Indies Rec.
Raduza : V Salonu Baroknich Dam (=in the salon of baroque dames) (CZ,2008)**°°
Airplay : Tr.2, "V Salonu Baroknich Dam" 3 min, Tr.6, "Nezne a Mistrne" 4 min
Her previous album of songs lead by accordion I still found a bit too esoteric especially for an album with similar arrangements while not understanding the words. Here she composed mostly more Baroque backgrounds which are something of an improvement and pleasure to the ears, working towards more instrumentally interesting musical enjoyment. “Baroque” is taken very wide as an interpretation, which even goes as far a rock figuration (track 1,2), tango-chanson (4), or even receives a reggea association (with spinet on 14). Also more classical inspirations are arranged, mostly of a slightly minimalist nature -getting closer to Baroque in that way too- (piano on 5,9, and 12, and a bit more in a minimalist way on 10, a string quartet on 6 & 13, a semi-classical influence on 7, minimalist organ with oboe on 8, rhythmical spinet with jazzy sax on 11, and the already mentioned reggae rhythm with spinet on the last track). On “Nezne a mistrne” she proves to be able to sing powerfully and emotionally a part of the song in French (a similar strengthening of the voice happens in Czech too). “Varic A Mapa” in between all that strangely enough is more popcountry styled (with banjo, slide-guitar, humpapa rhythms), and is the only track which is a bit different of a different in approach and ideas to the other arrangements.
