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Gathering at the River | Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton
"A collection of sparkling grace notes -- hymns drawn from around the world and elegantly arranged for guitar and Celtic harp. While separating one musician's handiwork from the other isn't always easy, enjoying these beautifully woven collaborations is a breeze.
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1. Shall We Gather at the River Sample: Stream | MP3
2. Morning Has Broken Sample: Stream | MP3
3. Hyfrodol Sample: Stream | MP3
4. This is My Father's World Sample: Stream | MP3
5. The God of Love My Sheperd Is Sample: Stream | MP3
6. All Things Bright and Beautiful Sample: Stream | MP3
7. Just A Closer Walk With Thee Sample: Stream | MP3
8. Cwm Rhondda Sample: Stream | MP3
9. The Sweet Bye and Bye Sample: Stream | MP3
10. Be Thou My Vision Sample: Stream | MP3
11. In Christ There Is No East Or West Sample: Stream | MP3
12. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Sample: Stream | MP3
13. Nearer My God To Thee Sample: Stream | MP3
14. We Gather Together Sample: Stream | MP3
15. Praise Ye The Lord Almighty Sample: Stream | MP3
16. How Can I Keep From Singing Sample: Stream | MP3
17. Amazing Grace Sample: Stream | MP3
The melodies are often familiar, thanks in part to modern-day associations with everything from traditional jazz bands ("The Sweet Bye and Bye") to rugby matches (the Welsh evergreen "Cwm Rhondda"). In fact, several songs have become part of the gospel and pop vernacular, including "Morning Has Broken," "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Amazing Grace." Fans of guitarists John Fahey and Leo Kottke, to say nothing of churchgoers, should also recognize "In Christ There Is No East or West," one of the album's highlights. The duo seems perfectly at home with each piece it has selected, whether the arrangement calls for combining a processional pulse with intricate counterpoint or some blues-inspired riffs and bass runs. Not surprisingly, "Amazing Grace" is saved for last, a coda made all the more soulful by the addition of Barnes's uilleann pipes. -- Mike Joyce, The Washington Post
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Airs for Solo Celtic Harp | Allison Hampton
Hampton 's "Airs for Solo Celtic Harp" is entirely composed of traditional pieces. Turlough O'Carolan, the great Irish harper, is represented by four tunes, including the opening charmer "Planxty Fanny Poer," an ode that elegantly folds back on itself again and again, and the more frequently performed "Blind Mary." Because Hampton can make even the most shopworn melodies sparkle, as her arrangements of "She Moved Through the Fair" and "Carrickfergus" attest, all the melodies here, familiar or not, ultimately contribute to a compilation as seamless as it is sublime. -- Mike Joyce, The Washington Post
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1. Planxty Fanny Poer Sample: Stream | MP3
2. The Star of County Down Sample: Stream | MP3
3. The Snowy Breasted Pearl Sample: Stream | MP3
4. The Coolin Sample: Stream | MP3
5. Blind Mary Sample: Stream | MP3
6. She Moved Through the Fair Sample: Stream | MP3
7. Port Lennox Sample: Stream | MP3
8. The Dark Woman of the Glen Sample: Stream | MP3
9. The Woman's Lament in Battle Sample: Stream | MP3
10. The Sheep under the Snow Sample: Stream | MP3
11. Eleanor Plunket Sample: Stream | MP3
12. Skye Boat Song Sample: Stream | MP3
13. Carrickfergus Sample: Stream | MP3
14. Morgan Magan Sample: Stream | MP3
15. Down by the Salley Gardens Sample: Stream | MP3
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