Absolutely beautiful music that warms the heart.
author: Connie
Beautiful music that warms your heart and relaxes your spirit. This cd will relieve all your stresses and take you to a place that is tranquil. Calgon take me away! - well this cd will do just that.
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Familiar tunes that sound fresh and enjoyable
author: Kevin Kinney, The Folk Harp Journal, No. 119
This recording manages to capture a diverse set of moods and feels, all the while staying true to the fundamental nature of the harp. It takes a special set of hands to be able to play familiar tunes and have them sound fresh and enjoyable, and Ms. Mell clearly has those hands. Ms. Mell manages to make these tunes her own - adding in some very nice harmonies, wonderful ornaments (really wonderful, in fact) and some slightly altered rhythms. For those new to the genre, this could well serve as a "must have" basic primer of Irish Traditional music on the harp. For those who are not new, the CD will serve as a reminder of why these tunes are so popular in the first place. "Come Ye Back" introduced me to new facets of each - facets which I am not ashamed to say I plan to incorporate into my own playing of the tunes!
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Sparkling, fresh interpretations of the most popular harp tunes
author: Jamie O'Brien, "The Irish Edition", Feb. 2003
Bucks County harp player Joanna Mell has put together 15 tracks on her latest album, selecting some of the most known and popular tunes from the harp repertoire and beyond and approached them with sparkling, fresh interpretations..... Joanna delves deeply into the tunes and interprets them with great feeling and style, breathing fresh life into them.
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