Jonny Nash - There Up, Behind The Moon '2021

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       Romanian folklore and classical musics are the evocative subject of Jonny
Nash’s latest charm, crafted in collaboration with native singer Ana
Stamp and local performers - RIYL Breadwoman, Susanna, Cucina Povera

‘There Up, Behind the Moon’ is Nash’s first release since
his 2020 hook-ups with Suzanne Kraft and Teguh Permana, during which time
he’s been busy researching Romanian folklore and classical paradigms that
feed into one of his most hauntingly melancholic recordings. With all due
respect, as non-native Romanian speakers, the careful cadence and poise of Ana
Stamp’s singing really calls to mind the otherworldly effect of Anna
Homler’s Breadwoman as much as Helge Sten aka Deathprod’s sonic
mise-en-scene for Susanna Wallumrød across the album’s etheric
corridors and nocturnal feel.

Also accompanied by instrumentalists Dani Luca (cimbalom), Gabriel
Bărbălău (double bass), and Lorenzo Buffa (double bass), Nash’s
keys and Stamp’s self-possessed vox create an absorbing soundworld of
shadow and flickering candlelight where they stage arrangements of traditional
Romanian “star songs” and carols, such as ‘Bright Girl’
with its skin-stroking keys and Ana’s vocals finding strength in their
fragility, while bringing a more adult contemporary feel a la Susanna with
’On The Mountain Realm’.

Together with a standout take on Oșoianu Sisters’ cover of
traditional song ‘Clouds Passing By’, and two recitals of classical
piano compositions by Sigismund Toduță that lend the album its title and
exemplify a long-standing relationship between folk and classical styles,
it’s an effortlessly lovely album and partner for reflective times.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jonny Nash - Bright Girl (7:24)
1.02 - Jonny Nash - The Crown Whispers (1:42)
1.03 - Jonny Nash - On The Mountain Realm (4:24)
1.04 - Jonny Nash - Sacred Conversations (6:50)
1.05 - Jonny Nash - Upwards (2:14)
1.06 - Jonny Nash - Noble Tree (3:30)
1.07 - Jonny Nash - For You I Am Missing … (3:19)
1.08 - Jonny Nash - Clouds Passing By (5:06)
1.09 - Jonny Nash - There Up, Behind The Moon (4:28) 

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