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Subject: December 2016 MBR The Library CD Shelf
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The Library CD Shelf
Beyond Karma
Gyuto Monks of Tibet
Featuring Kim Cunio & Heather Lee
New Earth Records
c/o Sounds True
413 South Arthur Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027
www.soundstrue.com
$10.73 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Beyond Karma is a unique melding of traditional sacred music. The Gyuto Mon
ks of Tibet perform along with two Australian music artists, Kim Cunio and
Heather Lee, to create an emotionally moving, transcendent experience. Beyo
nd Karma is a treasure for both personal and public library collections. Th
e tracks are "Beyond Karma", "Karma Burning", "O Pastor Animarum", "Tantric
Grace", "Unity of Life", "Mahakala", "Lament for a Lost Land", "On the Pat
h", "As the Sun Sets", "The Suffering of the World", and "Dedication". Also
highly recommended for connoisseurs of reflective, spiritual soundscapes i
s "Shakti Sutra" by Sheela Bringi, an album of evocative music crafted to b
e especially suitable for chanting, yoga, and movement.
Expansions Live
The Dave Liebman Group
Whaling City Sound
www.whalingcitysound.com
c/o Naxos of America, Inc. (dist.)
www.naxosaudiobooks.com
$16.99 amazon.com
Expansions Live is a 2-CD set of a live performance of Dave Liebman's group
Expansions, five musicians who tour and record together: Dave Liebman (sop
rano sax and flute), Matt Vashlishan (reeds), Bobby Avey (keys), Tony Marin
o (bass), and Alex Ritz (drums). One CD is devoted to acoustic songs, the o
ther to electric songs; all are brimming with creativity, improvisation, an
d flourish. Expansions Live is highly recommended, especially for jazz conn
oisseurs, and public library collections. The tracks are "Introduction of b
and members", "JJ", "Continues to Ignore", "All Blues", "Vendetta", "Good B
ait", "Selim", and "India" on the Acoustic disc, and "Surreality", "The Moo
rs", "Footprints", "Ugly Beauty", "Liberian Hummingbird", "Love Me Tender",
and "Danse de la Fureur" on the Electric disc.
More Than a Little
Adrian + Meredith
www.adrianplusmeredith.com
Vertigo Productions
$11.00 CD / $7.00 MP3 / $20.00 vinyl
East Nashville based due Adrian + Meredith present More Than a Little, an o
riginal Americana music album that freely experiments with punk, folk, rock
& roll, and even early swing and jazz. Featuring the stylings of quintesse
ntially Midwestern instruments such as tenor banjo, harmonica, and fiddle a
s well as guitar, drums, bass, trombone, trumpet, and clear-as-day vocals,
More Than a Little is a joy to experience. Highly recommended! The tracks a
re "Take a Boat", "Bank", "Birthday Cakes", "More Than a Little", "Hero", "
Greasy Coat + Kitchen Girl", "Fixer", "Get What She Wants", "Country Tune",
"Southern Call", and "Old Midwestern Home".
Late Nights & Heartbreak
Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
Record Kicks
$19.98 CD / $8.99 MP3 amazon.com
Late Nights & Heartbreak is the second dulcet album by UK-based soul perfor
mer Hannah Williams and The Affirmations. A resonant, emotionally moving ex
perience, Late Nights & Heartbreak is truly captivating, and a sparkling ge
m for connoisseurs of the genre. Highly recommended! The tracks are "Tame I
n The Water", "Dazed and Confused", "Fighting Your Shadow", "Woman Got Soul
", "Ain't Enough", "Fool", "Late Nights & Heartbreak", "In Your Arms", "Sti
ll In My Head", "Callin' Me Back", "7am to Seville", "Another Sunrise", and
"Your Luck Can Change".
Andalusia of Love
Marcel Khalife, composer
Mahmoud Darwish, poetry
Nagam Records
www.andalusiaoflove.com
$18.20 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Master of the oud (a stringed instrument used in traditional Middle Eastern
music) and composer Marcel Khalife combines his talent with Palestinian po
et Mahmoud Darwish (lyrics), Rami Khalife (piano), Jilbert Yamine (kanoun,
a stringed instrument similar to the zither), and Bachar Khalife (percussio
n) to create Andalusia of Love, a passionate, beautiful album. Influenced b
y Western classical, jazz, experimental music, and traditional Arabic music
, Andalusia of Love voices the Arab experience of everyday life, and memori
es of the glory days of Al-Andalus, a time in history when southern Span wa
s ruled by Muslim Arabs but open to Muslims, Christians, and Jews, who coop
erated freely with one another. An album of inspiration and hope, Andalusia
of Love is supported by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (A
DC) which supports civil rights for all people and opposes all forms of rac
ism and bigotry. Also highly recommended for world music collections is "Da
mar" by Bosnian singer Amira Medunjanin ($16.98 CD / $8.99 MP3).
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