CD Reviews: "Different World"
A moving song cycle
of love, loss, faith, and the distances between people, Different
World is wise and knowing and wants to share its experiences
with the rest of the world. Moving with purpose and a kind of
unspoken intent, Different World has a generous agenda.
Whether it's the
lilting beauty of "Red Star" or the nimble "Forever
Today," what makes Different World such a special album
is that even though the songs are beautifully composed there
still exists in each number a spare quality that lets in an element
of improvisation, giving all of the songs a chance to breathe
and in every case, yield surprising musical turns.
Throughout each track,
Van Zalm is the sonorous, almost maternal guide, giving a musical
tour through the universes' many mysteries
Alex Green
Discoveries Magazine U.S. Summer, 2002 alex670@earthlink.net
" Art with a Capitol A. A immensely creative singer.
A wonderfully warm and charming woman. A pleasure to listen to,with
flowing emotional tunes, lightly toasted with cultural diversity
and pride for Australia and its people."
Melanie
Vilnis
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"Different
World" is
Available at gigs or mail
order by sending $27 includes postage in Australia to Red Dirt
Records at PO Elands NSW 2429. Be sure to include your mailing
address. NB. International
Customers Please Add AUD$10 postage.
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here and purchase from CD Baby USA or download mp3's
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on the disc
Peggy
's Rave
"Increasingly the Australian
landscape, spirit of place has been an influence in my songwriting
and the gypsy life has opened the way up for me with a number
of new songs being written and fortunately recorded in some great
settings along the journey - I hope you enjoy the living documentary.
I've really found that the travelling has been infusing my whole
attitude with renewed enthusiasm and the very nature of being
on the move, in a spontaneous flow has definitely heightened
the synchronicity factor of being in the right place at the right
time...and in particular as far as gathering the right musicians
for specific songs in this recording!"
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