Roma di Luna - Find Your Way Home
ARTIST.....: Roma di Luna
TITLE......: Find Your Way Home
LABEL......: Self-Released
URL........: www.romadiluna.com
RIP DATE...: Sep-02-2007
STORE DATE.: Sep-06-2007
GENRE......: Folk
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 57,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - The Devil Walks 05:47
02 - Plenty 03:26
03 - Tree Of Life 02:20
04 - No Child Of My Own 03:57
05 - Inside The Bells 03:35
06 - Lion 05:06
07 - Find Your Way Home 07:15
08 - Letter To A Young Poet 04:08
09 - Ghost Dance 03:02
10 - Bury Me (Beneath The Killing Fields) 03:56
11 - Savior, O Savior 05:10
12 - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 04:32
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52:14 min
Release Notes:
www.myspace.com/romadiluna
Roma di Luna is an acoustic duo whose music recalls early 20th
century folk and country set to modern times. As husband and wife,
Alexei and Channy Moon Casselle co-write songs that are plaintive,
sometimes dark yet "hauntingly soothing" noted for "simple
instrumentation along with piercing, emotively beautiful vocals."
The songs are presented in a stark manner, keeping them true to
the influence of Americana roots. Lyrics soaked with confessions
and hard truths pay homage to the storytellers and spiritual
revelations of the folk and gospel tradition.
Alexei Moon Casselle is better known in the underground hip-hop
scene as an MC under the alias Crescent Moon as a former member of
Oddjobs, and current member of Kill the Vultures, occasionally
touring with Atmosphere as Slug's hype-man. Channy Moon Casselle
is a classically trained violinist who has played with various
bluegrass groups and has already blossomed into a talented
singer/songwriter.
Roma di Luna first emerged on the scene through weekly busking
performances at the downtown Minneapolis farmer's market beginning
in 2005. They played traditional numbers from Alan Lomax songbooks
on a corner next to meat vendors and vegetable farmers, eventually
working more of their original songs into their spirited sets.
Their first visit to the recording studio in Spring 2006 resulted
in the track "These Tears Ain't Mine" which was featured on the
Twin Town High 2006 compilation CD and has gone on to garner a
local buzz and regular airplay on local radio.
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That second album, "Find Your Way Home," proves that Roma di Luna
is much more than just a hobby for the young newlyweds, both 26,
to enjoy on weekends.
Produced by Ben Durrant (soon after he finished Andrew Bird's
acclaimed new album), the new disc features a lot of eerie
ambience and rustic instrumentation, which suits the
hallowed-sounding songs. However romantic the duo's origins, these
songs are anything but lovey-dovey.
One tune is about north Minneapolis violence ("The Devil Walks").
Another is about barren women ("No Child of My Own"). Both singers
explore their American Indian roots in the rousing sing-along
"Bury Me (Beneath the Killing Fields)." And Alexei bravely
revisits his strained relationship with his father in the title
track, a topic he has also hit on in Kill the Vultures.
In fact, the lyrics on "Find Your Way Home" would be at home among
Alexei's hip-hop albums.
"Most of Alexei's songs are very dark, and a lot of them are about
downtrodden, oppressed people," Channy said. Alexei had a simpler
description: "Like everything else, rap can be traced back to the
blues."
While he's better-known, Channy is the real star of Roma di Luna.
She has a riveting voice, at once sirenlike and sweet but also
fragile and haunted-sounding. It's a sharp contrast to his
booming, dry, leathery voice.
"I'm still pretty uncomfortable about singing," Alexei admitted,
but then he shrugged off the nerves.
"It feels a lot more important to me than, say, rapping about
whack MCs." (www.startribune.com)