Fall 2001 Music Profiles
Blues Foundation Presents The W.C. Handy Nominees (Vol. 1)
Superconnector - making strides with Cubic Feet
Ray
"Ethereal Journey"
Dean Evenson/Scott Huckabay
"Healing Dreams"
Heal through music
www.soundings.com
Whenever
Dean Evenson and Scott Huckabay produce music, there is always
a high expectation for them to deliver even more than before.
This new release is no exception to that expectation.
"Healing Dreams" takes the listener
to the deep into their soul where healing can occur. Since dreams
are the doorway to our soul, they show us our emotional and physical
health. If we pay attention to those messages of our dreams,
they can help us to better understand ourselves and help create
a more healthy life.
This CD is part of the Sound Healing Series
that boasts of two COVR award-winning titles, "Healing Waters"
and "Tao of Healing." This is the sixth in the series.
Earth Resonance Frequency, a sub-audio
frequency shown to promote alpha state in the brain can trigger
what researcher Dr. Herbert Benson called "the relaxation
response." It also contains the Theta frequency for a deeper
state of relaxation and a heightened state of peacefulness. The
music is a blend of Everson's shimmering flute and Huckabay's
hypnotic guitar, with the dreamy vocalizations of Gina Sala adding
a rich dimension. Harp, cello, viola and 'singing bowl' tones
(by singing bowl master Walter Makichen) enhance the musical
dreamscape.
Listen to this CD as you drift off to sleep.
It can help you awake more refreshed and energetic in the morning.
Blues Foundation Presents
The W.C. Handy Nominees (Vol. 1)
Keeping the tradition alive
www.bluesblitz.com
This CD is the first of its kind since
the organization of the Memphis-based Blues Foundation in 1980.
The Handy Nominees album showcases music in such categories as
"Blues Album of the Year," "Blues Song of the
Year," "Blues Entertainer of the Year," "Blues
Band of the Year," and "Best New Artist Debut."
The Handy Awards were presented on May 24 in Memphis.
Some of the artists featured include Shemekia
Copeland, Corey Harris & Henry Butler, Big Jack Johnson,
Eddy Clearwater, Willie King and Anson Funderburgh & the
Rockets among others. Blues entertainer of the Year nominee Taj
Mahal is also on the CD. A portion of the proceeds from the Musicblitz
title is earmarked for the Blues Foundation and its programs.
MUSICBLITZ GM and blues fan Bryan Glover
conceptualized the CD collection as a continuation of the company's
ongoing efforts to support the Blues Foundation.
Those efforts began in 1999, when MUSICBLITZ
created the genre-specific online community www.bluesblitz.com, which offers exclusive
music downloads by such artists as Taj Mahal, Koko Taylor and
Sugar Blue, among others. A contribution for each download was
dnated to the Blues Foundation's Kids 'N Blues program. The site
is a tremendous contribution to the blues scene.
The Blues foundation was organized in 1980
to prmote and preserve blues music around the globe. The annua
W.C. Handy Blues Awards, Keeping the Blues AliveAwards, Blues
Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the International Blues Challenge
and the Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the weekly blues
radio program "Beale Street Caravan (r)," the Blues
Foundation continuously encourages and recognizes the highest
achievement of artists, writers, promoters and other supporters
of the blues. The CD is just a sampling of the great talent among
blues musicians.
Cubic Feet "Superconnector"
Making strides with Cubic Feet
www.meteorrecords.com
www.fowl.com
The songwriting duo of Mark Davison and
Wood Lissauer have already put together three CD's with critical
acclaim and have just released their fourh entitled "Superconnector."
This musical partnership has written and recorded more than 100
songs together.
"Hats off to Fowl Records for getting
our whole Cubic Feet catalog out for our family and friends.
It's a new beginning for us," stated Woody Lissauer.
Davison adds, "This is the first album
that we've done where all songs relate to each other with a common
theme. They connect. All the Superconnector songs involve looking
for some sort of connection."
"Superconnector" speaks of reconnection,
disassociation, Minnesota, force of spirit, Vancouver, and the
enchanting Elizabeth Rosellini. Each song has its distinct message
and story. "Isabella Rossellini" is a song about someone
who is obsessed with a film image and lacks connection in 'real
life.'
Davison and Lissauer present an array of
melodic themes that drawn the listener into a flow of emotionally
riveted songwriting. These two seem to have that subtle touch
that makes a duo seem like a tight fit unit.
Ray "Ethereal Journey"
Ray projects etherical rays
www.RayLeonardRecords.com
"With my music, I don't care if someone
puts on headphones, closes their eyes and imagines outer space,
or they the album on low volume in the background at a dinner
party so they can talk over it," remarks Ray Leonard, or
simply known as RAY.
"Ethereal Journey" is Ray's first
release, although he is a top engineer in both the music business
and television industry, as well as a contemporary instrumental
recording artist. The listener is taken on a musical trip through
the universe using gently melodic space music.
"There are many ways to utilize music,"
he says, "The sound can gently wash over you creating a sense
of peace and relaxation, or you can listen closely and hear many
of the little nuances that I added into the mix."
In 1983, Ray began exploring space music.
"Synthesizers can do many amazing things. Not only can they
emulate nature sounds or acoustic musical instruments, but they
can create brand new sounds, even notes beyond human hearing.
There's nothing more exciting than creating a new sound which
no one in the world has ever heard before. By blending all the
possibilities in an orchestral manner, it become a very powerful
medium. The music has a freshness because there are those new
elements blended with traditional sounds. As the composer, arranger
and performr, I try to make each new piece into previously unexplored
territory. I believe listeners feel like they too are discovering
something new."
"Ethereal Journey" has a truely
spellbinding delivery. The sounds that Ray has been able to produce
seem to drawn out new musical emotions.
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