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Harlequin´s Glance

Folk ´n´ Roll

About Me

After winning the "Emergenza Acoustic Festival"- contest and playing in the finals in Berlin, "Harlequin´s Glance" decided to take this loosely based project and turn it into a real band. Playing mostly their own original blend of bluesy neo-roots balladry and raw suburban Beatnik-Exotica, the group electrifies with a real dynamic live-appearance. Listen and marvel!
"Zart geraunte Balladen und elektrisch gestürmte Polkas" verweben die Gewinner des "Emergenza Acoustic Festivals" nach eigenen Angaben mit "Irish-Folkwalzern" und "verrauchten Jazzkeller-Grooves". Die von folkloristischer Melancholie getragenen Songs des Wiener Quintetts schielen dabei auch gerne in Richtung Chanson-artigen Songwritings und wenn der Sänger Gernot Feldner als Haupteinfluss Tom Waits nennt, dann scheint das zumindest angesichts seines leicht kratzigen Organs auch irgendwie plausibel.
(Falter)

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Member Since: 10/20/2006
Band Website: harlequinsglance.com
Band Members: Gernot Feldner: acc. guitar, voc, songwriting
Stephan "Stoney" Steiner: fiddle, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), hurdy gurdy
Alex Gantz: el. guitar
Daniel Klemmer: drums, perc.
Martin "Tino" Mixan: doublebass
Influences: Tom Waits; Bob Dylan; The Beatles; Jethro Tull; Lois Armstrong; Chuck E. Weiss; Nick Cave; The Pogues; The Wallflowers; John Lennon; The Frames; Giant Ants farm; Edith Piaf; Townes Van Zandt; Celtic and Balkan Folk; Neil Young; Klezmer; Ricky Lee Jones; Glen Hansard; Counting Crows; Joni Mitchell; David Sylvian;
Harlequin's Glance - Time of Grief

Sounds Like: Harlequins Glance
Record Label: Heurecords
Type of Label: Indie