Rumelia featured in the March 28, 2014 edition of the Pasatiempo. Read the story by Paul Weideman at the Santa Fe New Mexican’s website.
Talkin’ Balkan: Dedicated musicians of Rumelia
Rumelia at San Miguel Chapel on March 29, 2014, photograph by Jason S. Ordaz
Best Santa Fe Albums of 2013
Rumelia is very pleased to be part of this esteemed list—thank you santafe.com! From the santafe.com website…
We Can’t Say No To An Exotic Instrument
No dark corner of a pawn shop is safe from our creative impulses and no instrument is off limits in the recording studio. Prominent musical roles were given to exotic instruments such as the kora, bouzouki, cajón, djembe, dunun, steam wand, tupan, saz, gaida, calabash, low whistle, mbira, hosho, shekere, segon, ogan, boula, manman, the Haitian rhythm yanvalloux, ney, balafon and tupan – and that’s just the instrumentation on Round Mountain’s “The Goat.”
Other highlights included the Southeastern European instrumentation on Rumelia’s “Lost and Found,” the punk rock-informed drone of the electric autoharp on “Gregg Turner Plays the Hits” and the Middle Eastern stylings of anything tied to the talented Jeremy Bleich (the self-titled Trio Andaluz, Meagan Chandler’s “Sensual”).
For more information and to read the story, visit http://www.santafe.com/article/best-santa-fe-albums-of-2013
Fiddler Magazine
“This trio of young women play the music of the Balkans (Albania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Bulgaria) with style, skill, and precision. Sitara Schauer is a fiddler with violinistic chops, but a real sense of the regional nuance. She gets a rich tone when called for and knows when more of an edge is needed. Nicolle Jensen on lead vocals and doumbek, riq, and frame drum percussion; and Deborah Ungar on accordion and clarinet are very skilled and know this music intimately. The vocals are both sharp and sweet and sound true to the traditions represented. This recording is a most enjoyable listen, and makes me want to catch them live when I have my dancing shoes with me.”
—Kevin Carr, Fiddler Magazine (Summer Issue, 2013)
Cover art for Lost & Found
We are pleased to announce that our album is completed! Making the album this past year was a great experience for us and we could not have done it without the support from our friends, family, and fans. If you have not already purchased our album, stay tuned to our website as we will be selling the CD here in the coming weeks.
We love and appreciate you!
Rumelia
Cover art for Lost & Found
It’s been over year that we have been working on our debut CD, but thanks to your support (and patience) our first album entitled “Lost & Found” is nearly completed. We’re excited to share it with you and have announced a few shows to launch its release in February 2013. We hope to see you soon!
Rumelia