Where was the file here?

When Achim Reichel embarks on the search for material that is always an interesting affair. In the past he has made of shanties polynuclear Fußwipper he has poems old and new masters after all the tricks so set to music that they reached an unbiased audience - in other words: he has always pointed out that "German music" not necessarily bad or boring must be music. That he is after all the classic ballads and shanties now turns to the folk song, is actually a logical consequence of his previous experiments, even if he himself explained in the booklet that he has very late found to folk songs a wire. Now he has thus opened to interpret 15 folk songs in his sense - let's wait.

As for the song selection, must be clearly salute ever - with a good sense of nice, not too kitschy lyrics Achim Reichel has picked some beautiful songs and reworked in some cases, ie shortened, where they were too long for him ("Royal Children") and expanded where his opinion something was missing ("Rosenmund"). It is him doing actually managed to make the changes without destroying the style of the lyrics, which is not a foregone conclusion.

He has the biggest intervention - as actually already usual - allowed at the arrangements, the melodies were naturally received in principle. The grand and mostly already known from previous Reichel albums sideman Frank Wulff, Berry Sarluis, Pete forecast, Uwe Granitza, Helge Zumdieck and guest musicians Piet Abele and Stoppok care with mostly acoustic instruments for a comfortable and lively atmosphere, which extends through the entire album draws. True rock items are not to be found on "Volxlieder", but other ideas in rhythm or occupation provide a breath of fresh air in the old songs.

The sound equipment is neat, so far - so good. However, there is something that then but tarnishes the joy noticeably - and that's just Achim Reichel himself He almost makes the whole album through grinding sounds, sings remarkably wrong or "wobbles" audible to the right notes around.. Intent? Not likely. Of course, Achim Reichel is also known for its looseness with which he regards individual titles, but he has always been treated with great respect just foreign material. Had bad month in the studio? Even more possible. The only question you secretly, if the pressure of time was really so great that at some titles no longer could hone. Because unfortunately the oblique Sangestöne between no means bad arrangements ensure that one goes by the joy of this album very quickly.

"Volxlieder" really could be good, but unfortunately Achim Reichel itself ensures that it degenerates into more of a forced issue. A few hours had more studio album probably done audibly well ...

Oh yes - and just with "The moon has risen", anyway a real gem that you should maintain to go down from the original seven to three stanzas, was clearly the wrong decision. Clear acts title with not even three and a half minutes less bulky than an over eight minutes, but - this is really a measure of someone who has also published before pieces that went on for a whole record side - especially since the capacity of the CD with no 48 time minutes playing time is far from being exhausted?