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Mitch Kashmar:
"Hey, I've listened to The Blackmailers CD and man, is that a TRIP!!!....."
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Mikhail Mishouris (Mishouris Blues Band):
"Can you imagine that - with the entire Moscow blues community abuzz about the Blackmailers' Zlatno Zrno Blues, I only heard odd bits and pieces. Well, recently I got my own copy and, having listened to it some three times, I can say that now I do have an opinion..."
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Junior Watson:
"Hey, Mr.Evil! I heard your CD, man..."
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Przemek Draheim (blues.pl/Radio Sfera, Poland):
"I must say that I am impressed with what I've heard. The band is tight with an interesting swingin' feel and some heavy vocals..."
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Dmitry Podberezsky (Jazz-Kvadrat):
"...The overall impression is, one could swallows the album whole - it is so vibrant, so tasty and natural!..."
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Rick Holmstrom (The Rick Holmstrom Band):
"I get handed a lot of terrible CD's at almost every gig. Usually it's some rock guys "slumming" in the blues, but I can tell the Blackmailers aren't posers..."
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Maxim Ivashchenko (Jazz-Kvadrat):
"Stylistically, Zlatno Zrno Blues can be described as entertainment blues, and the “entertainment” part has got nothing to do with loud joints, as is often the case with our “unpopular” blues and jazz bands – instead, it is more sincere, something elicited by the absurd merriment in the films of Emir Kusturica...."
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Alexei Kalachev (BluesNews.ru):
"This is the most consonant, organic and flippant (in the good sense of the word) Russian blues band that I know..."
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Yuri Kostin (Roadhouse Club):
"This is a unique band..."
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Arsen Shomakhov (Ragtime):
"I have always treated The Blackmailers with great liking and respect. That is why I was so glad to hear that they had released a new album, Zlatno Zrno Blues, and asked them to send me a copy...."
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Levan Lomidze (Blues Cousins):
"I enjoyed the new Blackmailers’ CD. I can say that the band has changed. The guys are now swinging for real, and this is important for blues players..."
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Igor Golovachev (bluesman.ru):
"It is really a very cheerful and funny record which has been made “in one fell swoop”, rather than by spending countless years in the recording studio..."
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Andrei Nedvetsky (Showtime company):
"I listened to the record there times, and carefully examined it, too. This is what I think..."
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Vladimir Rusinov (rock-n-roll.ru):
"...even the title – Zlatno Zrno Blues – shows that their music does not boil down to traditional blues, and that musicians are not simply rehashing standard numbers, complying with formal rules and using borrowed ideas and emotions..."
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Oleg Usmanov (rockabillyswing.ru):
"Blues from Vladimir? Judging by the license plates of the car standing behind the band in the photo, it is true. And these guys have just released their first album, a good album. It’s a sound blues record with certain drawbacks..."
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Fyodor Romanenko (blues.ru):
"My first impression is this: a very funny record. First time I listened to it, I giggled from the beginning to the end. In my opinion, it epitomizes the metamorphosis sustained by The Blackmailers Blues Band over the last year..."
