"In the United States," Dirty Linen, the authoritave bimonthly magazine of roots, traditional, folk, and word music wrote, "the most avid and talented champions of this style have to be Madison, Wisconsin's Harmonious Wail. The style in question being gypsy swing, introduced in the 1930's by Django Reinhardt's and Stephane Grappelli's Quintette du Hot Club de France, The Wail play this infectiously joyful music, as well as jazz of other styles, on bass, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, and the oddest assortment of percussion you've ever seen. Even more than by its unique instrumentation, the group is distinguished by the jaw-dropping vocals of Maggie Delaney-Potthoff.

On July 10 - NPR's Morning Edition used The Wail's Tishamingo Blues and Posh de Wash as a bump after a story about France's Model Health Care For New Mothers.

- maybe we can get Sylvia Pujolli to do a cameo on the next CD.

While you're at it check out HWail's my space page - Range Records has been working it lately and they've done a bang up job

http://profile.myspace.com/harmoniouswail

and Range's home page as well

http://www.myspace.com/rangerecords

http://rangeentertainment.com/

..... and so it begins ... we are very happy and excited to share this wonderful review with you.

Thanks a million "All About Jazz"

Resist Temptation

by C. Michael Bailey

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http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30012

Review Courtesy AllAboutJazz.com

Resist Temptation

Harmonious Wail | Range Records

By C. Michael Bailey

Django Reinhardt is often overlooked as one of the seminal figures in jazz. Jazz, a uniquely American art, became international in the hands of Reinhardt and his partner in crime, French violinist Stephane Grappelli. Reinhardt's jazz was colorful, natural, and spontaneous. As a trend setter, Reinhardt gave birth to many “gypsy jazz” combos, one of the best being the quartet, Harmonious Wail.

When Harmonious Wail was first reviewed on this website,