No Depression features Eszter Balint’s new video!

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Eszter Balint’s new video, “Trouble You Don’t See” first premiered on Paste Magazine, is being featured on various media sites and blogs, including No Depression.

Lisa Knight/No Depression writes “Trouble You Don’t See” is…”An ominous and mysterious new video produced by Nick Nehez for Eszter Balint from her latest album, “Airless Midnight”.  It’s dark and sexy, with a punk vibe.”

Watch video on No Depression!

“Paste named Eszter Balint an artist to watch back in 2004 after she released her second album Mud. And she’s delivered on that promise with this year’s long-awaited follow-up Airless Midnight, which comes on the heels of a recurring role as a Louis C.K.’s love interest in the most recent season of Louie.” Josh Jackson/Paste Magazine

International raves are flowing in for Balint’s Airless Midnight:

“This whole effort was a master class in the philosophy of “less is more.”… The songs all work together very well in evoking a darkly beautiful late-night world, populated with mysterious lonesome people. The musicianship is sharp and restrained… The closer you listen, the more you appreciate the detail and care that went into it.” Ludwig Wodka, The Daily Vault

“Net als de twee voorgangers is airless midnight geproduceerd door JD Foster, die opnieuw bas speelt. Ook Marc Ribot is weer van de partij, op banjo en gitaar, en Sam Phillips zingt mee in het openingsnummer. En natuurlijk klinken de enigs- zins lijzige, onderkoelde zang- stem van Balint en haar viool. Dat instrument bespeelt ze erg origineel, soms lijken de klan- ken afkomstig uit een spook- huis. De songs zijn sowieso heerlijk spannend ingekleurd en zinderen nog meer dan we gewend zijn. Het centrale thema is de dood, ontdekte ze achteraf, maar al te dik ligt dat er niet bovenop. Of je nou fan bent van rockende vrouwen, Tom Waits of nachtkoningin Jill Tracy, Eszter Balint is een naam om achteraan te gaan.” PopHeaven Magazine (The Netherlands)

“Balint has talent in spades. She is a blues folkie who doesn’t mind messing with time signatures and cutting her teeth on the avant-garde and jazz.” Hans Werksman, Here Comes The Flood (The Netherlands)

Martha Redbone on Many 2012 Best Lists!

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New York, NY — Martha Redbone’s beloved The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake, produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Founder and Grammy Award Winner John McEuen and David Hoffner has landed on many Best Recordings of 2012 lists:

As of January 7, 2013:

Blogcritics: My Ten Favorite Recordings of 2012 (No. 1)!

“Martha Redbone Roots Project – The Garden Of Love – The Songs Of William Blake. When most people refer to Americana or roots music they tend to forget about two important musical traditions. Redbone and her band created an album which blends the Native, African, and Anglo/Irish/Scot American roots of North American music with the words of poet William Blake. The result are wonderfully vivid versions of Blake’s work. With Redbone’s splendid voice leading a masterful group of musicians, you’ll not only gain a new appreciation for the poems but broaden your definition of roots music. ” Richard Marcus

Country Universe’s Top Albums of 2012

#40
The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake
Martha Redbone Roots Project

Individual rankings:  Sam – #12

The combination of a modern soul singer, an 18^th-century Romantic poet and bluegrass music shouldn’t work, at least on paper.  However, when there are talented people like Martha Redbone and John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band involved, the results can be fantastic.  Redbone and collaborator Aaron Whitby drew from the works of William Blake and McEuen and a host of talented musicians helped recast the poems as bluegrass songs.  The resulting songs sound more like Harlan County than Blake’s native London, and Redbone’s vocals are gorgeous throughout.  For music lovers, discovering hidden gems like this album is the equivalent of finding a winning lottery ticket on the street. – Sam Gazdziak

Pete Chianca’s 22 stellar songs from 2012/Wicked Local:

““I Rose Up At The Dawn of Day” from “The Garden of Love,” Martha Redbone Roots Project. Redbone’s album sets William Blake’s poetry to rich, twangy Americana, and this gospel stomper shows just how effectively she does it.”

Ted Gioia: The 100 Best Albums of 2012 (all styles, all genres):

No. 1.  Martha Redbone
The Garden Of Love: Songs Of William Blake
Americana / Britannia Fusion

Heaven Magazine (The Netherlands) Top Ten List from Pieter Wijnstekers

A List of Lists: No. 5 on Hearth Music Blog’s choices on No Depression

HEARTH MUSIC (blog)

1. Rayna Gellert – Old Light
2. Jenny Ritter – Bright Mainland
3. Le Vent Du Nord – Tromper le Temps
4. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation Songs
5. Martha Redbone’s Roots Music Project – Garden of Love: The Songs of Wiliam Blake
6. The New Young Fogies – Volume One
7. Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers – Old Gold
8. Black Prairie – A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart
9. Eric Bibb – Deeper in the Well
10. John Doyle – Shadows & Light

Top 36 Songs of the Year: independent clauses

No. 17. I Rose Up At The Dawn of the Day

KVMR Staff Top Picks 2012

On Radio Host Dennis Brunnenmeyer’s list.

And 2013 has begun with the Martha Redbone Roots Project charting at No. 5 for January on the EuroAmericana Chart.