This Moldavian group, yet to be discovered in the West, is a firm favorite of the Monte-Cristo Publishing House and has been a real revelation. Slav soulfulness mingles with the passion of the Celtic ballad to give music of great vividness, suffused with Vivaldian elegance. The limpid voice of Inna Bondari, the singer of the group, has the dreamlike texture of Loreena McKennit or Sinead O'Connor, but with an added artlessness and an almost childlike fragility which you so often find in young female Slav voices. Ann'Sannat (whose literal meaning is "The Fantastic Tale of the Elves") transports us into an enchanted world with its delicately distilled lullabies, its wild whirls worthy of Lord of the Dance, its songs full of mystery, gentleness and unending reverie and its refined medieval allusions and bewitching melodies. A spellbinding atmosphere with a captivating musical and vocal character, blending the jubilation of Celtic folk music with the melancholy of traditional Slav strains.

Hometown: Chisinau, Moldova
Similar Artists:Deanta, Karan Casey, Silly Wizard, Malicorn

Website: Ann'Sannat
Download MP3: "The Reel" - Downloads include "Improvisation", "The Wind, That Shakes the Barley", "The Reel", "Crazy Man Michael", "The Old Story", "Idje Sen" and "John Riley"
Buy CD: Ann'Sannat: "Welcome Into the Morning"

Posted by Anonymous, Tuesday, April 18, 2006.
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