from this months in the Irish Music Magazine: “I CAN HEAR YOU CALLING” RESONATES WORLWIDE – Anna Falkenau & Lena Ullman

“A wonderful collaborative album,“ this latest release by acclaimed fiddle player Anna Falkenau
and five-string banjo virtuoso / singer Lena Ullman has found open ears around the world. Since its launch at the Ennis Tradfest it has been widely played on radio shows in Ireland, France, Denmark, New Zealand and across the US. At home I Can Hear You Calling continuous to be featured on RTE1, Clare FM and RnaG. In printed and virtual media, the new album has met with appraisals from national and international music press. “A superb album, that only improves with listening” writes Lonesome Highway Magazine. fRoots remarkes on the “rich cultural influences” of the duo and Siobhán Long responds in the Irish Times: “The pair’s marriage of fiddle and banjo sits perfectly in their chosen musical landscape, where the raw bar glistens in all its free-spirited, unadorned glory,” awarding the independent release four out of five stars.
With critical acclaim reaching from “an ear-whispering collection,“ over “a showcase for innovation and virtuoso playing” to “I Can Hear You Calling raises the hairs on my neck at times, that primal edge on the fiddle particularly,” Anna Falkenau and Lena Ullman have made quite the impact with their new collection of traditional and original tunes!
(Quotes from reviews in Lonesome Highway, Folkworld and from Pete Mullineaux, Poet)