Kyle Hanson Discography of CDs

Kyle Hanson songs Seattle's Black Cat Orchestra has played for bars, weddings, silent films and cafes since 1991. They perform old pop songs from the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Asia and elsewhere, with a dreamy and cinematic feel. Mysteries Explained, the Black Cat Orchestra's second album, takes a sweeping look at life's pleasures and treacheries. It includes songs from Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, a 16th century liturgical work, a Yiddish tango, and a Kurt Weill song. It also features several original pieces that were written ...

Kyle Hanson music CDs The Black Cat Orchestra includes: Jessika Kenney (vocals); Russ Meltzer (guitar); Kyle Hanson (accordion); Scott Granlund (saxophone); Jeff Teitelbaum (bass); Emily Marsh (drums, percussion). Live Recording Recorded at Yoyo Studios, Olympia, Washington in 2002. Personnel: Jessika Kenney (vocals); Russ Meltzer (guitar); Kane Mathis (oud); Lori Goldston (cello); Kyle Hanson (accordion); Scott Granlund (saxophone); Steve Moore (trombone); Don Crevie (horns); Jeff Teitelbaum (double bass); Emily Marsh (drums, percussion). Audio Mixers: Julian Martlew; Kyle Hanson; Lori Goldston; Patrick Maley. Recording information: YoYo Studio, Olympia, WA (2002). Arrangers: Kyle Hanson; Lori Goldston. Producers: Pat maley, Lori Goldston, Kyle Hanson.

Kyle Hanson albums Group's debut crosses a broad spectrum of cultural moods with influences from Eastern Europe, Asia and South America. Accordion, cello, french horn, percussion & foreign lyrics all combine to make a swirling, gypsy-like sound, cellist Lori Goldston worke Arrangers: Lori Goldston; Black Cat Orchestra. Personnel: Gina Salá (vocals); Russ Meltzer (guitar); Kyle Hanson (accordion, piano); Scott Granlund (soprano saxophone); Don Crevie (trumpet, French horn); Matthew Sperry (double bass); Joseph Zajonc (drums, percussion); Ed Pias (bongos). Recording information: Avast Recording Co., Seattle, WA (05/03/1996-05/06/1996).

Kyle Hanson CD discography David Byrne's years of sponging up various musical styles and his sharp, eccentric, occasionally bleak sense of humor make for an outrageously eclectic album, with several producers, and collaborators as diverse as Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale of Devo (lending their uniquely mechanical, robotic sound to "Wicked Little Doll"), trip-hoppers Morcheeba, and pop siren Paula Cole. FEELINGS is a splendid patchwork of an album. "Gates of Paradise" takes a country & western song and mixes in a huge helping of trip hop, a dash of jungle music, and a pinch of punk. "Daddy Go Down" has a curious blend of Indian sitar, Cajun fiddles, and hip-hop scratching. The trippy, lighthearted sound offsets cynical lyrics and an intriguingly dark underbelly. Live Recording Recording information: Apt.1 402 W. 22nd St.NYC, NY; Avast Studio, Seat Pleasant; ...

Kyle Hanson discography Versatile K records folkie Mirah is joined by Spectratone International--consisting of Black Cat Orchestra's Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson--on SHARE THIS PLACE: STORIES AND OBSERVATIONS, a genre-bounding song cycle about the lives and loves of insects. With beautifully throbbing arrangements--courtesy of Goldston and Hanson's cello and accordion, respectively--and Mirah's dynamic but delicate vocals, SHARE THIS PLACE evocatively captures emotional life in the garden and implicitly asks the question: are buzzing insects and lovelorn humans all that different? Mirah: Mirah Ytz (vocals); Kane Mathis (oud); Lori Goldston (cello); Kyle Hanson (accordion); Jane Hall (percussion). Personnel: Mirah (vocals). Additional personnel: Nina Darko Vukmanic (bass guitar). ...

Kyle Hanson CD discography Conceived as an album of politically minded songs, To All We Stretch the Open Arm pairs Mirah's expressive vocals with Seattle's Black Cat Orchestra's equally wide-ranging music. Recorded in early 2003, when it looked likely that America was going to go to war with Iraq, the album acts as both a rallying cry to those opposed ...