Finally -

I got this album when I was down sick with the Expensive Mystery Poo Disease middle of the summer - matter of fact, I ended up using it almost entirely to keep myself from passing out behind the wheel on the trips I made up and down the 405 to see the Amazing Poo Doctor of Beverly Hills, nearly every day for a week, when I was at my sickest.

The Album? cadhla's Stars Fall Home.

Probably the first thing I should tell you is that I ordered three more copies as soon it was possible to do so.

The second thing I should tell you is this is the only way I've ever heard Seannan sing. I bought the first album, the one-time live performance from OVFF, Pretty Little Dead Girl because, well, too many people on my FL who had actually been there were about frothing at the mouth over the performance.

The disc did not disappoint - except to whet the appetite for what might come out of the same material, if it could be done in a studio, controlled under those circumstances and given the loving care a talented producer could give it.

Heh.

When I imported the new disc into iTunes, it showed up as "Folk." Well, it's filk - and about things I'm not immediately familiar with and in some case, not interested in at all. No matter.

It's a very mixed bag of style, instruments, arrangements - with an intricate lyrical style. She includes the lyrics in the liner notes. You won't need them. You can read them, of course, when you're aren't listening to the CD - but you won't be guessing at what's being sung. She's just that good at getting the words threaded through the notes - she knows the words matter.

One of the best parts of the album? How well the last track leads into the first one. No kidding. This album can loop forever. Track #15 leads into Track #1 flawlessly - and you feel like you're listening to it again for the first time without noticing that - oh - you're not.

There's the review. Now - onto the critique. ( Gloves=OFF )

*whew*

Finally -

I got this album when I was down sick with the Expensive Mystery Poo Disease middle of the summer - matter of fact, I ended up using it almost entirely to keep myself from passing out behind the wheel on the trips I made up and down the 405 to see the Amazing Poo Doctor of Beverly Hills, nearly every day for a week, when I was at my sickest.

The Album? cadhla's Stars Fall Home.

Probably the first thing I should tell you is that I ordered three more copies as soon it was possible to do so.

The second thing I should tell you is this is the only way I've ever heard Seannan sing. I bought the first album, the one-time live performance from OVFF, Pretty Little Dead Girl because, well, too many people on my FL who had actually been there were about frothing at the mouth over the performance.

The disc did not disappoint - except to whet the appetite for what might come out of the same material, if it could be done in a studio, controlled under those circumstances and given the loving care a talented producer could give it.

Heh.

When I imported the new disc into iTunes, it showed up as "Folk." Well, it's filk - and about things I'm not immediately familiar with and in some case, not interested in at all. No matter.

It's a very mixed bag of style, instruments, arrangements - with an intricate lyrical style. She includes the lyrics in the liner notes. You won't need them. You can read them, of course, when you're aren't listening to the CD - but you won't be guessing at what's being sung. She's just that good at getting the words threaded through the notes - she knows the words matter.

One of the best parts of the album? How well the last track leads into the first one. No kidding. This album can loop forever. Track #15 leads into Track #1 flawlessly - and you feel like you're listening to it again for the first time without noticing that - oh - you're not.

There's the review. Now - onto the critique. ( Gloves=OFF )

*whew*

Finally -

I got this album when I was down sick with the Expensive Mystery Poo Disease middle of the summer - matter of fact, I ended up using it almost entirely to keep myself from passing out behind the wheel on the trips I made up and down the 405 to see the Amazing Poo Doctor of Beverly Hills, nearly every day for a week, when I was at my sickest.

The Album? cadhla's Stars Fall Home.

Probably the first thing I should tell you is that I ordered three more copies as soon it was possible to do so.

The second thing I should tell you is this is the only way I've ever heard Seannan sing. I bought the first album, the one-time live performance from OVFF, Pretty Little Dead Girl because, well, too many people on my FL who had actually been there were about frothing at the mouth over the performance.

The disc did not disappoint - except to whet the appetite for what might come out of the same material, if it could be done in a studio, controlled under those circumstances and given the loving care a talented producer could give it.

Heh.

When I imported the new disc into iTunes, it showed up as "Folk." Well, it's filk - and about things I'm not immediately familiar with and in some case, not interested in at all. No matter.

It's a very mixed bag of style, instruments, arrangements - with an intricate lyrical style. She includes the lyrics in the liner notes. You won't need them. You can read them, of course, when you're aren't listening to the CD - but you won't be guessing at what's being sung. She's just that good at getting the words threaded through the notes - she knows the words matter.

One of the best parts of the album? How well the last track leads into the first one. No kidding. This album can loop forever. Track #15 leads into Track #1 flawlessly - and you feel like you're listening to it again for the first time without noticing that - oh - you're not.

There's the review. Now - onto the critique. ( Gloves=OFF )

*whew*