ULMAN

DIRTY LINEN

"... Vibes is like one gigantic bee buzzing arround your head. That´s actually a good thing, though, and a mark of the progress the German „new folk“ quartett of Andreas, Johannes and Till Uhlmann and Uli Stornowski have made in the decade since their last album. ..." 06/07-2007

LVZ

"... What was the name of that celebrated swing singer again? Roger Cicero has certainly not met "euro-visionary" expectations, but from last Saturday at least, when Leipzig became the centre of German worldmusic, we can easily put up with this. At the "creole"-competition finals in Dortmund the band ULMAN, together with Äl Jawala from Freiburg and Ahoar from Bonn, was elected winner by an international jury. Each of the three groups gets 3000 euros in prize money. ..." 21-05-2007

folker

"... How highly ULMAN is rated in today’s folk and worldmusic scene will decide at the nationwide competition „Creole“. At the qualifying contest in Leipzig they already made it into the finals which will be held around the middle of May in Dortmund. Germany would certainly deserve an ULMAN-victory."

from Folker! Magazin für Folk, Lied und Weltmusik, 03-2007, www.folker.de

MAGDEBURGER VOLKSSTIMME

"... The music is influenced by rock, pop and jazz as well as European folk. Although ULMAN have found their own style, shaped mainly by the exceptional instruments. Now they have qualified for the nationwide competition of Germany´s most important award for multicultural music ..." 08-02-2007

LEIPZIGER VOLKSZEITUNG

"... The band has gathered a lot of experience, and perfected their playing, but expectations and conventions are still stubbornly ignored. True, the album may well be played as an atmospheric background for quiet summer-garden parties and chill-out lounges, but it would be fatal to use this wonderful, imaginative and skilful music simply as noise. These songs want open hearts as well as open ears ..." 10-11-2006