Sylvia Bagge
Release the Medicine
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grateful dead related folk/rock with psychedelocello
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100%profits from Release the Medicine CD sales donated to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, Topsail Beach, North Carolina. this organization provides treatment and assitance to sea turtles that are injured or ill, and if possible, returns them to the ocean (www.seaturtlehospital.org).
Release the Medicine is recycled and natural; 100% used jewel boxes, recycled paper, non-toxic soy ink, and biodegradable shrink-wrap made from corn cellulose. the technology used in the replication process saves 60 pounds of PVC and other chemicals from being dumped in a landfill per 100 CD's.
FOR THOSE WHO PRACTICE CENSORSHIP: Release the Medicine contains 1 strong obscenity, 1 mild obscenity, 2 references to LSD, 1 reference to cannabis, 2 references to crack-cocaine.
Release the Medicine is a singular and integrated artistic expression. there are distinct artistic and philosophical views that provide the underpinnings of the album. these views could be described as "old-school", "organic", and "let it all hang out." Release the Medicine is a seed, cool and resting in the ground, and is simultaneously phat with energy that is always on the verge of opening into the sunlight.
Release the Medicine stirs deep in that good old soup once again, and enthusiastically encourages an instant expression of that stiring.
All tracks but one on Release the Medicine were recorded using analog equipment (16 track/1" reel to reel) by recording engineer Myles Boisen in Oakland. The remaining track, muskoka river, was recorded by former Grateful Dead Sound Engineer, Betty Cantor-Jackson, at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.
Most tracks feature sylvia only on guitar/vocals or guitar/vocals/cello. Myles Boisen plays bass on 4 tracks, Jason Miller plays guitar on 2 tracks, and Carla Fay and Hallie Hammer provide background vocals on the track release the medicine.
sylvia is a believer. in addition to that, she is a deadhead, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and hospice worker living in oakland, california.
sylvia's lyrics are central to her creative expression, but she is an interesting guitarist as well, with a unique style of rhythm. she also does arrangements of her favorite rock and roll tunes on cello, such as in Terrapin Station, the Hunter/Garcia tune that appears on release the medicine.
Sylvia also demonstrates skill in crafting mellow songs with fingerstyle guitar. She writes poetry that gets to know you as you get to know it, often shapeshifting its colors and textures, suddenly shouting loudly when you thought you had heard a whisper the last time.
Like sylvia, Release the Medicine is just plum deep.
15 ABLUMS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY MAINTAINED SYLVIA'S SANITY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):
1. Teaser and the Firecat, Cat Stevens (1971)
2. Planet Waves, Dylan (1974)
3. Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, Bruce Cockburn (1979)
4. Patterns, Linda Rich (early 70's/intervarsity records-"i'd like to know if its true is there a God and is God you" gave me permission to ask my own questions)
5. Blows Against the Empire, Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship (1971-i will continue to uncover this album's philosophical, musical, political and spiritual genius one little bite at a time)
6. Janis Ian, Self-titled (1967-contains the censored tune, society's child, and the one that gave my 15 year old choas some definition, "the tangles of my mind")
7. Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan (1965)
8. The 2nd Chapter of Acts, In the Volume of the Book (1975-from a time when Christian rock was devotional, the track "i can't get near you" demonstrated singing that comes completely from the heart)
9. Friends Sountrack, Elton John (1971)
10. Blues for Allah, Grateful Dead (1975)
11. AKA Graffiti Man, John Trudell (1992)
12. Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix (1968)
13. All Things Must Pass, George Harrison (released the day after my 5th birthday, November 27,1970-put Krishna at the top of the charts with My Sweet Lord)
14. Living in the Material World, George Harrison, 1973 ("remember now, be here now")
15. Hot Tuna, Live at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, 1969
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Wonderful album: nice voice, great musicianship, gifted songwriter.
author: HerbThis is a wonderful album. Sylvia Bagge has a very nice voice and great musicianship. On some of the songs, her voice and guitar style are reminescent of Joni Mitchell. She's also a gifted songwriter--her songs have very inspired melodies and interesting lyrics. The cello arrangements add a nice, artistic touch. The arrangement of the Grateful Dead's "Terrapin Station" is masterful, and the result is amazing, very moving, beautiful.
Pure Inspiration. A Feast for the Soul !!
author: Ung714A bizarre series of seemingly unrelated events led me to discover this absolute treasure of a CD, thereby reaffirming my contention that there are no accidents. We live in a world of very hungry souls and Release the Medicine is a welcome and much needed twelve-course feast. But it is not just a feast that satisfies our hunger. This is a feast our souls can “taste and feel…hear and smell and see” and is therefore a unique experience if one allows oneself to open up and receive the delicious gifts that it gently and passionately bestows. The lyrics, music, guitar, cello and vocals find a new and tasty way to wrap around each other on every track. This CD will "light up YOUR world" if you are willing to let it.
a soulful journey through the ethers of time and space
author: John ForsterA soulful journey through the ethers of time and space. The sound currents connect you to the deepest parts of your soul to allow you to experience all acpects of life as a whole. The last song Release The Medicine brings you gently back to the earth allowing you to remember.