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"Global Rhythm Featured World Music Selection: Mariah"

"Classical forms from India take center stage with this hypnotic cut from INNER GYPSY". - Global Rhythm


"GYPSY MUSIC: CAN IT MAKE YOU FEEL MORE FREE?"

Pop music is becoming ever more corporate, and yet sales are down. Young people are looking for a musical revolution akin to the one their boomer parents experienced. They are seeking something more spiritual, perhaps even more religious.

Some Indie bands are bucking the trend to mimic the establishment-type major label pop acts (with their more capitalistic moralities) by allowing creativity to determine their styles. They refuse to compromise their artistic freedom to the cookie-cutter mentality which pervades much of the music industry today. They are at the forefront of a chaotic wave of energy which aspires to usher in the dawn of a new golden age of popular music based in experimentation, concern for others and the environment, and having fun at the same time. And they are doing it... in New Jersey.

“For us, music is not just about being number one on the charts...” commented Indian born veteran singer/guitarist Mario Vickram Sen of the world-music pop band, Inner Gypsy, “but about communication, and sharing an independence of spirit which has the capacity to build larger communities of inspired people.”

“We want people to be able to think for themselves...” added Tiffany Sen, who hails from upstate NY, and is also a singer and flautist for the band, “and not just behave in a way that is expected of them. Music that comes from the soul can help you do that.”

Their band – Inner Gypsy – has just released its debut album, “Gypsychology,” on (believe it or not) My Pet Goat Records. The husband and wife team claim that the word “Gypsychology,” (which is also the title of the first song on the CD) is one they coined in order to express the psychology of the gypsy-like desire present in all of us, to be free of the never ending constraints of modern civilization. “We’re not really Gypsies,” they coyly admit, “but we have a Gypsy heart.”

“We’ve also created our own new religion,” laughs Tiffany. “It doesn’t have any rules. You can behave however you like.” The couple have just published a novel about this new religion – which Mario claims was psychically transmitted to him by the ghost of an author twenty years dead.

It’s hard to tell sometimes if this fun loving couple are just putting us all on, or if they really mean it. The music certainly sounds like they meant it. It ranges from blistering flamenco-style riffs, to sweet love ballads, to extended passionate Indian-sounding virtuosic improvisations. They even have an updated, funky cover of the Sonny and Cher classic, “I Got You Babe.”

Meanwhile, the novel, “The High Priest of Prickly Bog” (which Mario insists he merely ‘typed’ for dead author, Hiram Blunt) incorporates an alternate reality (or two) of Orwellian proportions, which includes time travel, social criticism, a murder mystery, several absurdly funny characters who it is hard not to like, and of course that new religion: The Intergalactic Temple of the Great God Bongo.

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You can hear snippets or purchase the album “Gypsychology” by Inner Gypsy, at their website: www.innergypsy.com or at 
Apple iTunes (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=269097618), 
or CD Baby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/innergypsy). 
Learn more about the new religion, Bongovism, and the novel, “The High Priest of Prickly Bog,” at: www.greatgodbongo.com or at www.lulu.com - Music Industry News Network


"MNN Album Review"

Gypsychology May Be Making Us Crazy!

Url: http://www.innergypsy.com
The new album by Inner Gypsy may be the best example of philosophical gypsy pop meets husband/wife virtuoso musicianship since 1965... which is not to say that Sonny and Cher were proponents of virtuosic music or, for that matter, that Mario and Tiffany Sen have anything in common with them other than their charming cover version of "I Got You Babe." But just listen to the arrangements in "Mariah" and "Clear as a Bell," and you will hear a direct connection to the risks that pop music started to take in the mid sixties, and which all but disappeared with the demise of The Police some time in the early eighties.

In those days, what we now term "Prog Rock" (read: Yes, King Crimson) had as much in common musically with Folk music (read Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen) as "Funk" had with "Psychedelic" inasmuch as they were all pop music. They cross pollenated and pioneered every possible combination of styles and sounds known to man. If we include such world music notables as Bob Marley, Salif Keita and even Ravi Shankar, we are now creating a gumbo of Katarina sized proportions.

I asked Mario Sen (guitarist and vocalist with Inner Gypsy) if this is what he was trying to do:
"I know this will sound awfully cliché," he responded, "but we're just making music. We don't really separate the styles. Our fingers and our voices go where they please. It seems really artificial to us to draw lines between things like that. Like countries, for example. I'm not sure which one of the astronauts made this comment, but he looked down at the Earth, and he said he didn't see any borders like they have on maps. There were no lines drawn on the surface of the planet which separate us. We're all in this together."

And certainly the lyrics of the title song, "Gypsychology," reflect that way of looking at life. But that is not the only mood represented on this artfully conceived and painstakingly executed album. "Only Seventeen," has an almost Kristofferson-like plaintive country feel to its lyrics, which bemoan those wasted early years. And "Trees," (a song supposedly sung by the trees themselves) comes at you with the joyous anger of one who does not resent the battles ahead.

Meantime, the acoustic guitar and flute playing are simply splendid all the way through. After the fast synchronized runs in Gypsychology lending it that Latin feel, we go on a trip to most of the spicy and warm places this planet has to offer, (with a few diversions to the cold and lonely ones – "Hoboken" for example) and exit finally to the sweep of the Raga style meanderings in the grand finale track, "Mariah."

You will love this album if you like to sit down and listen to music and let it take you where it will. If not just download the mp3 of "I Got You Babe," and dance to it while you cook tonight's meal. Thirty years from now it will seem as much of a classic as the original one does today.

www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=109471 - Musican's News Network


"Inner Gypsy style"

"Inner Gypsy weaves together fiery flamenco-style riffs, beautiful love ballands, and virtuosic guitar and flute playing, inspired by Indian classical, Latin grooves and the best of American pop" - MDG Project
- MDG Project


"Album Review - CD Baby, Del Priore"

Interesting conundrum here. Mario Sen in two tracks, Gypsychology and Trees, embraces a communal ideology. He expresses a 'we are all in this together' approach, whether it be accepting our differences as a melting pot without bigotry, or as a motivation for environmental awareness. However in his other compositions there is a focus on the individual and his coming to terms with just connecting with one other person. Past mistakes, foolish decisions, the ignorance of youth, lost chances at love haunt the narrators. All the community in the world isn't enough to create a buffer for his regrets. Tiffany Sen is a revelation on flute, never overplaying, always propelling her husband's exotic melodies forward. Mario flavors a Mexican sound with tinges of East Indian. His descriptive language in the cut Hoboken cover both the old city and its modern progeny, crowded bars, feelings of solitude for the outsider. Mariah suggests a spiritual quest and a need for absolution from excessive lying and disguise. He uses a Dylanesque tone in the vocals on Clear as a Bell, which touches on the basic unknowable essence of others. There's a jazzy cover of I Got You Babe and that vibrant beat of the opener Gypsychology. I would have preferred he incorporated electric guitar on some cuts. Maybe next time.
www.cdbaby.com/innergypsy - CD Baby


"Album Review - CD Baby, H. Lewis"

The new album by Inner Gypsy may be the best example of philosophical gypsy pop meets husband/wife virtuoso musicianship since 1965... which is not to say that Sonny and Cher were proponents of virtuosic music or, for that matter, that Mario and Tiffany Sen have anything in common with them other than their charming cover version of "I Got You Babe." But just listen to the arrangements in "Mariah" and "Clear as a Bell," and you will hear a direct connection to the risks that pop music started to take in the mid sixties, and which all but disappeared with the demise of The Police some time in the early eighties. In those days, what we now term "Prog Rock" (read: Yes, King Crimson) had as much in common musically with Folk music (read Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen) as "Funk" had with "Psychedelic" inasmuch as they were all pop music. They cross pollenated and pioneered every possible combination of styles and sounds known to man. If we include such world music notables as Bob Marley, Salif Keita and even Ravi Shankar, we are now creating a gumbo of Katarina sized proportions. I asked Mario Sen (guitarist and vocalist with Inner Gypsy) if this is what he was trying to do: "I know this will sound awfully cliché," he responded, "but we're just making music. We don't really separate the styles. Our fingers and our voices go where they please. It seems really artificial to us to draw lines between things like that. Like countries, for example. I'm not sure which one of the astronauts made this comment, but he looked down at the Earth, and he said he didn't see any borders like they have on maps. There were no lines drawn on the surface of the planet which separate us. We're all in this together." And certainly the lyrics of the title song, "Gypsychology," reflect that way of looking at life. But that is not the only mood represented on this artfully conceived and painstakingly executed album. "Only Seventeen," has an almost Kristofferson-like plaintive country feel to its lyrics, which bemoan those wasted early years. And "Trees," (a song supposedly sung by the trees themselves) comes at you with the joyous anger of one who does not resent the battles ahead. Meantime, the acoustic guitar and flute playing are simply splendid all the way through. After the fast synchronized runs in Gypsychology lending it that Latin feel, we go on a trip to most of the spicy and warm places this planet has to offer, (with a few diversions to the cold and lonely ones – "Hoboken" for example) and exit finally to the sweep of the Raga style meanderings in the grand finale track, "Mariah." You will love this album if you like to sit down and listen to music and let it take you where it will. If not just download the mp3 of "I Got You Babe," and dance to it while you cook tonight's meal. Thirty years from now it will seem as much of a classic as the original one does today.
www.cdbaby.com/innergypsy - CD Baby


"Album Review - European DOV Magazine"

Aforementioned band is made up of a duo, and precisely a married couple - an India born classical guitar ace and vocalist, Mario Vickram Sen and his wife, American native flutist and singer, Tiffany Sen. As an interesting fact, I can give away that she was taught by a synthetizer master - Robert Moog.

If I shall describe their music possibly briefly and concretely, I would write that it is the album with virtuosic acoustic guitar parts, mainly uneventful balladish songs grounded on melody, angelic sound of flute and emotional singing with interesting manner. Mario's vocal parts are nostalgic and tearful in a sense, however Tiffany's manner is very clear and strong. "I Got You Babe" is the only one cover by Sonny and Cher on this CD and is distinguished by its funky character. Inner Gypsy's music is as free as gypsis worldwide and it results in listener-friendly and bit poppy style of playing. The stuff is not only influenced by gypsy music, but also marked by flamenco, Indian, Latin and world music, so Americans' debut album should appeal to the fans of Gypsy Kings, Blackmore's Night and Govi.

http://www.hmpmag.pl/dovmag/index.php?m=080238-inner_gypsy- - HMP Magazine / Department of Virtuosity


"Don't Want To Lose You Now: Review by Bobby Borg"

"The performers sound really good with one another. The rhythm is very easy to get into, and the song has a distinctive chorus, a memorable hook and a good melody.
The lyric is sentimental, and it definitely impacts the listener and makes them think about their relationships."
- Bobby Borg, Author of The Musician's Handbook


Discography

"GYPSYCHOLOGY" CD release Nov 2007 (9 tracks):
Gypsychology
Don't Want to Lose You Now
Clear as a Bell
I Got You, Babe
Mexico Man
Only Seventeen
Hoboken
Trees
Mariah

"4 SONGS" EP released October 2006 (4 tracks)
Gypsychology
Only Seventeen
I Got You, Babe
Trees

Currently in rotation on Well Rounded Radio and Radio Fly.

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Bio

Inner Gypsy is the love-child of a guitar player and a flute player,who found each other in New York City, and who are linked as much by their love of every kind of music, as their love for each other's ideas and world-view.

Their music is an acoustic fusion of rhythmic and melodic styles from all over the world, performed with a deep understanding of their craft.

In the past four years they have performed extensively throughout the usual Manhattan club scene, as well as venues in New Jersey and the surrounding area.

Mr. & Mrs. Sen released their debut album, Gypsychology, in November 2007 - a collection of eight original songs which span a diverse and international set of styles while still retaining a pop music accessibility - and one unexpected cover, the old Sonny & Cher classic, "I Got You Babe."

Read the reviews here: http://www.innergypsy.com/press.html