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THE CRITICS:
Värmlands Folkblad: "(---) ...so delightful. We are sitting there, in the shadow under the trees, listening to David playing the guitar, Sophie Moleta sings and the accordeon playing from Håkan Johansson makes us believe we are in Argentine. As a whole it is totally brilliantly played and sung... David´s acoustical guitar playing has a transparent shine, just listen how he makes his very own the very ofte played La Cumparsita, or the Silhouette by Lars Gullin, a breathtaking beauty with guitar, accordeon and bass, or the very fine version of Bob Dylan´s Bucket of rain... David Härenstam is a totally shining guitarist, totally regardless the ways of expression."
Stockholm City: "(---)Cheeky mix of musical styles!
Who cares about genres anymore? Not the guitarist David Härenstam, who with youthful cheek blends jazz, classical, folk, and world music. And gets it to swing."
SvD: "(---)The guitarist David Härenstam is refreshingly unpredictable. He is classically trained, and a couple of years ago he released the chamber music CD ”The bard” with among others the violinists Nils-Erik Sparf and Anders Inge, containing newly written music by for example Mauro Godoy, Eberhard Eyser, and Christer Karlberg. And now, he releases a jazz CD that contains more than just jazz.
Piazzolla, Gullin, Mulligan, Gershwin, Dylan, Härenstam—the repertoire can appear paradoxical, but the groove is consistent. Here, the fresh wind of boundlessness blows in every way, with recordings from studios in Perth, Wellington, London, Stockholm, and the Western Swedish town of Kil. ”Featuring Sophie Moleta & Tinnitus Therapy Trip,” the subtitle of the CD, presents Härenstam’s sextet: a jazz singer along with a both wild and sophisticated experimental music group. Some of the more lyrical and sensitive tracks are Piazzolla’s ”Oblivion” (guitar, violin, accordion),”La cumparsita” (guitar), and Dylan’s ”Buckets of rain” (Sophie Moleta, song/ whistling and Härenstam, guitar).
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