Happy New Year plus Dublin and London Dates
May we wish everyone a very Happy New Year for 2009.
Here's to hope and fresh starts. We'll be making plans to record the next album. More info on that anon.
Have a read of the great review of our last gig in 2008 In Bewleys Cafe Theatre, from Music Critic, Siobhain Long, Irish Times at the end of this email. A dictionary might be needed..
Peace and Love,
Carole and Maria
2009 Dates
Sun Jan 11
Returning to play their now quite long-running residency in the George on Georges St, Dublin 2 every Sunday Afternoon 4 - 6.30pm
Relaxed, chill-out atmosphere
With Afternoon Tea, Cakes and Cocktails.
Free Entry
Wed Feb 4: Jazz in the Crypt, St Martin in the Fields, London.
8pm show
A wonderful venue
Irish Times Tues Dec 23 2008
Zrazy
Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin
For those of us who take our festivities with a tincture of dry humour and without the schmaltz that threatens to engulf this time of the year, Zrazy are our dream ticket. Languid, louche and sensual, Maria Walsh and Carole Nelson positively prowl through their jazz-soaked set with lascivious intent.
In a venue as intimate as Bewley's, there's no place to hide. Artists reach their audience whether they like it or not, and even a hint of fakery will burst their bubble. Zrazy's trump card is their unquenchable love of what they do. From the open chords of Bye Bye Blackbird to their deliciously hammy Santa Baby and their no-holds-barred cover of The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You ), they were hell-bent on having a good time.
Nelson's unhurried piano lines cosseted Walsh's leonine vocals with the familiarity of old lovers who still haven't lost the fizz. The added presence of Walsh's fascinating toy, a laptop snare, which she brushed with serpentine intent, lent a further air of exoticism. Nelson was in impish form, but she peaked on a suitably bare-boned reading of Joni Mitchell's River , her delivery a delightful plainsong that merged seamlessly with Walsh's more indolent vocals. Walsh's short flute interlude added further poignancy.
Zrazy's original material kept a heady pace alongside such classics as Ella Fitzgerald's Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and Billie Holiday's God Bless the Child. Remember That You Did it First With Me slithered erotically into the ether, while Song for Jim and Suburban Girl mirrored journeys to the past and future that everyone makes. Glorious, free-spirited jazz tones to propel the dourest curmudgeon into a new year with a wry smile.
SIOBHÁN LONG
All Zrazy CD's for sale online and Digital Sales on I-Tunes and more sites:
Go to: www.cdbaby.com/zrazy5
