Magda Piskorczyk : Magda Live

REVIEWSBlues from Poland? Possibly the last place you'd expect to hear blues coming from. Magda Piskorczyk has a great bluesy voice, and you'd never guess that she was from Eastern Europe - although you might guess at Mississippi or Tennessee... If youare looking for something different, then give this CD a listen. Terry Clear, Blues BytesExcellent music, beautiful voice, musicians in top form, our audience love it absolutely. Serge WARIN, Radio Canal Bleu, FranceRecorded at Radio Gdansk, this first live recording from Magda - her second CD - finds the singer and guitarist with her band (guitar, sax, double bass and drums) in a lively gig with the audience obviously enjoying every minute (as can be seen in the 15 minute video segment, and heard on the CD). Magda is an excellent, deep-voiced singer - her voice is somewhere between Koko Taylor, Charley Patton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Tommy Johnson) - capable of tackling well-known blues, jazz and gospel numbers alongside more contemporary songs from the pens of Jacques Brel, Paul Rodgers ('Muddy Water Blues' is a wonderful performance) and Tracy Chapman, and her style is distinctive, individual and unusual. So too are her arrangements, which certainly avoid the obvious and although they are acoustic-based, can be extremely powerful. Kudos too to saxophonist Arkadiusz Osenkowski for his definitely non-traditional playing, and also to Aleksandra Siemieniuk for her dobro playing - and let's not forget the rhythm section either. Credit belongs most of all though to Magda for her convincing and compelling creation of blue moods. She deserves to be far better known and hopefully this CD will help her to achieve that. Norman Darwen, BluesArt-Journal, www.bluesart.atI can hardly wait to see this lady live on stage! Bobtje's Blues Pages------------------------------------------------INFOThe new CD of Magda Piskorczyk, titled 'Magda Live', was recorded at RGstudio Radio Gdansk by Magda and her band with very active participation of the audience which was regularly involved in collective singing, clapping hands or stamping their feet, emotional shouting.The album contains 13 acoustic songs full of music with great energy and true emotions, seasoned with two reflective ballads. Magda serves her own tasty arrangements and personal interpretations of a few standards taken from various genres, for example: jazz ('All of Me'), blues ('Walking Blues'), gospel ('Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho'), as well as modern compositions of the authors such as: Tracy Chapman ('Crossroads') or Paul Rogers ('Muddy Water Blues').A very unique element of the album is a jazzy version of Jacquesa Brel's song with English text titled 'Hearts'. The CD contains also multimedia with 15 minutes video fimed at the presented concert. It is the first live album of Magda Piskorczyk.Magda Piskorczyk is known for her low, deep, 'black' voice which suits perfectly blues, soul, gospel as well as swing or African melodies, which are also very appealing for Magda. Joy and humour, great emotions and energy are mixed with deep message, melancholy, moving sincerity. Unusual usage of a saxophone, dobro and acoustic guitars, percussion and double bass, mixed with Magda's very expressive voice make this music unique and very captivating.------------------------------------------------PERFORMERS:Magda Piskorczyk- vocal, acoustic guitar, arrangementsand her band:Aleksandra Siemieniuk - dobro and acoustic guitar;Arkadiusz Osenkowski - tenor saxophone;Roman Ziobro - double bass;Maksymilian Ziobro - drums.------------------------------------------------MORE INFO:CD release: March 2008format: CD Extra (audio plus multimedia),digipack with booklet music producer: Magda Piskorczykproduction: Magda Piskorczyk & Ireneusz GraffRecord label: Artgraff

Full title is: Magda Live

  Magda Piskorczyk - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
  Roman Ziobro - Double Bass