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..... Ilaya grew up singing before moving to the United States with her family when she was 14. Her muse first led her to dance: four years ago, she decided to concentrate on her music. "I wanted to focus on being with my voice," she says. "I really had to meditate on what was comfortable and natural." An interesting choice of adjectives, since "comfortable" and "natural" aptly describe Ilaya's vocal delivery on her self-produced debut CD, Ilaya. Nine tracks of all-original material cover the world music spread from Latin Jazz to Filipino folk to ethno-trance; Ilaya plays rythmn guitar and even chimes in on the Kubing, a bamboo mouth harp from her native land. Friends and noted local musicians David Correa (spanish guitar), Tom Sawyer (accordion), Nate Lopez (upright bass), Michael Bello (tenor sax) and Eric Weidenheimmer (drums) provide a sense of polish usually missing from most self-produced efforts. Success doesn't seem to be going to Ilaya's head. "Who am I to possess / the rythmn of my breath?" she croons softly on the opening track; she's not one to take credit for her gifts. "I'm not sure where it comes from," she says, "It's just there, and I go with it."....... R.V. Schide, News Editor Northern California Bohemian Magazine Ilaya Music | Category | International Albums, World CDs | | Label | ilaya | | Orig Year | 2004 | | CD Universe Part number | 7193437 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 23, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Recording Time | 43 minutes |
Ilaya Songs | 1. | Visayan |
| 2. | Panaginip |
| 3. | Charlie |
| 4. | Kubing |
| 5. | Cotabato |
| 6. | Oras Na |
| 7. | Realities |
| 8. | Camel Song |
| 9. | November |
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Purchase Ilaya CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Pink Martini Splendor In The Grass CD (2009) Digipak
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Pink Martini follow the around-the-world-in-a-dozen-songs thrills of HEY EUGENE! with SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, a mellower, simpler set of small pleasures. These are relative terms, however; the group's music is still well-traveled, with China Forbes singing in five languages (English, Spanish, Neapolitan, French, and Italian) instead of the six or so on EUGENE!. However, Pink Martini opt for a more unified sound here, one that draws on the more straightforward lounge-pop of their debut, SYMPATHIQUE, and the mellowness of '60s and '70s pop. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' first half is especially smooth, opening with the beautifully soft Neapolitan ballad "Ninna Nanna" and the title track, on which Forbes sings "I think we should take it slow" over swooping strings, brass, and piano that resurrect the glory days of AM pop; that feeling is echoed by the cover of Joe Raposo's "Sing," the Sesame Street song that gained popularity when the Carpenters performed it (Emilio Delgado, aka Sesame Street's Luis, duets with Forbes ...
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| | Celtic Woman New Journey CD (2007)
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| | Richard Harris Macarthur Park CD (1997)
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MACARTHUR PARK goes beyond the famous hit title track to explore the recorded work of stage and screen actor Richard Harris, including his versions of "Paper Chase" and "Name Of My Sorrow."
This CD reissue from England is almost (but not quite) identical to Raven Records' Richard Harris: The Webb Sessions 1968-69 from Australia, combining the contents of the albums A Tramp Shining and The Yard Went on Forever. The difference is the absence of the last Richard Harris-Jimmy Webb collaboration, "One of the Nicer Things," which appeared as a free-standing single in 1969. Alan Hodgson's annotation is slightly less informative than the notes by Jimmy Webb on the Raven CD. On the other hand, this disc is also about $3-$5 cheaper, so budget-minded fans may appreciate it. As for the sound, it is superior to any of the LP versions of A Tramp Shining, with Webb's reliance on stereo separation for important timbral effects coming through bright and sharp throughout -- a small, muted string orchestra coming up opposite an electric guitar and bass on one song, an electric piano or harpsichord tinkling from one speaker, while a big-scale orchestra pumps out rich horn playing from the other. Moreover, at this late date, the background chorus ...
| | Claude Challe Buddha-Bar, Vol. II CDs
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Claude Challe's Buddha-Bar, Vol. II compilation has elements of Far Eastern spirituality, African song, European electronica, and Spanish spice. The first album, Buddha-Bar, is very mellow for the most part. Deepak Chopra and Demi Moore, far and away the most recognizable names on the album, do a spoken word ditty on love and self-worth. People who are not fans of new age doctrine will appreciate artists such as Oliver Shanti and Consuelo Luz, both of whom contribute songs that manage to sound musical, spiritual and ethnic at once. The second album varies from hallucinatory to groovy to fairly high-energy. "Tears Inshalla" will appeal ...
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| | Liam Teague For Lack Of Better Words CD (2002)
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"For Lack of Better Words is one of the best recordings I have ever heard. The mastery of lead pan by Liam Teague is unmatched as well as the performing and compositional skills of Robert Chappell. For Lack of Better Words certainly lives up to the expectation of the recording's title. It is simple exquisite and inspirational". Percussive Notes Magazine, February 2003Liam Teague is on a mission. His goal: to demonstrate to the world that the steelpan, the national instrument of his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago, is capable of so much more than playing lilting melodies on cruise ships or island-themed parties. This CD brings long time musical colleagues Liam Teague and Robert Chappell together to advance pan performance and composition. Combining classical arrangements, highly original works by Chappell and Teague, calypsos from Trinidad, and even 1920's Ragtime, For Lack of Better Words highlights the lyrical, rhythmic, and improvisatory possibilities of the steelpan, arguably the most important acoustic instrument invented in the twentieth-century. Hailed as a prodigy in his native Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, Liam Teague won his first national steelpan competition at the age of 13, one year after he began playing the instrument. Since then, every step in Liam's musical development has focused on his goal of taking the steelpan from the street to its place in the musical pantheon. It will take a virtuoso to lift the pan to this new height - just like Andres Segovia transformed the maligned guitar into a solo instrument - and Liam Teague may well be that person.Teague premiered the Jan Bach, Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra, with the Chicago Symphonietta in 1995 at Orchestra Hall. Since then he has performed this piece with eight orchestras including the Czech National Philharmonic, the Buffalo Symphony, the Sinfonia da Camera, and the St. Louis Symphony as their national concerto competition winner. His performances have been universally praised: "Liam Teague is a certified virtuoso. Wielding his mallets at top speed, he unleashed cascades of sound as dazzling as the violin arpeggios and cadenzas of a Midori or a Gil Shahm," (Chicago Sun-Times) John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "In soft lyrical passages Teague coaxed sweet, bell-like tones from the soprano steelpan . . . In the neo-baroque Toccata finale he seemed the musical equivalent of Leroy Burrell running the 100-meter dash . . . The audience exploded in cheers and whistles refusing to let Teague leave the stage until he had given them a solo encore." In November of 2001, Teague ...
| | Tour de France Music Of The French Provinces CD (2004)
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TOUR DE FRANCE-Music of the French Provinces contains 55 minutes of the band's arrangements of traditional French music played by the group and special guests on both authentic acoustic regional folk and other instruments. The beautiful songs and infectious rhythms of the dance music presented are sure to please the listener and set dancers in motion. The colorful and informative 8 page booklet includes information on each track, and includes the lyrics of all three songs in both French and English. The band has been featured on "A Prairie Home Companion" PRI radio show as well as in many major West Coast (U.S.) music festivals. Tour de France features four of the most prominent musicians playing traditional French music in the U.S.: ARRIGO D'ALBERT ...
| | Charles E Campbell Blackman's Birth, Love And Consciousness CD (2004)
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| | Marbles & Piracies Dull Roots, Dull Canal CD (2005)
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| | Marcia Ball Choices & Changes CD (2007)
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With her second album, 'Choices and Changes', Marcia Ball seems poised to stir the very essence of soul music. These songs will speak to both those who have loved and lost. The music ranges from sensual lover's rock theme to searing soulful ballads. 'I really want this album to take people ...
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