"You guys (and gal) have
flat got it.
I've about
burned laser grooves in your CD
since I arrived
home. Bill Monroe must
be smiling as he gazes
toward London
alongside Blind Willie Johnson,
Dewey Balfa, Keith
Whitley, and Chubby
Wise.
Oh - and I love the name!"
Jack
Bernhardt
Country
& Traditional Music Correspondent
Raleigh
News & Observer, North Carolina
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"I've
become a groupie! Wherever the Rosinators go,
I
want to go too. Paul, Fliss and Will are three excellent
musicians
who absolutely love to play - enthusiastic,
joyful
and really good people. When the Rosinators
play
everyone in the room has a smile on their face. Go
to
see them. Get the album. You won't regret it."
Take
a mix of bluegrass, add a healthy dose of
Cajun
dance tunes and layer over with some
gospel
country classics...Turn the volume up
and
prepare to dance the night away...the best
Cajun
tunes recorded by a British band since
the
Balham Alligators"
"American
roots music has long enjoyed
an ardent
following in the British Isles.
Heck, sometimes it
seems that the Brits
know more about our
musicians than we
do! Out of this tradition comes
a serious
acoustic country group - winning fans
around
the world - known as The Rosinators."
Steve
Robertson, Fiddlin'
Around -
Journal
of American Roots Music
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"For
a band hailing from London, The Rosinators
have
a truly unexpected sound. This is American
roots
music with a huge capital A the size of Texas.
A
blend of Bluegrass, Country, Cajun, Gospel and
American
Roots Music, this is the sound of a band
playing
from the heart, but with their influences
far
wider than the average UK band...With a quality
of
recording and musicianship that has the effect of
almost
making you believe the band are playing live
in
the same room as you at times, its clear that The
Rosinators
are an accomplished band that play from
the
heart with a real passion for the music they record."
"On
this their debut album, The Rosinators give
it
to you straight: excellent musicianship and
harmonies
to die for....It's honest and passionate.
On
the first listening I was under it's spell; on the
second
I was hooked! This is real acoustic roots
at
its best. Don't let this one pass you by!"
"As
"Old Joe Clark" jump starts The Rosinators'
album,
twin fiddlers Will Sneyd and Fliss Premru
clearly
have plenty of rosiny pine sap on their bows'
horsehair.
The friction on their strings imparts a fiery
rhythmic
intensity that sets the stage for this entire
project
that also includes Paul Castle (guitar, banjo,
bass)....While
some might claim that these pickers are
searching
for an identity, it is, in reality, their eclectic
nature
and versatility that define their sound....Their
spirited
music is infectiously likeable, and, as such,
it
rosinates loudly for eclectic traditional music fans
with
adventurous tastes."
"Roots
Music in Europe is alive and well as long as
The
Rosinators keep recording music like this.
This
is a wonderful CD to listen to. Country, Bluegrass,
Gospel
and a bit of Folk on this 12 song release.
Positive
and skillfully performed. American Roots
Radio
stations should love the Rosinators."
"WHEN
I FIRST PLAYED THIS CD, I HAD
TO
CHECK THAT this was an all British line up.
The
band plays with such simplicity, clarity and
authenticity
that I thought they must have ancestral
roots
going back to the Blue Ridge Mountains at
least.....The
three members of this band show what
can
be done by letting their undeniable talent and
the
simplicity of songs speak for themselves....I can
tell
you that I am sent many CDs for review but only
a
few make me want to play them again and again.
This
is one of the few."
"...a
goodtime classic....an infectious and satisfyingly
listenable
set. The band's approach to the material is
vibrant
and dynamic, and they do some tasty things with
the
vocal harmonies too....everything they tackle comes
across
real natural."
"Who
says we can't record quality acoustic
country
in the UK? Let them listen to this
CD
and I'll bet they change their mind....
Full
marks for a great debut album"
"This
music has a great fire of enthusiasm. The good
reports
that we had of this group are fully justified."
Kathy
& Bob Drage, Editiors
Around
Kent Folk Magazine
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"Die
Rosinators sind schlichtweg eine Erfahrung,
die
jeder Liebhaber von echter, unverfälschter
Country
Music unbedingt machen sollte."
Max
W. Achatz Country
Jukebox see
full review
[English
translation
- thanks to Ingrid Heldt]
"The
Rosinators are a must-have experience for
every
lover of pure, unadulterated Country Music."
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"An
excellent album. I will play all tracks eventually"
"...a rich and substantial dish of Americana;
a hearty gumbo of blues, country, bluegrass
and spicy Cajun dance numbers given new flavours
by this trio of experienced musicians....it is only a
matter of time before they move up to a bigger league."