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  1. Blush [Vinyl LP]
  2. The Fidelity Wars [Vinyl LP]
  3. Boxing Hefner [Vinyl LP]
  4. Live in Madrid [Vinyl LP]
  5. Entertainment Program for Huma [Vinyl LP]
  6. Kodiak [Vinyl LP]
  7. Fort Lake [Vinyl LP]
  8. Leap of Faith [Vinyl LP]
  9. Sky Is Too High [Vinyl LP]
  10. Subdivision of Being [Vinyl LP]
  11. Trrd [Vinyl LP]
  12. Lost La's 1984 [Vinyl LP]
  13. Slow Riot for a New Zero Kanad [Vinyl LP]
  14. Fly Pan am [Vinyl LP]
  15. Commander Mindfuck/Designer [Vinyl LP]
  16. Major Force West 93-97 [Vinyl LP]
  17. The Lilys/Aspera Ad Astra [Split] [Vinyl LP]
  18. Without Ghosts
  19. *** Check Sbr4 / Sbr504 *** [Vinyl LP]
  20. Way Beyond Blue [Vinyl LP]
  21. Midnite Vultures [Vinyl LP]
  22. William Bloke [Vinyl LP]
  23. Fairytales for Hardmen(Dolp) [Vinyl LP]
  24. A World Without Dave [Vinyl LP]
  25. Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes [Vinyl LP]
Blush Music
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • No need for me to blush
  • Blush
  • Darkwave meets bluegrass?
  • Superb Music
Blush Music
Woven Hand
Manufacturer: Sounds Familyre
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C0FJT
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Cripplegate (Standing on Glass)
  2. Animalitos (Ain't No Sunshine)
  3. White Bird
  4. Snake Bite
  5. My Russia (Standing on Hands)
  6. Way
  7. Aeolian Harp (Under the World)
  8. Your Russia (Without Hands)
  9. Another White Bird
  10. Story and Pictures

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars No need for me to blush.......2006-09-20

I never wanted to be associated with country music or any religion but these guys make it sound okay for me.

It's an experiment on mixing styles and those styles are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Think about these duos religion-darkness, new age-bluegrass, classic-industrial sound etc... THE NICE PART: THEY ARE ALL THERE AND LIVE WELL TOGETHER maybe we should take exemple on that with humandiversity. Lyrics are exceptionals and singing use a nice tone.

Last year I went on their website and burnt 3 songs that I really liked "White bird", "My Russia" and "Sparrow falls". I ended up buying their 2 albums and discover a lot more. Songs I've downloaded were even better on cd because they were extended. I'd say now my two favorites are the heavy "Your russia" (where he sounds like he's angry but restrain himself to speak teeth close) and the happy "Cripplegate".

5 out of 5 stars Blush.......2004-08-03

What you should know before buying this, is that it was the music for Wim Vandekeybus' "Blush" a wonderful choreography. Some voices and laughs you might hear are the voices of the dancers. I can't even begin to describe the feelings, or the memories of the choreography, that this CD caused to me. Enjoy the voyage

4 out of 5 stars Darkwave meets bluegrass?.......2004-05-14

After listening to an album as beautiful as this, I feel that any attempt to describe it in words will destroy the beauty. But how else can I communicate the treasure that this album is?

During the first two songs, a succinct description that comes to mind is "darkwave meets bluegrass," mainly due to the use of banjo in these slow, haunting tunes. But after track two, the banjo disappears and the sound seems to move to a kind of alternative rock with the influence of Native American music sounds. So then is it "darkwave meets western"? I guess that's part of what appeals to me about this album: I've never heard anything like it, so I can't file it away in any category. It is fresh and unique.

All of the songs are dark and very slow, but never do I feel that the album drags; it is beautiful, it is mesmerizing.

Instrumentation varies somewhat by song. The first two songs use banjo with fluid, sliding electric guitars; "Aeolian Harp" uses an organ while the vocals and electric guitars groan. "The Way" is a brief instrumental that uses a slide guitar with interesting percussive instruments. The instruments in "Snake Bite" sound rusty, if you can imagine what I mean by that, then in the latter part of the song, a stringed instrument is used, perhaps a cello, and the bow is bounced on the strings for an interesting effect. "Story And Pictures" starts with floating darkwave-style strings, then moves to piano. Electric guitars are used in various ways in all the songs.

Added sound effects provide an imaginary landscape. A sound in "Story And Pictures" reminds me of a woodpecker or a slowly creaking door; it is accompanied by church tower bells. I can't even begin to describe the interesting sounds found in the 5-minute mood-setting introduction of the 14-minute song, "Animalitos." All I can say is, they paint a vivid mental picture through sound.

The male vocals are usually at low register, with a pensive mood. Several of the songs have no vocals at all.
Speaking of vocals, here are a couple lyrics that stand out to me:
From "Cripplegate": "I wish to know nothing here, save for the blood of the cross; in you alone there is no harm."
From "Story And Pictures": "...tough-skin cowboy; idle hands, they rust..."
From "Aeolian Harp": "There is no buffalo outside, rifle child; it is more than hunger that betrays my heart."

If you are interested in hearing something unusual, something dark and beautiful, I highly recommend this album.

5 out of 5 stars Superb Music.......2003-12-02

This is quite the follow up album to the self titled release. The songs are much longer and drawn out, but not in a boring or tedious fashion. The fact that it is now a domestic release is a bonus to fans here, I imported this puppy. Well worth the $25 I paid for it.

The first album is a more traditionally structured album. This album is much darker and personal. Less sing-a-long.

Surprisingly Good for You
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Surprisingly Great!
Surprisingly Good for You
Barbara Lusch
Manufacturer: Blush Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000K7UFLC
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Tracks:

  1. Sentimental Journey
  2. Crazy
  3. I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You
  4. I Won't Dance
  5. Daddy
  6. Baby Come Home
  7. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
  8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  9. Why Don't You Do Right
  10. 'Taint What You Do
  11. Please Don't Rush Me
  12. For All We Know
  13. Stardust

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Great!.......2007-02-24

Barbara Lusch has raised the bar! I'm happy to report that her new CD "Surprisingly Good For You" is, not surprisingly... great! Ms. Lusch's second release reveals a first-class vocalist at the top of her game. Her song choices on this offering are inspired. Her interpretations of a couple of infrequently performed Peggy Lee compositions, "Baby Come Home" and "Please Don't Rush Me" are sung with a subtle passion and conviction. Other selections on this CD include "Sentimental Journey", "Why Don't You Do Right" and a wonderful version of "For All We Know." Barbara Lusch is one fine singer. Discover the "Lusch Factor", check out "Surprisingly Good For You", because... it really is!
Barbara Lusch
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Knockout CD From Start To Finish!
  • Fine wine in a new bottle
Barbara Lusch
Barbara Lusch
Manufacturer: Blush Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002L57S2
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

  1. Come On-A My House
  2. Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin'
  3. Girl Talk
  4. Light My Fire
  5. Nature boy
  6. I Love The Way You're Breaking My Heart
  7. Black Coffee
  8. Every Night
  9. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  10. So Nice
  11. Now, Baby, Or Never
  12. Bonita

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Knockout CD From Start To Finish!.......2006-02-06

Just when you think the crowded female vocalist category has reached the point of no return, along comes the fantastic voice of Barbara Lusch! This talented lady's self titled debut CD is a real revelation. Her sultry jazz take on "Come On- A My House", as well as super versions of "Girl Talk", "Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin'" and "Light My Fire" among others, make this first release a knockout from start to finish. Barbara Lusch deserves to be heard by anyone who digs great jazz singers! Order this CD right away and I guarantee that by the time you reach the third or fourth track, you'll be a new Barbara Lusch fan!

5 out of 5 stars Fine wine in a new bottle.......2004-12-27

Barbara Lusch descibes her style as fine wine in a new bottle. This self-titled first album is not another American songbook cover album. You won't get eight bars into track one without realizing this is the real deal, and she'll leave you begging for the next album.

Barbara's mature and controlled voice brings a well-crafted huskiness and melodic range bring a rare mix to the fore. No offense, Renee Olstead, but it takes a lot more than marketing and 15 yrs on this earth to sing out your heart. Ms. Lusch has been there and done that, and we profit from her breadth of experience.

Her cover of Rosemary Clooney's "C'mon A My House" is outplaying the Divine Miss M's version on syndicated adult radio nationwide. Neither Rosemary or Bette made "I'm gonna give you..pomegrante" sound like something you would cross broken glass barefoot to obtain.

The cut "Girl Talk" ought to attract Tony Bennett for a duet of his 1966 version. Barbara spins this one out like a velvet rope.

"Nature Boy" is an enigmatic ballad that Nat King Cole reportedly avoided recording until the songwiter wore him down. A Gibran/Flower Child sort of a story that is made even more haunting with Barbara's fluid stylings.

A couple of tracks, "Now Baby or Never" and "Every Night" include some backup vocals that evoke the portion of a night-club set when the band members stand up for a little feedback to the front girl.

The morose "Black Coffee" makes the listener want to either end her delicious sadness or let her go and see how deep her blues will plunge.

"I Love the Way you're Breaking My Heart" has a hook that can't be described. Suffice to say it's so terribly,terribly,terribly silky it might make you a bit misty.

At first, you'll have a favourite cut or two. With each listen the list will include more. Name another CD in your collection that has that kind of attraction --there's no "skip over" tracks.

The surprise "Light My Fire" is what The Doors could have done if Jim had turned around,faced the audience and been a whole lot more attractive. No Feliciano borrowing either --no way Jose' -- just pure Lusch.

'Barbara has a delicious sense of timing, drawing the listener in like a siren with a delivery that sways sexily behind the beat....'- Jazzscene, Kyle O'Brien, Portland Oregon

Gottschalk, Vol.1
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Gottschalk by List
  • Good disc for pianists who want to play Gottschalk
Gottschalk, Vol.1

Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000023DA
Release Date: 1993-05-10

Tracks:

  1. Fantasie Grotesque Op. 15: The Banjo
  2. The Dying Poet - A meditation
  3. Souvenir de Porto Rico - Marche des Gibaros
  4. Chanson Ne Op. 5: Le Bananier
  5. Les Yeux Cres (Danse Cubaine) Op. 37: Ojos Criollos
  6. Danse des Negres, Op. 2: Bamboula
  7. The Maiden's Blush, Le sourire d'une jeune fille (Grande Valse du concert)
  8. Meditation Religieuse, Op. 16: The Last Hope
  9. Suis Moi - Caprice
  10. Caprice Op. 59: Pasquinade
  11. Ballade Creole, Op. 3: La Savane
  12. Tournament Galop

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Gottschalk by List.......2001-09-28

Charming piano solos. Portents of Ragtime and Copeland that will come in the future. Pieces use many piano skills not usually played in such a clear way. (Would be good recital pieces for moderately advanced piano students.) Just well done and lots of fun for someone who thinks the piano is special all by itself. Also, an eye-opener for those who listen for familiar folk melodies in unfamiliar style.

4 out of 5 stars Good disc for pianists who want to play Gottschalk.......2000-04-05

Technically brilliant, but the disc was actually recorded in 1956, and as a result the sound quality is somewhat tinny.

I received the music book "Piano Music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk" (Dover, Richard Jackson, ed. -- highly recommended!) for my birthday, and needed a CD that let me know what the songs should sound like. (I hate to count, and have a lousy sense of rhythm.) This CD contained more of the songs in the book than any other I could find.

For a general introduction to all periods of Gottschalk's piano music, I'd suggest "Selected Piano Music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk" by Lambert Orkis (Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 1988). The Orkis disc was recorded in 1982, and the sound quality is excellent. Orkis plays a Chickering grand piano of the sort that Gottschalk hauled around with him on tour, and the pieces shine brilliantly when played on the instrument for which they were written.

Blush
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Big wings, soft sound
  • Guaranteed to blow your mind!
  • A Solid Album
  • undiscovered gem...
  • Too busy showing off to deliver the goods
Blush
Bows
Manufacturer: Too Pure / Beggars
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ASIN: B00000JPDI
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

  1. Big Wings
  2. Troy Polenta's Big Break
  3. Blush
  4. Overfor Kommer
  5. King Deluxe
  6. Speed Marina
  7. No. 4
  8. Britannica
  9. Aquavella
  10. It'll Be Half Time in England Soon
  11. Girls Lips Glitter
  12. Sleepyhead
  13. Rockets

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With lush, artful arrangements and vocals that float over hushed drum & bass beats, the debut record from Bows is like an unsettled dream filled with Freudian imagery and subconscious yearnings. Taking elements of Björk and Portishead, Bows give rise to something at once mysterious, disturbing, and beautiful. --Matthew Cooke

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Jungle is built on one essential tension--between hyperspeed drums and half-speed bass lines. Bows' debut, Blush, gives the screw another turn, setting tentative Björk-like vocals, languorous strings, and slow-motion keyboards to jarringly frantic beats. It's like a 4 a.m. dream, with a soundtrack by Roni Size. But there the New Forms comparisons end. Bows, the project of former Long Fin Killie frontman (and acclaimed novelist) Luke Sutherland, is an art project first and a dance-music crossover second. The emphasis is on mood, not momentum, and most of the time the mood is a barely articulated melancholy. That's no surprise coming from Glaswegian Sutherland; the "postrock" that Long Fin and Too Pure labelmates Pram and Laika made back in the day upended rock's rebel-boy verities, demoting its front-and-center aggression to background status and pushing its liquid substratum to the fore. Bows does the same thing to electronica traditions, producing an album that'll have you, to quote two wise men, dancing in your head and crying in your beer. --Jeff Salamon

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Big wings, soft sound.......2004-08-09

Somehow the sound of Bows' "Blush" is too earthy to be properly classified as dreampop. The stormy percussion and jazzy horns of the opening track set off the tone for a strange trip-hop experience -- mysterious and seductive, with the sense that you should wake up from this dream soon.

It starts off quietly with the gently peculiar "Big Wings," followed by the muted concert hubbub of "Troy Polenta's Big Break" and the lurching, aching title track. Subdued female vocals, sputtery drumbeats and dreamy string arrangements line songs like "King Deluxe," the elegantly ominous "Speed Marina." Stuck in the middle is a wickedly funny little advertisement for the band, a touch of humor that grounds all of it. It would have been better if placed at the beginning or end, though.

"Blush" comes across as a beautiful nightmare in the middle of a jazz club. Very sensuous and beautiful, but also surreal and disturbing. A feeling of unease runs all through the album, especially since the songs tend to run into one another, shifting and changing like dreams do.

The sound of the music is a mix of electronic beats, shimmers and soundscapes, layered smoothly with some very muted bass and solid percussion. The strings lift it up to the sky, and the jazzy horns pull it back down to earth. It's a surprisingly liquid sound, mixing gentle trip-hop with stormy underbeats.

The vocals come from three people -- Ruth Emond, whose voice is very sweet and airy; Signe Heirup Wille Jergesen, whose voice is a little less ethereal in songs like "Sleepyhead"; and frontman Luke Sutherland, with a sort of quiet falsetto that he keeps low. The feeling they give off is quite sultry, a bit like psychedelic torch singers.

"Blush" lives up to its name -- colorful and sweet. The lush instrumentation and dreamy vocals soften the uneasiness of Bows' debut, and make this a wonderful trip-hop album. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to blow your mind!.......2002-06-16

Out of the hundreds of cd's I own, this is without a doubt my favorite. Once this disc hits your player I doubt you'll ever want to take it out. This record is filled to the brim with lush beats, beautiful vocals, and mesmerizing sounds that will fill your heart and soul with glee. Luke Sutherland is a creative genius, destined to go down as one of the finest artists of our time. The man doesn't only create beautiful music but is an up and coming author as well! "Blush" is a triumph, the type of record that will make you want to go out and buy everything the band has ever released (take that as a first class endorsement for the second release, Cassidy, which is also top notch) and everything the label that signed them has released (Too Pure Rocks!). Buy this record!

5 out of 5 stars A Solid Album.......2002-04-25

This album's a real pleasure to listen to...something of a continuation of Long Fin Killie's "Amelia." Luke Sutherland did a good job balancing his falsetto on that final LFK album, and he should rely on it more here--the woman's got a great voice, but...

He should make more albums.

3 out of 5 stars undiscovered gem..........2001-08-24

I have been impressed by this album and play it quite a bit. It is somewhat of an undiscovered gem and whenever people are round my house and hear it they all want to know what it is. Having said that, for all that I like it I find myself unable to really fall in love with it. There is a distance there which stops me from engaging with it fully. Possibly it is a bit to cold and clinical, no real sould to it. It sounds great though and gives Massive Attack or Portishead a run for their money.

3 out of 5 stars Too busy showing off to deliver the goods.......2001-05-26

Now, I'm all for a bit of breakbeat, orchestral and sequence grandstanding, provided it doesn't detract from the beauty of the song. But all I'm finding here is... meandering, pompous streaks of breakbeats, samples, and wistful sighs. Without direction. There's something to be said for classical song structure! You know, chorus, bridge, clever interlude, magnificent recoil away from the symmetry, and circling back down into a haunting choral fade. This stuff is mostly all over the map - it makes for decent background prettiness, but closer study reveals that Bows are simply posing, while forgetting to entertain us. Witness a few of my favorite songs in a similar vein - Goldfrapp, Utopia or Lovely Head; Hooverphonic, Battersea or just about anything on the first 2 CDs; Lamb, Gorecki; Mono, Life In Mono; Emiliana Torrini, Baby Blue; Locust, Just Like You; Massive Attack/Cocteau Twins, Teardrop; Mythos, November; Saint Etienne, Goodnight Jack; etc. That fire just isn't here. This is a fairly good CD, but it just didn't move me - it sounded more like the Portishead B-Side remnants than anything else. Ah well, the search goes on...
The Scottish Lute
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • I love this CD
  • Liltin' lute
  • Some rare offerings here
The Scottish Lute

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Highland King - The Scottish Lute, Vol. II / McFarlane

ASIN: B000001Q8C
Release Date: 1992-09-02

Tracks:

  1. I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: Drawe Neare Me And Love Me
  2. I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: A Scots Tune
  3. I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: The Scottish Huntsupe
  4. II. The Straloch Lute Book: I Long For The Wedding
  5. II. The Straloch Lute Book: I Long For Thy Virginitie
  6. II. The Straloch Lute Book: The Canaries
  7. II. The Straloch Lute Book: Canaries
  8. III. The Skene Mandora Book: I Mett Her In The Medowe
  9. III. The Skene Mandora Book: Let Never Crueltie Dishonour Bewtie
  10. III. The Skene Mandora Book: Jennet Drinks No Water
  11. IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
  12. IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: Corne Yards
  13. IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: Gypsies Lilt
  14. IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
  15. IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
  16. V. The Skene Mandora Book: Alace I Lie My Alon I'm Lik To Die Awld
  17. V. The Skene Mandora Book: The Flowres Of The Forrest
  18. V. The Skene Mandora Book: Remember Me At Eveninge
  19. V. The Skene Mandora Book: I Will Not Goe To My Bed Till I Suld Die
  20. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Rorie Dall
  21. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Lilt Ladie An Gordonn
  22. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Gallua Tom
  23. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Whip My Toudie
  24. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Hench Me Malie Gray
  25. VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Wo Betyd Thy Wearie Bodie
  26. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Lesleis Lilt
  27. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Pitt On Your Shirt On Monday
  28. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Blew Breik
  29. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: My Ladie Laudians Lilt
  30. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: To Dance About The Baikeis Dubb
  31. VII. The Skene Mandora Book: My Mistres Blush Is Bonie
  32. VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Scots Tune
  33. VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Its A Wonder To See
  34. VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Priest
  35. VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: An Thou Wer Myn Own Thing
  36. VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Jean Linsey
  37. IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Gabot
  38. IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
  39. IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Curent
  40. IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Volt
  41. X. The Skene Mandora Book: Doun In Yon Banke
  42. X. The Skene Mandora Book: Aderneis Lilt
  43. X. The Skene Mandora Book: Ladie Cassilles Lilt
  44. X. The Skene Mandora Book: I Serve A Worthie Ladie
  45. XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Ane Scottis Dance
  46. XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Swit Sant Nikcola
  47. XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
  48. XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
  49. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Port
  50. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Gray Steel
  51. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Put On Thy Sark On Munday
  52. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: The Old Man
  53. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Port
  54. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Ladie Laudians Lilt
  55. XII. The Straloch Lute Book: I Kist Her While She Blusht
  56. XIII. The Skene Mandora Book: Adew Dundie

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This disc offers 56 pieces from 17th-century compilations, probably best described as early equivalents of the fake books that popular musicians use today. These dance tunes and songs were the pop music of their time, now turned into "classical music" entirely by the aging process. McFarlane bounces through these catchy tunes with great verve; he's obviously having a good time with the music. The mandora is a small member of the lute family, pitched an octave higher than the two other early lutes McFarlane plays. It sounds rather like a ukulele. There is no profundity to be heard on this disc, but it's highly entertaining. As usual with Dorian, the sound quality is superb. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I love this CD.......2007-06-12

I'm a Baroque musician and also a massage therapist. This is one of the CD's I use when I do massage; I've heard it now hundreds of times, and it still delights. Some very haunting, beautiful passages and excellent throughout. I agree with the other reviewer's assessment that I've never heard a bad performance on a Dorian recording.

5 out of 5 stars Liltin' lute.......2000-05-19

Ronn McFarlane is the perfect man for the job. These pieces for the lute and mandora are what you'd expect from the time and place they were written. Surprising how many of the tunes sound like they were written yesterday. On some you may want to kick up yer heels a wee bit. Sonically, this CD is a gem; crystal clear sound. I've lent this to several persons and so far I've heard no complaints. McFarlane's Dowland CD is highly recommended also.

5 out of 5 stars Some rare offerings here.......1999-09-26

As I keep saying, I have never heard a poor performance on a Dorian label, and their record remains intact with The Scottish Lute (DOR-90129) and Highland King: the Scottish Lute, Vol. II) (DOR-90257). Between the two, lutist Ronn McFarlane give us no less than 100 short excerpts from the different "Lute Books" that were so popular in the 15th to 17th centuries. There are even some examples of music for the mandora, half the size and an octave higher than a lute. This does not demand intense concentration and is excellent ambient music for relaxing or giving parties. I do wish, however, that more comprehensive notes were included and the multilingual text done away with to make room for them. But the playing is masterful and both CDs are highly recommended.
Divine Blush
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Divine Blush
    Marnie Jones
    Manufacturer: Thrival Productions
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000E95X
    Release Date: 1990-10-01

    Tracks:

    1. Robin's Song
    2. Earth Chant
    3. Wolfwise
    4. Odyssey
    5. Voices of the Sea

    Product Description

    A rich tapestry of harp, flutes, piano and synthesizer, kungas and Marnie's angelic voice. Influences include eastern European, Native American and Japanese. 15 weeks on Billboard's New Age chart. Recorded at Prince's Paisley Park. As relevant today as when it was first released 15 years ago.
    First Blush
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Tricky Woo Meets Van Halen
    • back to business
    First Blush
    Tricky Woo
    Manufacturer: Last Gang Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000AMXTVU
    Release Date: 2005-09-12

    Tracks:

    1. Pink Thunder
    2. First Blush
    3. Lover Don't You Lie
    4. Born In The City
    5. Living In The Danger Zone
    6. Rat Feathers
    7. Mistress Of The Mountain
    8. We Are The Vampires
    9. Mechanical Flowers
    10. Dirty Business

    Album Details

    Montreal's Alt-rock Stalwarts Tricky Woo Release their Fifth Album (And Label Debut for Last Gang Records).

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Tricky Woo Meets Van Halen.......2005-10-25

    I am a massive Tricky Woo fan and it's good to see them back in fine form. They album has some furious, high energy Rock n' Roll but with a touch of '70's metal' that they never had before. I'd compare it to Tricky Woo meets early Van Halen. I had the pleasure of seeing the new line up (with guitarist Adrian P. back in the fold) and they are better than ever....which is hard to believe since they were the best live band in Canada in the "Sometimes I Cry" days. I would recommend picking "Somtimes I Cry" if you are buying your first Woo album. If you are a fan already though, you will love First Blush.

    4 out of 5 stars back to business.......2005-09-14

    get right to it - this album is every bit as heavy and crazy as Tricky Woo ever has been. only difference is it sounds like they've been listening to a lot more metal. just about every song is a perfect Woo track. the first song isn't that good - but after that, the songs reach fever pitch and stay there. Sometimes I Cry still serves as a better 1st Woo joint to pick up, but First Blush is like a gift to fans who have been waiting for more.
    Six Erotic Journeys
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Six Erotic Journeys
      Mystic Ocean
      Manufacturer: Blush
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000BR30VS
      Release Date: 2005-03-30

      Tracks:

      1. Caress
      2. Flow
      3. Interlude
      4. Play
      5. Warm Sand
      6. Interlude
      7. Valley Of Joy
      8. Release

      Product Description

      There is a secret door leading to the Valley of Joy, a mythic place of extraordinary sensuality. Three keys will open this door. Their names are Caress, Flow, and Play. The bearer of these keys will pass through the door: gently slipping into the valley to luxuriate in Warm Sand until reaching an exquisite, orgasmic Release. These Six Erotic Journeys will prepare and assist you in opening that door of passion. They are indispensable elements in bringing the sensual quest to fulfillment and are extended for your pleasure, totaling almost seventy-two minutes of music.
      Karaoke Music CDG: Sound Choice Spotlight CDG SCG8927 - Songs To Make Your Mama Blush Vol. 2
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        Karaoke Music CDG: Sound Choice Spotlight CDG SCG8927 - Songs To Make Your Mama Blush Vol. 2
        SOUND CHOICE
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        KaraokeKaraoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000PIHNA2

        Product Description

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