Gina Le Faux » Recording http://ginalefaux.com/blog Singer | Fiddler | Guitarist | Songwriter | Composer Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:33:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ‘In My Life’ review http://ginalefaux.com/blog/in-my-life-review/ http://ginalefaux.com/blog/in-my-life-review/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:50:13 +0000 Gina Le Faux http://ginalefaux.com/blog/?p=692   Gina le Faux “In my life”
Label: Le faux music; LFM 006; 2009Gina le Faux, not a name that rang a bell the first second but hearing her beautiful music and diving in to her past showed a musician with a long history in (more or less) English folk music. She was the fiddler of Hom bru, a band that played music from the Shetlands, played in Shegui for a short while, started building her own violins, played with numerous known folk artists and recorded her first solo album in 1988. Now her new album is released and together with Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Hugh Bradley and Keith Angel she recorded one of the best folk albums of the year. Surprised by her deep and intense vocals, Le Faux takes me on a journey passing strong original songs like The critics song (only guitar and vocals), a self written instrumental called Il ya toujours demain / magnifikat which shows her quality as a fiddler backed by Andy Cutting on melodeon. Besides her own work a fantastic version of Hank William’s Alone and forsaken which is a highlight on this album, a heartbreaking version of the traditional Kellswater and the album ends in style with her personal version of the Lennon/McCartney song In my life. Great album, great singer, great songwriter and great band backing this beautiful singer.

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Robin Dunn extreme left, Gina Le Faux 4th from left, Amy Atkinson, 5th from left, Tom McConville, 2nd from right, Paul Burgess extreme right Kevin Dempsey, Dave Swarbrick, Gina Le Faux and Chris Leslie - getting ready for the encore Filming of Gina Le Faux’s fiddle tutor DVD, ‘Traditional Fiddle; Mastering the Art’ Dave Swarbrick, Gina Le Faux Gina Le Faux and Dave Swarbrick at The Red Shed, Wakefield 1 New Bedford Festival, Gina Le Faux and Jane Rothwell Kevin Dempsey, Dave Swarbrick, Gina Le Faux and Chris Leslie

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I’m putting together reviews of the CD, In My Life, here are links to a couple of reviews

Folk World Reviews

Amazon

More to follow.

Gina Le Faux recording at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, 2007 Gina Le Faux recording her CD ‘In my life’ 2 Filming of Gina Le Faux’s fiddle tutor DVD, ‘Traditional Fiddle; Mastering the Art’ Gina le Faux at Liverpool Town Hall for publicity photos for the Liverpool 800 Anniversary singe, ‘Only you’ with Paul Cooper holding the CD During the filming of Gina Le Faux’s fiddle tutor DVD, ‘Traditional Fiddle; Mastering the Art’, Murray Grainger learning to play a proper instrument at last! Gina Le Faux recording her CD ‘In my life’ 1 Gina Le Faux, Martin Simpson and Andy Seward

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Gina Le Faux recording her CD ‘In my life’ 1 Gina Le Faux recording her CD ‘In my life’ 2 Filming of Gina Le Faux’s fiddle tutor DVD, ‘Traditional Fiddle; Mastering the Art’ Gina Le Faux and James Raynard (photograph: Gina Le Faux) Gina Le Faux recording at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, 2007 Outside Passim, Boston Gina le Faux at Liverpool Town Hall for publicity photos for the Liverpool 800 Anniversary singe, ‘Only you’ with Paul Cooper holding the CD

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