Monday, April 20, 2015

Friend 'n Fellow - 2 albums: Covered / Discovered

What are the essentials of powerful musical expression? We believe a soulful black female voice and a virtuoso acoustic guitar. Provided they are of the caliber of Friend 'n Fellow. Depth, class and entertainment from an exceptional duo that plays so efficiently that they actually should be called a "band" with their incredible dynamics and emotionality. The names of these two experienced musicians are: Constanze Friend (vocals) studied modern voice in Weimar. As the singer of the R&B Band "Mr Adapoe", Constanze was a guest at many European festivals, e.g. as a support act for Alvin Lee and James Brown. Thomas Fellow (guitars) studied concert guitar for seven years in Weimar. He has won prizes at international competitions and has been on concert tours throughout Europe, the U.S.A. , India and South America. Professor Thomas Fellow is the chairman of the Department of Guitar/World Music at the Conservatory of Music in Dresden, and conducts courses at various other music conservatories and festivals.

Friend 'n Fellow have been performing as a duo since 1991. Concerts in London, Paris, New York, Peking, Vienna, Zurich, Lucerne Festival (Lucerne, Switzerland), Tollwood-Festival Munich, Festival Internacional de la Porta Ferrada (Spain), 1st Blues & Soul Weekend (Zurich, Switzerland), Simmen Lörrach, Jazzrally Dusseldorf with Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Simply Red, Marianne Faithful, Maceo Parker.

In the music of FRIEND 'N FELLOW the intensity of blues, the sound of soul and the freedom of jazz unite in a very unique way. Deeply impressed and moved, the audience follows the virtuoso way these two exceptional musicians perform together.

Album: Covered
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:24
Size: 97.1 MB
Styles: Soul-Blues-Jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Light My Fire
[3:12] 2. Fly Like An Eagle
[4:09] 3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
[3:37] 4. Bad Love
[1:47] 5. In The Summertime
[3:31] 6. Grandma's Hands
[4:50] 7. One More Day
[3:19] 8. How Will I Know
[2:04] 9. Can't Buy Me Love
[5:27] 10. Cajun Moon
[2:33] 11. Skylark
[3:44] 12. What A Wonderful World
[0:54] 13. What A Wonderful World (Reprise)

Covered  

Album: Discovered
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:55
Size: 118.9 MB
Styles: Soul-Blues-Jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:54] 1. Me & Mrs Jones
[4:07] 2. Clocks
[2:22] 3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
[4:56] 4. Both Sides Now
[4:40] 5. Moondance
[4:07] 6. Walk On The Wild Side
[2:33] 7. Ring Of Fire
[4:47] 8. A Case Of You
[3:46] 9. Shout
[4:09] 10. Here Comes The Rain Again
[6:22] 11. Have A Talk With God
[1:47] 12. If You Had My Love
[4:21] 13. Throw It Away

Discovered  

11 comments:

  1. Thanks for the listing Mat. New to me so let's give it a try.

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  2. About Discovered. The tracks 6 & 11 are broken, incomplete. About one minute missing at the end of Walk Of The Wild Side (6). Sad, 'cause their cover is absolute great.
    Can you post it again ?

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  3. sorry 'bout the bad tracks. they are now fixed. new link posted. thx for letting me know.

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  4. Discovered : Pretty nice cover album, with a great singer. Not many weak tracks here, but the best is Walk On The Wild Side. Makes you wanna snap your fingers !

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  5. Bad news : Covered shows the same problem : Songs incomplete. Ex : Fly Like An Eagle, about 1.40 long ! Can you fix it ? Thank you.

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  6. seems like this 2-album post is jinxed! anyways, 'covered' was completely re-ripped and now has a new link. thx Mario B for the alerts!

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  7. About Covered : Same as the other album : some weak moments, but mostly pretty good covers. My favorite here is the U2 song. Exellent ! Sorry for all the troubles about the two records. Merci.

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  8. Please, re-up album Covered. Thanks!

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  9. Dave, Discovered has a new link!
    27-05-2018

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