The Library CD Shelf
Distant Horseman
Timothy Wenzel
www.timothywenzel.com
Coyote Floe Music
$16.88 CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
Distant Horseman is an instrumental music CD created to stir contemplation
of the greater totality of life, the challenges that face individuals, and
the unknowable span of the universe. Created by skilled musician and experi
enced research scientist Timothy Wenzel, Distant Horseman features captivat
ing new age keyboard songs, enriched with violin, cello, flute, woodwinds,
harp, guitars, bass, drums, wordless choir vocalizations and more. Extraord
inary and captivating, Distant Horseman is highly recommended, especially f
or New Age music collections. The tracks are "A Bend in the River" (4:23),
"Distant Horseman" (5:06), "Turn and Walk Away" (4:00), "A Night So Cold" (
5:05), "Moments Into Years" (4:18), "No Tomorrow" (3:33), "Forgiven" (5:12)
, "Colors Dancing" (4:05), "Ecstasy Eyes" (4:54), "Summer's Dance" (3:43),
"Walk With Me" (4:03), and "Luminous Wake, Starlit Sea" (5:00).
Between Shadow and Light
Neil Patton
www.neilpatton.net
Privately Published
www.pattonmusic.com
$13.97 CD / $9.00 download cdbaby.com
Between Shadow and Light is a solo piano album by award-winning musician Ne
il Patton. Created around the theme of the search for hope and healing, the
songs reflect the progression from fear, doubt, and grief to inspiration a
nd joy. Patton infused emotions that he personally felt during his gradual
recovery from an arm injury that threatened to end his music career. A tran
sformational journey in soundscape, Between Shadow and Light is a "must" fo
r solo piano connoisseurs. The tracks are "Rhyme or Reason", "Surface Tensi
on", "Still in Love", "Great Expectations", "Nocturne (Between Shadow and L
ight)", "Flights of Angels", "The Hands of the Healer", "The Long Goodbye",
"Finding My Own Secrets", "Walk With Me", "To Run Again", "Hope", and "Moo
nrise".
It's About Time
Hank Williams Jr.
Produced by Julian Raymond
Nash Icon Records
$10.00 CD / $9.49 MP3 www.amazon.com
Hank Williams Jr., a musician who has entertained listeners for five decade
s and counting, presents his latest album It's About Time, a country medley
embracing salt-of-the-earth Christian values. Songs celebrate Williams' lo
ve for God and Jesus Christ, his fierce dedication to the constitutional ri
ght to bear arms ("We might as well give up and run / If we let 'em take ou
r God and guns"), why being born in America is "like hitting the lottery",
and more. Fans of Williams' no-nonsense, upfront-and-open style will thorou
ghly enjoy It's About Time! A booklet of the complete lyrics to all songs i
s included with the physical CD version of It's About Time. The tracks are
"Are You Ready for the Country (feat. Eric Church)" (3:29); "Club U.S.A." (
3:19), "God Fearin' Man" (2:37), "Those Days Are Gone" (3:41), "Dressing Li
ke an Icon" (4:13), "God and Guns" (4:50), "Just Call Me Hank" (3:02), "Men
tal Revenge" (2:57), "It's About Time" (3:30), "The Party's On" (2:59), "Wr
apped Up, Tangled Up In Jesus (God's Got It)" (6:21), and "Born to Boogie (
feat. Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore & Brad Paisley)" (2:45).
Guy Buttery
Guy Buttery
Privately Published
$9.98 CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
South African music artist Guy Buttery presents a self-titled instrumental
anthology (with wordless vocals on two tracks) that pushes the boundaries o
f multiple genres. Individual songs vary immensely in style, from world-fus
ion to African folk, and in tone from ambient to wildly excited. Eclectic a
nd extraordinary, Guy Buttery is especially recommended for world music col
lections, and individual connoisseurs in search of something different. The
tracks are "Werner Meets Egberto in Manaus", "Floop", "In the Shade of the
Wild Pig", "From Srinager", "To Goulimine", "Sleep Deprivation", "The Uppe
r Reaches", "Two Chords & the Truth", "Verbosity", "A Piece for Rudolf Frit
sch", and "In the Morning".
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