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Written in Folk Roots issue 113, 1992

PETRU GUELFUCCI
Corsica
Olivi Music OLC 961

This record has already caused a stir among the European world music DJs, and it's easy to see why, particularly in the slow songs. Vibrant cello and limpid piano over strings introduce Guelfucci's melismatic, passionate vocals, soon joined by the magnificent Corsican polyphonic singing - here male voices rather than the female voices of the group, Donnisulana, that was so impressive at the Silex Records showcase concerts at T&C2 in London in May. Most of the lyrics and some of the tunes are by Guelfucci, with arrangements by Christophe Mac-Daniel. This is a full-blooded southern European music whose expressiveness, like that of flamenco, fado and others, crosses any linguistic barrier.


© 1992 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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