Album Reviews:

“Somerville Symphony Orkestar is the essence of borcht on the rocks.” — The Noise: Boston (Link to full review: http://www.thenoise-boston.com/content/view/422/17/)

“Making over Slavic folk with a jazz-funk infusion” — Denise Lu, Performer Magazine (Link to full review: http://performermag.com/2011/09/23/record-review-somerville-symphony-orkestar/)

“A jar of Gypsy tears may not be enough to protect your ears from the spell, but maybe you don’t want to.” — C.D. Di Guardia, Boston Band Crush (Link to full review: http://bostonbandcrush.org/2011/06/c-d-on-songs-somerville-symphony-orkestar-%E2%80%9Cinto-the-wood-chipper/)

“They played an explosively energetic set…” — Christina Lacoste, The Weekly Dig. (Link to full review: http://digboston.com/experience/2011/11/pandoras-box-church-night-one/)

“It is impossible to listen to their music without being reminded of the old country–whichever country that may be–but at the same time realizing that the sound is something unprecedented.” – WERS (Link to full review: http://www.wers.org/music/albums/reviews/Somerville-Symphony-Orkestar.cfm)

If you have a music blog or radio show and would like a copy of one of these songs please send an email to The Band with a link to your blog or some info about your show and we will gladly send you a high quality (not mp3 unless that’s what you prefer) version of either or both of these songs.