Release Date: October 15, 2014
Label: Independent
This is my third Richard Dillon album I have covered this year. Previously I had the pleasure of hearing and commenting on Irish Mist and The Land of Nod Lullabies for the Listless.
Now I
get to turn the clock back to 2014 and enjoy Ring Around The Moon. This comes at the right time of year. Although
you folks that live where the sun is shining and its warm may not feel the same
hearing this music, you have my personal guarantee it will warm your soul.
One
look at the cover of Ring Around The Moon
and you can feel the cold crisp Winter air hitting your face. The moon
shines brightly like a nighttime sun and the ring emanates around it like something
spiritual and magnificent. This is something so simple yet so beautiful and
amazing…only if you take the time to look at it and let it infuse your spirit.
The same goes for the music you hear on this recording.
The 13 tracks on Ring
Around The Moon are naturally connected just like the moon and the stars
are connected to mother earth and all its inhabitants. I know the joy of “Walking
Through the Woods On a Snowy Evening” and getting home for “Hot Cocoa By the
Fire.” There is some magic and truthfulness in this music. I live in the
perfect setting for this music and I found an instant connection just looking
at the track list before I listened. New England has four seasons, each one
offering its own distinctness.
“Scattering of Stars” I found quite stirring, with its
changing paces and sentiments flowing through me. It reminded me of the saying
“Stardust We Are.” How pure and true the meaning of all this music came to me.
This is the way instrumental music should affect you. Its authority and majesty
just glide from one track to the next, owning the titles the creator gave them.
It is just the way it was meant to be.
Ring
Around The Moon encapsulates the Winter season and everything
you can enjoy about it. There is beauty in the eyes of the beholder, if in fact
those eyes are clear and see what is in front of them. Sometimes it takes a
little nudge from talent like Richard Dillon to make you see it all.
4.5/5
Stars
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
December 22, 2017
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Tracks:
01. Groundhog Saw His Shadow
02. Ring Around the Moon
03. December Sunset
04. Dying of the Light
05. Midnight Sleigh Ride
06. First Snow
07. Dreaming of Hawaii
08. January Moon
09. February
10. Walking Through the Woods On a Snowy Evening
11. Scattering of Stars
12. Whiteout
13. Hot Cocoa By the Fire
Tracks:
01. Groundhog Saw His Shadow
02. Ring Around the Moon
03. December Sunset
04. Dying of the Light
05. Midnight Sleigh Ride
06. First Snow
07. Dreaming of Hawaii
08. January Moon
09. February
10. Walking Through the Woods On a Snowy Evening
11. Scattering of Stars
12. Whiteout
13. Hot Cocoa By the Fire