REVIEWS

April 2002
…Not only a concert the one of Folk Studio A last night during the last evening of the Show called "Vo on the folks" but also a party for the enthusiastic audience. Sgevano and company are a solid formation, they get on well together, they have an impressive repertory of international celthic music with original melodies composed by Claudio Bettega, creative mind of the group. The eight artists work well on the stage: Sgevano and Bettega guarantee the rhythm with the bouzouki and guitars, wind instruments of Angelo Lora and the oblique flute of Roberta Vigolo bring to melodies the very particular sound of atlantic irish music, the violins of Pieregidio Spiller, Michele Sguotti and Matteo Carrisi extend the breath of the sound, the voice of Anita Nascimben perfect the group's work.

From: Il Giornale di Vicenza 19th April 2002 page "Spectacles and Culture" signed by Lino Zonin

Folk & Noble Jig

"In continual oscillation between the full-blooded force of the front-man Paolo Sgevano and the immense musical culture of Claudio Bettega, who writes the originals and arranges the traditionals with an approach which had already been defined as that of chamber music... In this work more or less all the group's classics are present and are pleasantly mixed up together, alternating with some of Bettega's pieces. Above all, there are more or less all the elements that over time have created a sufficiently personal style for this group in our national panorama... To conclude, we believe that with this mature and pleasurable CD, Folk Studio A can propose themselves with pride to a public which is not only national but, what counts more, which is not only a public of specialists, and thus finally obtain the success they deserve".

Roberto Covallero (da Folk Bulletin n. 9 November '99)

"I must confess that I have always felt diffidence towards our local groups reproposing Celtic music... So it is with this diffidence that I get ready to listen to Folk Studio A, a group with more than a decade's experience, and is back in the public eye again... OK, a lot of water has passed under the bridge, and these ex-homewoven and rather rough musicians at the beginning can now be found with their well-polished brasses, so much so that some by now worn-out Irish veterans would pale...We find cover notes, texts and photos in abundance, the seal of quality on a concert which really "ennobles" this music, renders it more precious and appetizing even for a cultured public. This is indeed a precious work, with never a note out of place, or a redundant instrument - in fact, there is no trace of banality or of pomposity. My compliments to the Music On production."

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