Songs From Shannon

About the Artist
Leslie Braly, a native Alabamian (who currently resides in Seattle, Washington), was born in Mobile and grew up in Birmingham. A ten-year veteran of the Birmingham music scene, Leslie most recently fronted the four-piece, country-rocking bar band, Mary Jo's Daughter--performing covers along the lines of Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams. A favorite among locals but ready to break away from the cover band routine, Leslie enlisted the help of fellow Birmingham musician Rick Lovelady, formed backing band The Golden Mile, and headed into the studio. The result is Songs From Shannon, the thirteen song, self-penned independent debut release by Leslie Braly and her band The Golden Mile.

Product Description
AMERICANA -- Songs From Shannon has various musical genres it might easily slip into. It is country and folk, rock and bluegrass. There's even a little hint of Texas swing in Dark Cloud (who's influence could have been a result of the year-and-a-half that Leslie Braly spent in Austin.) Ten years ago this kind of mix might have been confusing, but with pioneers such as Steve Earle, who broke barriers with his excellent and eclectic 1997 Warner Bros. release El Corazon, there is more room for artists to bend boundaries and find new roads to travel.

Songs From Shannon

Songs From Shannon,Leslie Braly,Leslie Braly,Various musical genres it might easily slip into. It is country and folk, rock and bluegrass. There's even a little hint of Texas swing. Sweet americana.

Average customer rating: Wonderful! Simple and sweet songs Marvellous cd, enchanting music Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music Didn't like the voice.

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Tracks:

1. All Through The Night
2. All The Pretty Little Horses
3. All Night, All Day
4. Armenian Lullaby
5. Baby's Bed's A Silver Moon
6. Baloo, Baleerie
7. Brahms' Lullaby
8. Brezairola
9. Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 1
10. Can Ye Sew Cushions
11. By'm Bye
12. Bye, Baby Bunting - Golden Slumbers
13. Dance To Your Daddy - Dance, Little Baby
14. Fais Dodo
15. Good Night To You All
16. Jocelyn: Berceuse
17. Hush, Little Baby
18. Kumbayah
19. Little Boy Blue
20. Suo Gan
21. Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
22. Mozart's Lullaby
23. Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
24. Now The Day Is Over - Raindrops
25. Raisins And Almonds
26. Rock-A-Bye, Baby
27. Rocking - The Sandman
28. Tales Of Hoffman: O Bell Nuit - Bacarolle
29. Skidamarink
30. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
31. Sweet And Low
32. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
33. Toora, Loora, Loora
34. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Twinkel, Twinkel, Little Star
35. When At Night I Go To Sleep

Amazon.com

Released as a companion piece to the award-winning book Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook, this hour-plus of music is a wonderful mix of stately classical themes and child-friendly vocals. The selections range from "All the Pretty Little Horses" to a global spread of lullabies drawn from classical and folk traditions. The music is spare, with Kapp on piano, Julianne Baird and Kapp's daughter Madeline on vocals, and Mela Tenenbaum on violin, viola, and occasional vocals. Most of the classical selections (from Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edmund Elgar, W.A. Mozart, et al.) get a straight-ahead, accomplished treatment. Lest you think the project stuffy, each of the melodies is in the one- to two-minute range, which effectively mandates a stronger sense of flow than most children's collections. Kapp, who managed to create a visual and poetic flow in the Lullabies book, keeps things nicely in a groove here, knowing enough to segue into silly tracks about halfway through the CD to provide a wider emotional range. This album every bit as accomplished as the book. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2007-02-14

I love this CD. It's very well-done, and the approach is different than most children's CDs - very refined, yet soothing. I don't get tired of listening to it the way I do others -- which is important when trying to get a little one to sleep! I highly recommend it and the companion book.

Simple and sweet songs.......2006-04-02

With just piano, violin and vocals, this is a simple and heartfelt album. Ms. Baird's voice conveys the full emotions that a mother feels for her new baby with clean and open singing. The first track in particular, "All Through The Night," still makes me teary. I played this in the hospital when my son was born, and we use it as part of our wind-down ritual. I do agree that some of the songs are a little upbeat for bedtime. We just skip those in the evening (using iTunes).

Marvellous cd, enchanting music.......2005-10-18

Our whole family loves this cd. I am continually charmed and refreshed by the subtlety, taste and musicianship that has gone into these arrangements of well- and lesser-known gems. Apart from the joy of the simple yet perfect chordal progressions, listen to the warm, caressing tone imparted by the low bass notes in the piano in many of the tracks. The pace is so wonderfully leisurely, there is time to savour each song or piece, and yet each lasts only two or three minutes. The three diverse yet complementary singers, each with a tender and gentle presence suiting the subject matter, give a sense of a 19th century family musical evening. Magical.

Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music.......2004-02-10

I bought this solely because I have the book and wanted to sing the lullabies to my kids, but I can't read music. For this purpose it is fine. The songs are not in the same order as in the book but I can deal. As a stand-alone lullaby CD I wouldn't really recommend it--the songs are not sung in a soothing manner, there's lots of variety in tempo and volume, some are even sung up-beat. The voices are not pitched high enough for babies either. That being said, I am back on Amazon today to buy it for my sister who is due any day now with her 3rd kid--we both like to sing and have the book, and songs (in book or music form) are a great present that the baby won't grow out of for a long time, and helps you bond with your little one too.

Didn't like the voice........2002-12-11

I bought this cd to go with the book and it is very frustrating because the songs on this cd are not even in the same order as the book. The singing voice fluctuates too much, it will be really soft and then it gets really high pitch. And if you have the volume set at a lower level for some songs then you can't hear other songs. I think there are better cds to buy than this one.

Average customer rating: When looking for "the most" A superb McCormack collection Simply the Best

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Tracks:

1. Maire, My Girl
2. Like Stars Above
3. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
4. A Child's Song
5. Asthore
6. A Farewell
7. My Commander As Envoy Bids Me Come
8. I Know Of Two Bright Eyes
9. Eileen Aroon
10. The Wearing Of The Green
11. The Rosary
12. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
13. Silver Threads Among The Gold
14. T'eri Un Giorno Ammalato
15. At Dawning
16. Dai Campi, Dai Prati
17. Giunto Sul Passo
18. Mi Par D'udir Ancora
19. Nirvana
20. There Is a Flower That Bloometh
21. My Dreams
22. Sweet Genevieve
23. I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby
24. Where The River Shannon Flows
25. Silver Threads Among The Gold

Tracks:

1. Within The Garden Of My Heart
2. Dear Love, Remember Me
3. Chiudo Gli Occhi 'Il Sogno'
4. Molly Brannigan
5. A Foggy Dew
6. The Low Back'd Car
7. Sospiri Miei, Andate Ove Vi Mando
8. Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Goodbye'
9. Mother O' Mine
10. Down In The Forest
11. Votre Mere Avec Moi Sortait De La Chapelle
12. I Hear A Thrush At Eve
13. Goodbye
14. A Little Love A Little Kiss
15. Questa O Quella
16. Nearer My God To Thee
17. Eileen Allanah
18. Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye
19. Le Portrait
20. Angel's Serenade
21. Le Nil
22. Beneath The Quivering Leaves
23. Ave Maria, D.839
24. Ave Maria 'Meditation On J.S. Bach's Prelude In C'

Customer Reviews:

When looking for "the most".......2001-05-14

A local New York professional opera enthusiast has concluded that Corelli is the most popular operatic tenor, followed by Jussi Bjoerling. But if the question is, who had the most beautiful tenor voice ever impressed upon wax, we must lift up John McCormack. Here is true bel canto which no one else has ever equalled. These two CD's contain some of the most exquisite sounds ever issued by a human throat. Let the galleries declare their enthusiasm for stentorian high C's, the real lover of great singing will find much more to their like her than in all the verisssimo arias. Listen to the two "Mefistofele" Arias (Boito) and ask yourself if they have ever since been so beautifully sung. This recording belongs in the collection of every aspiring tenor, just to remind what can be accomplished by art and perfect singing.

A superb McCormack collection.......2000-10-21

If you remember hearing transfers of acoustic recordings to LP, you remember how hard it was to really connect with the music and performer through all the rumble, noise and resonance. This audio restoration is the most astonishing technical feat I have ever heard. The noise is now only a gentle background presence, not the roar of yesteryear. And even more important, it is constant in volume- in other words not a distraction. The fidelity really lets us hear what the early recording engineers really achieved. That said, what this brings to us are the performances of one of the world's greatest singers in richly emotional popular songs (and a few opera arias). There are so many of those old sentimental pieces no one could get away with recording anymore, but hold such a splendid reward for those of us who love them. John McCormack's recordings receive with this reissue the wonderful presentation they so richly deserve. Many many thanks to the label and Mr. Marston who made it possible.

Simply the Best.......2000-01-27

This along with Vol. 1 is simply the best McCormack transfers available from this period. The master of the trade, Ward Marston has outdone himself this time. Waiting for Vols. 3,4,5!

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Tracks:

1. All Through The Night
2. Brezairola
3. Mighty Lak' A Rose
4. Wiegenlied Im Sommer
5. By'm Bye
6. Cum Baya
7. Ninghe Ninghe
8. Rozhinkas Mit Mandeln
9. Lullaby
10. All The Pretty Little Horses
11. Wiegenlied/Lullaby
12. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral
13. Berceuse
14. Baby Mine
15. Slumber Song
16. Wiegenlied Einer Mutter
17. Make A Rainbow
18. Nana
19. Den Lille Ole Med Paraplyan
20. Berceuse
21. Summertime
22. Lonely Boy
23. Lullaby
24. Russian Lullaby
25. La Poulette Grise
26. Fais Do-Do
27. E' L'Uccellino
28. Arrorro
29. Rockabye Baby
30. All Through The Night

Average customer rating: !!! This is a really great record. Awesome CD I like it says Ol' Snake-Foot Wow! A Stunning Debut Album

Songs From Shannon Leslie Braly Manufacturer: Leslie Braly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004YUBA Release Date: 2000-08-21

Tracks:

1. Faithful Are the Wounds of a Friend
2. Dark Cloud
3. I Cannot Make the Minutes Last
4. Train Song
5. Hattiesburg
6. If You'll Be My Home
7. House On Fire
8. Long Way From Chicago
9. Blue Skies
10. Willing To Pay
11. Until the Father Calls Us Home
12. Shannon
13. I Found You

Album Description

AMERICANA -- Songs From Shannon has various musical genres it might easily slip into. It is country and folk, rock and bluegrass. There's even a little hint of Texas swing in Dark Cloud (who's influence could have been a result of the year-and-a-half that Leslie Braly spent in Austin.) Ten years ago this kind of mix might have been confusing, but with pioneers such as Steve Earle, who broke barriers with his excellent and eclectic 1997 Warner Bros. release El Corazon, there is more room for artists to bend boundaries and find new roads to travel.

Customer Reviews:

!!!.......2007-07-05

Leslie babysat me as a kid and I have been listening to her play everywhere since I was 3. Her voice and lyrics reach out and touch every single person listening. Everyone should own this album.

This is a really great record........2002-09-26

Great songs, voice, music and production. Really very good. The word of mouth on this one is on the money.

Awesome CD.......2001-10-29

I think this is one of the best CDs I have heard in a long time. I feel like every song has a special message to send to the listner!!! I especially relate to the song "I Found You". I think it describes how I feel about the man that I love with all my heart!!! I recommend this CD to everyone I come into contact with that enjoys listening to some AWESOME music that will feel your heart with love and joy!!

I like it says Ol' Snake-Foot.......2001-04-10

This is a serious good record. Friends keep telling how good it is and finally someone forwarded a copy of the disc along with their praise.Well they were right it is very good and I'm just sorry it took me so long to get on board this train,cause now I'm the fellow telling everyone else how enjoyable it is.Someday I'm gonna be in a crowed holding up a bic lighter when Leslie Braly sings "Shannon".Thats a promise, cause that song is anthemic and I love it.And Snake-Foot don't like just everything under the sun, either.This is good stuff you can sing along with while your driving.5 stars,buddy!

Wow! A Stunning Debut Album.......2000-11-18

I obtained Leslie Braly's debut album "Songs From Shannon" about two months ago. It has not been out of my CD player since that wonderful day. This album has the same moving, profound effect upon me that I had with Emmylou Harris' "Elite Hotel" and "Pieces of the Sky," Iris DeMent's "My Life" and "Infamous Angel," Lucinda William's "Lucinda Williams" and "Sweet Old World" and Gillian Welch's "Revival." In short, a great debut effort. If you hear better songs this year than "Shannon," "I Cannot Make the Minutes Last," "If You'll Be My Home," "Long Way from Chicago," "Willing to Pay," "Until the Father Calls Us Home," or "I Found You," please let me know. But I don't think that you will. When Ms. Braly sings the moving testament of love "I Found You" (and the hidden track after it), it is what every person wants to hear from their loved one. Great songs. Great lyrics. Great voice. My favorite album of 2000--no, make that 1998-2000.

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