It's been more than ten years now that Andrea Gerak recorded her first acapella solo album, Madarka, madarka (Little Birdie), and the haunting Hungarian folk songs are still flying around the world, giving joy to listeners and being downloaded on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Last FM and other music sites, the CDs travel continents.
With a few thousand singing hours, more versatile vocal technique and performing skills, extended repertoire and intense life experiences under Andrea's belt since then, the time is well ripe for a new release.
For many listeners loved the idea of having a voice only album, here comes another one, but this time you can hear one or two folk songs from other nations as well, not only Hungarian ones. The upcoming album titled This Way, Sweetheart! features some of Andrea's most successful acapella pieces, those that have become standard pieces of her performances through the years, as well as new favorites.
The songs tell us about various stages and emotional aspects of love, the meaning of one's homeland, and we also find soothing lullaby tunes on the album.
"All these are traditional folk songs, old melodies, yet several of them reflect the exact situations in my life right now...", says the singer. "Since a long time I wanted to make another CD with my voice only, because I believe that the human voice is the most perfect music instrument: you don't need to carry big cases, spend a fortune on an excellent quality piece, it will not get lost or robbed from you, and what is most important: you don't need to use any physical object as a via, to communicate feelings and stories with your songs. In an ideal case for a live concert at a place with brilliant acoustics, you don't even need a microphone - what you scream and shout, lull and whisper, hum and chant, will be carried to the listeners only by air. And this is probably what I like most when I perform: to convey a piece of my soul to others, with as less things in between us as possible.
Therefore I didn't want to make a 'studio recording' with twenty times recorded and technically perfected lines, but as close to a live recording as possible: all songs are first or second take.
I would like to give the feeling that I am there in your room when you want to chill out, or walking in the forest with you, sitting on a rock by the sea, laying in the grass and watching the clouds, standing on a mountain top, and I would just sing for you..."
WHAT OTHERS SAY:
"It was a very daring attempt to make such a long, voice only album... It was worth to do it!!" - L. Z. (Photographer, Hungary)
"I just want to thank you again to let me enjoy your beautiful voice, so pure, on your cd with all those nice tunes. Although I can't understand what you are singing, I do understand the feelings. And I like your fast voice vibrato so much." - Luc Callaert (Singer, Belgium)
Soon available from CD Baby and selected retail points.
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