Monday, October 20, 2008

“’The Way of the Heart’ poetry of Rumi” by TAMIR (Spiritual/Spoken Word Artist from New York (NY))

"'The Way of the Heart' poetry of Rumi" is a spoken word album by TAMIR, narrator; Amir Vahab, music that brings the insight of the thirteenth century mystical poet back to life. Narrated by the smooth, sultry, and theatrical voice of voiceover artist TAMIR and accompanied by spiritual and befitting backing music by Persian multi-instrumentalist Amir Vahab, this release celebrates Rumi's wisdom on ten penetrable tracks. These stories and poems offer commentaries and teachings on spirituality, divine love, and the mystery of love. "The Way of the Heart" is well-recorded; TAMIR's spoken word delivery is clean and Vahab's instrumentals sound precise and balanced. "Gamble" is a great story about paradox and risk in the game of love, with the inspiring lyric, "Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being." "Separation" has frantic poetry delivered by TAMIR matched by frantic acoustic instrumental work from Vahab. "Sacrifice" is a poem about a conversation between a chickpea and a chef that comments on the predestination and liveliness of the chickpea. "The Way of the Heart" is an excellent release 800 years in the making, and anyone who marvels at the insightfulness and mysticism of Rumi are going to want to pick "'The Way of the Heart' poetry of Rumi" up.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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“Path of the Heart” by David Zeller (Spiritual/World Artist from Israel)

"Path of the Heart" is the remastered version of Rabbi David Zeller's debut, first released in the '70s, and a multifaceted album filled with inspiring songs of love and spirituality. Zeller breeches different cultures, languages, and types of song to deliver seventeen heartfelt, sentimental, and uplifting tracks that are sure to touch your heart. This release is well-produced, and its remastery assures the best listening experience of these songs. "Path of the Heart" is primarily a traditional folk album, with Zeller's soft tenor voice delivering thought-provoking and touching lyrics. The songs are happy, spiritual, and in touch with nature. Some highlights include "'Tis the Gift," "I Circle Around," and "Sometimes It's Easy," a song about laughing, happiness, and life's struggles, with a memorable chorus: "Everybody's got to have them some happy's." The Rabbi also digs into the Judaic musical repertoire with the simple and beautiful "Shalom" and "A Chassidic Melody." What's more, Zeller opens the album with some beautiful Native American flute work on the track "Listen Listen Listen." Other songs are more hymn-lenient, but they all share the qualities of having come straight from Zeller's heart. Fans of spiritual traditional folk should definitely pick up "Path of the Heart."
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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Thursday, October 9, 2008

“It All Belongs to Him” by Elizabeth Salvatico (Spiritual Artist from Pennsylvania(PA))

"It All Belongs to Him" is the outstanding, eclectic contemporary Christian solo debut from singer/songwriter Elizabeth Salvatico. Salvatico blends her own cultural diversity with the influence she gained from a mission trip to Kenya to craft songs with African and Latin, as well as gospel, blues, jazz, symphonic orchestra, and piano rock qualities. This album also has songs sung in English, Spanish, and in chant form from the Masai of Kenya, though, regardless of language, all of the songs are about glorifying God. Salvatico has an excellent vocal range and takes lead on these songs well, and these recordings also feature some great vocal accompaniment from the Wilmington Chester Mass Choir. "It All Belongs to Him" is well-produced, the vocals and arrangements clean and professional sounding. "The Masai Song" opens up the album with an all-encompassing track that begins with a pleasant chant from the Masai, then introduces rhythmic conga beats that are soon after accompanied by violin and piano, and the three instruments just jam for a while. Salvatico lends her native tongue to the title track, "It All Belongs to Him," and "Your Love (Tu Amor)," which features excellent Latin guitar and piano work as Salvatico praises God for his love, alternating between English and Spanish. All of the other tracks are strictly in English, and have a great piano rock feel to them. "It All Belongs to Him" is a musically and vocally impressive debut from Elizabeth Salvatico, and any fan of eclectic contemporary Christian music should check it out.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

“He Is Here” by Rosalina Vega (Spiritual Artist from Florida(FL))

"He Is Here" is a great praise & worship album from Panamanian gospel vocalist and songwriter Rosalina Vega. Vega delivers with an inspiring and heartfelt vocal performance and a great range that breeches the operatic, similar to the vocals of Dionne Warwick. On the majority of the tracks, Vega's vocal is solely accompanied by traditional, though skillful, piano arrangements crafted by pianist Michael Andrews. These simple arrangements bring the message of her words to the forefront which is, simply, praising God through song. "He Is Here" has four Vega originals and six traditional hymns and worship songs, and she sings each song beautifully, with immense inspiration and an open heart. The album is well recorded and creates a nice balance between the vocals, piano, and gospel message. "I Give My Heart" is a Vega original with nice piano work and inspiring, heartfelt lyrics about giving it all to Jesus. "Forever More" is a spiritual track with a soothing arrangement and hopeful lyrics about the afterlife. Her variations on traditional songs, including her operatic, multilingual rendition of "O Glorious Love" and her beautiful rendition of the standard hymn, "I Surrender All," are also noteworthy. "He Is Here" is a great album with an inspiring message, and should be looked into by anyone who enjoys praise & worship music and great female vocalists.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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"The Call" by Francesco Buccheri (Spiritual/New Age Artist from Italy)

"The Call" is an inspiring instrumental new age EP from Italian
musician Francesco Buccheri. These four songs are inspired by, and
dedicated to, Buccheri's stay at the Monastery of Camaldoli, where his
interactions with the monks came to influence his music and his life.
The songs are religious, spiritual, and meditative, and the ambience
and new age sound are great for introspection. "The Call" is
well-produced, and the arrangements are clean and crisp at any volume.
"Il sogno" is a peaceful track with waves of ambience, a laid-back
beat, and melodic guitar. "Four Movements" is a less calming and more
exciting, louder track with a lot of ambience created by epic guitar
playing, the occasional cymbal crash, and rolling waves of drums in
the background. With "The Call," Francesco Buccheri elaborates upon
his religious experiences while keeping his music approachable by both
the non-secular and secular world. Fans of inspired new age music are
going to want to pick this one up.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
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