability on all things stringed and her soulful sensibilities. Clunky, lyrical moments on their debut are almost offset by the amount of love poured into their worldly acoustic grooves. Jim Caliguiri "For the Sake of the Song "
Rootstime Jan. 2008
Gypzees Heart is a spicy cd' tje, scarcely thirty minutes long, but fresh and sparkling as a stream in the spring. The songs flee playful as fish in a bed, where balalaika, bongos, banjar and a 12-snarige Martin guitar the instrumentale choreografie on self take. 'Live Musical Capital or The World' inclines to hoisted sung inclines does think to reggae, it 'Tim' to country jazz and the bluesy 'Lazy Sunday' of a Brazilian sunset. The samenzang in 'From The Heart' is romp a loves song. The most songs arose in assistant-authorship through the duo Zhenya Kolykhanov and Leeann Atherton, except of 'Romale' that based is on a traditional Russian zigeunersong. Zhenya Rock, as he is named also, comes by Russia and discovered as adolescent all the bluegrass via a periodical with bijhorende plate, what him direct bekoorde. Only firstly he played roll as anarchist gitarist in a Russian rock' n tie with Chuck Berry features. The tie adorned self with the applicable groups name 'Reason Elvises' and brought an achttal cd’s out. Later on Zhenya its own flat label founded and began to write he for film and Tv-shows. Active in the music scene, he cannot choose ostensibly also now between the group Zeegras, The Flying Balalaika Brothers, that Russian folkmuziek interpret or for a duo-career with Leeann. Singer and gitariste Leeann has been bitten already as much as by the muziekmicrobe. For 18 year travels they already singing and sometimes also dancing the world around from her biotope Austin in Texas. Her warm voice does think what of the Indigo Girls. Under her international musical friends may they as well Dad Mali as an Alejandro Escovedo figure. Also in these 'Gypzee Heart', geproducet through Zhenya, know to give the duo their original bluegrass a multiculturele radiation with vitamin run zigeunersongs. A plate in love with with the jaunty triangular contrabasbalalaika as match-maker to become. Marcie www.rootstime.be
Gypzee Heart was born as an idea to create an international project to combine musical styles from all over the world; (Africa, Russia, Jamaica, South Carolina, Texas...) Planting seeds for the first international Russian/American Peace Festival, their intention is to move you and get you moving!
About Gypzee Heart:
Zhenya is originally from Russia. Former Red Elvises guitarist/singer, Zhenya Kolykhanov "Rock". Along with 2 soundtracks for movies "Six String Samurai"and "Mail Order Bride", he recorded 9 CDs with Red Elvises, 7 independent CDs on his own label, and arranged and composed music for various TV shows. He now lives in Austin, TX. He leads the innovative band, Zeegrass; and the traditional Russian folk band with a jagged twist, The Flying Balalaika Brothers.
Leeann Atherton is a soulful, powerful female singer based in South Austin. She is an award-winning, powerful songwriter and energetic performer. She has played in Austin for over 18 years. She is also well known in the world for her Full Moon Barn Dances, hosting Peter Rowan, Papa Mali, Steve James, Toni Price, Alejandro Escovedo, and many international artists from Brazil, Norway, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia...
watch Gypzee Heart acoustic performance filmed and edited by Fretworld Records
"Firebird"
"Thank You"- live at the Leeann's Barn Dance Discography: Gypzee Heart debut CD available for purchase.
Hello Gypzee Heart, Thank you for being friends with WRMusicReview!
We recently teamed up with our friends @ HunnyPot Radio on their most recent show this past Monday, Nov. 3rd featuring live performances by Obedient Waves & Hot Pink DeLorean, and would LOVE to share the week-long re-broadcast and download (see Hunnydrip Blog) with you and yours!
Click Below to listen to the re-broadcast and to learn more about Hunnypot!
Hey you crazy kids! I have a DVD for you of your performance at Kerrville's Threadgill Theatre and it came out pretty well...give me a shout so we can coordinate... Love, Shep
