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Top class Cd from a top class pipe band
Review of On Home Ground Vol.2 - Simon Fraser University Pipe Band by dmilligan935

Advantages: Good mixture of traditional, solo, and modern music.
Disadvantages: 1st volume is slightly better

...of the best solo players on the seen at the moment, Emancipation is another Simon Fraser classic, and the finishing track the cape Breton fiddlers is something that you have to listen to because there isn't many words that can describe it and with many of the tracks have supporting instruments makes it cd worth listening to people that don't even know much on piping. ... Read review

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16.04.2008
Joćo Gilberto - White Album (1973)
Review of Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto by Morellli

Advantages: composition, vocals
Disadvantages: none

Anybody can recognize "The Girl From Ipanema", it's a classic. But where did it come from? Where did Bossa Nova spread its roots? Pianist Tom Jobim is credited for the composition of most of the classic Bossa Nova standards, but is was Joćo Gilberto who took these standards, and interpreted on the guitar what we now identify as Bossa Nova. By harmonizing the chords on the guitar with the traditional Brazilian Samba rhythm, Gilberto evolved Jobims' ...
...virtuous, but what really captures me is his voice. He sings with a "blown" quality as if he is blowing air from his gut, which produces an intimate close-to-the-microphone sound. It's possible to hear his lips smacking dryly during the pronounciation of certain words, and he has an excellent vocal amplitude, using mostly low-pitched but well chosen notes. This album is fun to compare to his other work, as over the years his performances have become ... Read review

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04.10.2008
An Album for Meditation
Review of Incantation - Tim Wheater by newbee123

Advantages: Very spiritual atmosphere with perfect vocals, chorus and flute.
Disadvantages: Track 7 which feel odd to the others

...in flute solo. Incantation is voted as a best new age album of 1999 in New Age Voice Magazine. "Incantation is an exploration of my inner journey to a place of open-heartedness" Tim says. Tim has done a perfect job in his flute solo and vocals, almost all tracks with a harmonic chorus and female soprano vocals perfectly boost up a very spiritual atmosphere of the music. Some tracks add in a bit of oriental element. The highest climax of this album ...
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