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"A fixture of the Bay Area's eclectic music scene
since 1998, pickPocket Ensemble echoes Parisian cafe music, Gypsy
jigs, and ragtime shuffles with an infectious musical intimacy that
turns living rooms and clubs alike into a grotto or oasis. Rick
Corrigan's accordion, Marguerite Ostrovski's swooning violin, Tim
Fox' guitar, Will High's bass, and Aharon Bolsta's tabla-steeped
percussion infuse the present with sounds of the past, providing
an incredibly universal and immediate musical appeal." Reviews of The pickPocket ensemble’s If I Were A Highway: "After much too long an absence from
the recording studio, San Francisco's own Pickpocket Ensemble returns
with their third album and an apparently expanded line up. Listening
to them on disc I still lament the loss of our beloved Radio Valencia
where (how spoiled we were then) one could catch them live for free
on regular basis. For those unfamiliar, the Pickpocket Ensemble
play a wonderfully unselfconscious amalgamation of, for lack of
a better term, folk music from around the world. The group is led
by accordionist Rick Corrigan, who also writes the bulk of their
material and filled out by violin, double bass, guitar and percussion.
Along with both the Parisian and Eastern influences that form the
bedrock of the Pickpocket Ensemble, Corrigan has been further embracing
the sounds of Klezmer music and in addition he seems to be delving
into the realms of both Spanish and Nubian music. But parsing out
specific influences with the Pickpocket Ensemble is a tricky thing
as Corrigan's superb arrangements are knit so tightly it becomes
difficult to separate the musical threads. The reason I suppose
is because Corrigan and company choose to use their alembic to reinforce
the commonalities of such diverse elements as much as they do to
punctuate the differences. The result of course is just plain fine
music that can only come from the Pickpocket Ensemble. Corrigan,
an excellent accordion player, has always surrounded himself with
great musicians and the recent additions of Marguerite Ostrovski
on violin, Tim Fox on guitar and Will High on double bass are certainly
no exceptions. Highly recommended!" "The pickPocket ensemble is an instrumental
quintet from the United States of America that has taken my attention.
Their music is somehow very light and harmonic (I do not mean easy
listening!). The tunes are creeping through the ears into my mind
- where they will stay for long. It is not to easy to pigeonhole
the music of the pickpockets - it is melodious instrumental urban
acoustic chamber folk music of the world with edges of jazz klezmer
swing etc ... and this mixture makes up wonderful music.. The five
musicians are Marguerite Ostrovski on fiddle, Greg Kehret on double
bass and ac. bass guitar, Tim Fox on guitar, Aharon Wheels Bolsta
on percussion and finally Rick Corrigan on accordian. Rick does
also write all these fine tunes. I can imagine to hear their music
somewhere in a nice street cafe - but also on the big music festivals...
Hopefully this ensemble will find their way also to Europe soon!" "pickPocket Ensemble - Packed Her Things: Este es un grupo de músicos de Berkeley que tocan bajo la dirección de un acordeonista llamado Rick Corrigan, quien creo que si se sabe mover puede llegar a ser un excelente compositor de música de películas. Después de escuchar estos tres temas, sólo te quedará suponer que Hollywood lo está esperando. Toca música gitana, de Europa del Este, con toques de medio oriente. En "Packed Her Things" uno ya se imagina la historia. La violinista flaca mantenía un romance con el acordeonista, pero parece que se pelearon y ella empacó sus chivas y se fué. Corrigan, ni cojudo, llamó a su amante -la otra violinista- y la puso en la banda a tocar un tema dedicado a la primera. Para el verano del 2003, los pickPocket Ensemble se han ido de gira a Holanda. Espero que estén tocando en las estaciones de metro y en los parques, te aseguro que van a ganar más dinero de esa forma. Es una banda del pueblo para el pueblo. " "pickPocket Ensemble - Prague: Esta canción es la perfecta imagen de la mujer checa o eslovaca. Rubia, bellísima, y de tetas redondas. Uno puede estar pensando en aquel mujerón hasta que de pronto te das cuenta que te han robado la billetera entre el café y la estación del metro." "pickPocket Ensemble - Valls: Rick Corrigan
tratando de ser Augusto Polo Campos. O Félix Pasache. El acordeonista
está haciéndome recordar la Lima de antaño, sin éste haber estado
nunca en la Ciudad de los Reyes." Del CD If I were a highway (pP
productions, 2002) |