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Jody Leader of the Los Angeles Daily News writes:
Like the haunting voices on the hit record Les Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices, by the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir), this group renders exqusite harmonies and lilting melodies that intoxicate.
CryptoNoche at Club Tropical writes:
Nevenka runs the gamut from melancholic to uplifting and nearly every human emotion in between. For fans of Balkan music, women's music, choir music or just great music, this is engaging, soulful,brilliantly executed and very highly recommended music to come out and see!
CC Smith at KPFK Radio Station:
Beautiful, stunning, stunning stuff.
Kevin Bronson of the Los Angeles Times writes:
A dozen members of the L.A. based women's chorus Nevenka … joined Foreign Born onstage to lend their voices to that chant, and the song darned near burst at the seams…
Nevenka's cameo, along with its set of Eastern European folk songs, gave the evening an irresistible charm… some customers Tuesday empathized with the less-amplified singers playing tunes from Macedonia, Bulgaria, Georgia and elsewhere in the Balkan region: They shushed their fellow audience members.
Now that's good folk.
CD Review – When Marigolds Sing (2014)
by Dr. Anthony Shay
A dazzling musical album… for those of us who began this journey a half century ago, this album and its talented, well-trained ensemble gives us the strong feeling that every step of that journey was worth it.
Anatomy of a Band: Nevenka
by Leda and Steve Shapiro and Joel Okida
When first heard, the layering of voices wash over you… all members radiate the joy of singing.
CD Review – Reflections of Eastern Europe (2004)
by Pat MacSwyney
Reflections of Eastern Europe marks the third recording by Nevenka, the vocal group who have championed Balkan and assorted East European women's music in L.A. for nearly three decades. For fans of the genre, this latest recording includes multiple examples of full eastern European women's choirs in the style of the old socialist-era state choirs... this recording is as varied as it is beautifully arranged, sung and recorded….
With Reflections of Eastern Europe, Nevenka runs the gamut from melancholic to uplifting and nearly every human emotion in between. For fans of Balkan music, women's music, choir music or just great music, this is an engaging, soulful, brilliantly executed and very highly recommended recording which has scarcely left my stereo since its release!
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