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The Sad Machinery of Spring


The Sad Machinery of Spring  
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0031257152426
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Hannibal
Manufacturer: Hannibal
MPN: 1524
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hannibal
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Studio: Hannibal


Disc 1:
  1. Old World
  2. Secret Fluid of Dusk
  3. Blind Paper Dragon
  4. Dionysus
  5. Daisy Bell
  6. Drawing Lessons
  7. Book
  8. Dead Season
  9. Black Thursday
  10. Tailor's Dummies
  11. Dionysus, Pt. 2
  12. Land of Perpetual Sleep
  13. Janissary Band
  14. Comet
  15. Intractable
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Editorial Review:With The Sad Machinery of Spring, the acclaimed band of genre-leaping musical adventurers known as Tin Hat begins a new chapter in their remarkable decade-long career. Dropping "trio" from their name, Tin Hat continues to move effortlessly between styles, creating a new kind of acoustic chamber music that melds elements of jazz, folk, classical, and various forms of American and World roots music.

Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Album!
This is a great album, and definitely worth the purchase. The musicians in Tin Hat are exceptional, and the compositions are beautiful.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great gift!
I bought this for my father-in-law. He loved it! Now I think I may want a copy for myself.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not my favorite by far.
In comparison to the other four Tin Hat Trio albums, I feel this one is by far the least inventive. Yes the music is very beautiful, and more fully orchestrated than their other albums (because of the added musicians in the group), however Tin Hat Trio's best musical attributes-- including the use of mixed meter and non-traditional instruments and sounds-- are almost non-existent in this album. I've listened to this album at least a half dozen times, so I've given it a fair chance. It just doesn't ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A surpise and a delight.
I heard a track off this played on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction show, and immediately tracked it down. Hmmm, Turtle Island meets Penguin Cafe meets Kronos, directed by Kurt Weill?

Great stuff.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I am Glad about "Sad"
Tin Hat is one of the precious few groups occupy a space that is uniquely their own.
Formerly known as Tin Hat Trio, multi-instrumentalists Carla Kihlstedt and Mark Orton used fellow founding-member Rob Burger's departure as the impetus to expand the group and shorten the name. Recruiting fellow multi-instrumentalist Ara Anderson, clarinetist Ben Goldberg and harpist Zeena Parkins, the quintet's new CD "The Sad Machinery of Spring" finds a freshly invigorated band artfully exploring ... Read More


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