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Written in fRoots issue 367/368, Jan/Feb 2014

ASTARTA
The First National
Comp Music 6821092 (2013)

Material: largely Ukrainian folk songs rhythmified to crowd-rousers. Voices: two, female, able to sing in good exciting trad-style white-voice, but mostly brutalised by Ra-Ra-Rasputin pop approach and band: thumpy industry-standard Eurovision-retro power-rock guitar-bass-drums combo plus accordion or piano. Result: tacky.

www.compmusic.kiev.ua



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