Search - Rouge Hart :: Nouvelle - France

Slower & jazzier than last album, but still wonderful.

09/18/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hart Rouge's latest album, in some ways, departs from the style they set on their previous recording, "Beaupre's Home." It has a generally slower tempo. The arrangements are more complex, with more emphasis on the instrumentals and less on the lush vocals. It has a jazzier feel to it. None of these departures is a negative, "Nouvelle France" is a thoroughly enjoyable CD, well worth the price of admission. It retains many ofthe elements that made "Beaupre's Home" unique and interesting -- great lyrics sung both in English and French (and sometimes both in the same song or phrase), strong harmonies and a very intriguing, mostly acoustic sound."