The Burlington Free Press Top 10 Vermont CDs of 2003 A self-described “MediterrAsian jazz” duo, consisting of Middlesex tabla master Gabe Halberg and New Hampshire multi-instrumentalist Mac Ritchey, 35th Parallel employs a wide variety of worldy flavors and crystal clear production work on its distinctive debut CD. The twosome seduces with a gorgeous arrangement of a traditional “Armenian Wedding Dance” and such stunning original compositions as the all-too-briefe “Eracinos” and “Folk Tune” and the frisky “Crabwalk Often?” Upcoming show: Feb. 6, FlynnSpace, Burlington. |