New CDs on the Sage Shelf
New CDs
Many fine musicians record here in the Sage Arts Studio. Some are on the Sage Arts label and some take their masters and press CDs with other labels.
Now we offer several of these outstanding CDs in our catalog, in a variety of musical styles, just in time for the holiday season...
It's intriguing working in the Sage office, I hear musicians in the studio with our sound engineers, playing back tracks, discussing, laughing, trying out new things.
One day I heard Leah Larson taking a break from recording.
She was wandering outside amongst woods and garden, singing in a
sweet pure
voice that could coax the spots off an owl.
I heard some of the many layers
of Lorin Grean's music going down piece by piece, and felt the
high
energy
of John Reischman and the Jaybirds who brought their own
espresso
machine.
Michael Merrifield is mellow and thoughtful, just like his
songs. Tom Ball and
Kenny Sultan are such a fun pair, it makes you wonder how they can
play
the blues with such pizazz!
So check out their CDs below. You may find something that fits your style and makes you smile.
– Peggy Wendel
John Reischman and the Jaybirds
The Road West
With a unique traditional sound, mandolin master John Reischman and his band are known for powerful original songs and instrumentals, soaring vocals and refreshing interpretations of songs from the old-time repertoire presented with their own bluegrass twist. As one of the acoustic world’s top-ranked mandolin players and composers, Reischman is renowned for his exquisite taste, tone and impeccable musicianship.
The Road West follows the outstanding “Field Guide” (Corvus/Copper Creek) nominated in the 2003 Juno awards for best roots and traditional group, and selected by Acoustic Guitar magazine as one of the top CDs of 2003.
* Roustabout * Hop High My Lulu Gal * Home Sweet Home * Sandy Boys * Travelin' the Road West * In the Fall * Deep Dark Sea * Blackberry Bramble * Liza Jane * Old Reuben No.1 * Allens Creek * You'll Find Her Name * Troubles * The Home Coming * As Time Draws Near * Crowberry *
The Road
West
CD $15.00Review Cart
Leah Larson
Long Journey
Long Journey featuring the Leah Larson Band with guests Laurie Lewis, Ron Stewart, Mike Marshall, Todd Phillips, Orville Johnson, and Candy Goldman.
"Just when I lose faith in the purity of the human voice and the beauty of acoustic instruments recorded realistically, along comes a wonderful record like Long Journey by Leah Larson.
"She and co-producer Laurie Lewis have fused mountain music with contemporary and classic tunes.
"Long Journey opens with "A Little Ways Down the Road" from the repertoire of Larry Sparks. Leah's voice is sweet and clear and her fiddling strong and assured.
Doc and Rosa Lee Watson's classic title
track is arranged for complete band and Lewis's backing vocals and
clawhammer banjo keep it rooted in the mountains."
– Sing Out!
Magazine,
by Tom Druckenmiller Fall 2005 © The Sing Out! Corporation. Used
by permission. All rights reserved.
*A Little Ways Down The Road * Long Journey * Sing Me A Song (That'll Just Keep Me Lonesome) * Sun's Gonna Shine In My Backdoor Someday * Pretty Saro * Crippled Bird * Fare Thee Well Northumberland * Dangerous Boys * Early In The Spring * This Lonely Heart of Mine * The Soldier * Let That Liar Alone *
Long
Journey
CD $15.00Review Cart
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan
Happy Hour
If you don't have the blues, but would like to get some – belly up to the bar for Happy Hour! Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan are a rollicking good time, winning over diverse audiences with their unique blend of guitar and harmonica blues, rags and good time music for more than 25 years.
Their new album, Happy Hour, features the real deal in acoustic folk/blues. Tasty tunes include Ball and Sultan originals mixed with covers from the likes of Willie Dixon, Ralph Towner, Bob Margolin, Johnny Mercer and more.
Pull up a stool, pop the top on a cool one, and sit back and
enjoy
the
Happy Hour with the guitar/harmonica duo that many consider to
be the
best acoustic folk/blues team in the business today.
(Check back mid-December for song samples. You've gotta hear these
guys!)
* This Old Band * Living with the Blues * Live the Life I Love * I Gotta Have That Gal * I Can't Please You * Buck Dance * Fool's Paradise * I Got Two * Lovin' is a Gamble * One Eyed Sam * When the Fire Burns Low * Barefoot Rock * Everybody Eats When They Come to My House * Brown Liquor in a Dirty Glass *
Happy
Hour
CD $15.00Review Cart
Lorin Grean
Hand Woven
Lorin Grean's first CD recorded at Sage Arts, Hand Woven, consists of original songs played on the Celtic harp and the voice of a chantress – woven together by world music accompaniment.
Instruments include combinations of Celtic harp, wordless
vocals, Native American flute, violin, cello, piano, bass, electric
guitar, recorders, synthesizer, mountain dulcimer, harmonica, and
ethnic percussion including bodhran, djembe, tabla.
(Check for song samples mid-December.)
* Through Zara's Eyes * Starlight Journey * In Pursuit * The Grey Cat's Night Prowl * Sailing the Skies * Calico Toes * Hand Woven * The Bengal's Secret * Night Vision * Spindrift *
Hand
Woven
CD $15.00Spinning Gold
Classic Rock-with a twist. A unique blend of Celtic harp and voice with innovative arrangements of cello, bass, guitar, violin, flugel horn, recorders, pedal steel guitar, piano, Tibetan bowls, and ethnic percussion.
"This CD is special – bringing subtle jazz, world, and even classical elements to these contemporary gems...Imaginative." – Wind & Wire
(Check for song samples mid-December. Words can't describe how
Lorin Grean transforms these familiar old songs.)
* Can't
Find
My Way Home (Steve Winwood) * Eleanor Rigby * From
the Beginning (Greg Lake) * Fields of Gold
(Sting) * She's Not There (Rod
Argent) * Big Yellow Taxi (Joni
Mitchell) * Some People's Lives (Ian-Flemming) * Every Breath You Take
(Sting) * I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking
for (U2) * Laughing (David Crosby) * Imagine
(John Lennon) *
Spinning
Gold
CD $15.00Review Cart
For more about these and more CDs and about Lorin Grean, see her catalog page.
Michael Merrifield
Butterfly Keep
The poetry of singer-songwriter Michael Merrifield evokes scenes of ghost towns that hint of former glory, a butterfly’s brief glory, a moon child wandering through nature’s garden in the gray light of night.
The songs of Butterfly Keep take on different styles, from delicate piano glissandos to a way-out west feel to a bouncy calypso beat.
Producer Orville Johnson added spicy licks on various guitars with some mandolin and banjo, cello by Jami Sieber and piano by Jee Wong.
“The music is about things I see that don't seem to change much, a moment taken from time and frozen in a song. Mostly my view of the world around me, put into words that I hope will touch others.” – Michael Merrifield
"... a gentle, whimsical, inventive, highly poetic gem of a recording. There is something undeniably childlike about Merrifield's near-whisper of a voice; it is as if Donovan had finally mastered the art of conveying a hard-won, lasting sense of innocence. The melodies are simple and pleasing, yet the lyrics are often profoundly moving. This CD richly rewards repeated listenings, both with the inventiveness of Orville Johnson and (above all) with the unique vision and voice of Michael Merrifield. – Bill Fisher, Victory Music Review, December 2005
* Ghost Town * I'll Give You the Sun * Forsaken * Butterfly * Rose Moon * A Morning Born * White Horse * Yet Tomorrow * I Can't Sleep * Looking Through * Snowflake *
Butterfly
Keep
CD $15.00Review Cart
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