Release Date: June
3, 2016
Label: Orange
Band Records
If you take the time to read the inner sleeve notes of
this CD you will find that this music is dedicated to the butterflies,
specifically the Monarch Butterflies. They are on the brink of extinction
because of pesticides destroying the milkweed plants which are their source of
food and reproduction. After reading all of that information it certainly puts
a different spin on the music you are about to hear.
Creating a vision through music without words surely is a
process and more difficult than one could imagine, particularly those of us
that are not actually recording the music, just listening. We have the easy
job.
I make no mistake about letting people know how much I
admire and appreciate instrumental music. The more I listen to it the more I
understand how amazing it is. It is not unlike an artist taking a blank canvas
and painting a striking picture to be admired by everyone that has the pleasure
to see it.
Ms. Sweeten takes you on a journey through 10 tracks
focused on her love of the environment and the creatures that inhabit it. Her
staunch support and respect for those two factors are the driving force of the
music that she creates.
Ann’s piano playing is gorgeous throughout this album,
that is the best way to explain it. There is a flow and natural rhythm like
what mother earth so generously gives us all. A heartbeat of life that
pulsates, ebbs and flows like the tides of the sea, the music will capture you
as you fall into it without even knowing it. That kind of experience is indeed
magical like all of the miracles of life around us. Most importantly it is a
reminder that we need to respect all life and not let corporate greed extinguish
it for their profit.
Each track follows the next in natural progression. One
track is not more important than another because they become intrinsically
linked like it was meant to be. For that specific reason I need to acknowledge
the entire album as one entity not just a few significant tracks, I want to
bring attention to it all.
If you enjoy instrumental music and most particularly
piano based tracks, you will love Where
Butterflies Dance. It can be enjoyed by just sitting back and listening,
meditation, focusing or just decompressing at the end of the day. For those of
you that happen to have a stressful commute to and from your place of
employment this music would be a great tool to avert the stress associated with
that travel.
5/5
Stars
Key Tracks: ALL
Tracks:
01. A Trace of You
02. Broken Wing at North Light
03. Elysian Fields
04. Love Among the Ruins
05. Veil of Tears
06. Morning Mist at Chimayo
07. Sateo
08.The Hanging Road
09. Where Butterflies Dance
10. Migration
Tracks:
01. A Trace of You
02. Broken Wing at North Light
03. Elysian Fields
04. Love Among the Ruins
05. Veil of Tears
06. Morning Mist at Chimayo
07. Sateo
08.The Hanging Road
09. Where Butterflies Dance
10. Migration
Keith “MuzikMan”
Hannaleck- New Age Music Reviews Founder
May 2, 2016
Review
Provided By New Age Music Reviews