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No Sophomore Curse Here

T. Ahaus | Portland, OR | 11/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"3 Leg Torso has produced an amazing second albulm follow up to their first high-acclaimed, yet surprising self titled albulm, "3 Leg Torso". After 5 years from their debut albulm, "Astor In Paris" follows their same unique style of Eastern European mixed with Klezmer beats that makes this Portland group so wonderfully different. They have double in size from their original trio and now boast 6 muscians. The additons have definately turned the former trio's chamber music sounds into much stronger beats with more percussion that adds to enjoyable hand clapping, foot stopping rhythms. Check out their titled song "Astor in Paris" and "Zemer Attic/Tanz Tanz Yiddelach" for the best taste of what this group has to offer. And if you ever get an opportunity to see them in concert, it will be the best $15 bucks you ever spent...truly enjoyable, down to earth, fun guys. If you like 3 Leg Torso (and I know you will), check out another wonderful Portland group named Pink Martini and you'll have some great party music for any occation."

A Brilliant, Inventive, and Engaging Work of Musical Art

Lawrence E. Wilson | Mayfield, East Sussex, UK | 01/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one incredible CD, a collection of witty and engaging tunes, like nothing I've ever really heard before. It could be the soundtrack of a fabulous, as-yet-unmade film, perhaps a cross between a Hitchcock thriller, a French farce, and an unexpectedly tender love story. One song sounds like a chase through the Casbah, and the next a semi-cynical confession of indiscretion, told over drinks in a little cafe on the Left Bank. Throw in a bluesy number for an aging chanteuse, then perhaps a little bluegrass, and then maybe something a nostalgic Russian might dance to, after a round of chilled vodka and caviar. For all its world-wide, cosmopolitan flavor, the CD is focused, fun, and brilliantly performed. It's wonderful. I can't wait to see the movie!"

Passionate Bohemian Accordian Instrumental with Strings!

Gypsy Rose | Santa Fe, NM | 09/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Very hard to describe but unforgetable in passion and life. I saw these guys play live, to a packed theatre. We were transfixed by the beauty and depth of this Gypsy/Ethnic explosion of sound. As I recall several audience members ran up to the front of the theatre, stripped off their clothes completely and danced with wild abandon. Being as it was Portland (little Beruit) Oregon, no one objected. Highly recommended addition to anyone's electic collection!"