When I got a press release about a new album being released titled “December,” I knew I wanted to feature it in the month that shares the name. Ever since
The Hi-Line Arts Council's sponsoring a LIVE holiday concert next Wednesday evening in the Havre High School Auditorium with one of my all time favorites, the
The Hi-Line Arts Council's sponsoring a LIVE holiday concert next Wednesday evening in the Havre High School Auditorium with one of my all time favorites, the
Various Artists
Summer Solstice - Harkness, Sean
In Our Jasmine Days - Manring, Michael
Reunion - Boswell, John [1]
The Promise - Story, Liz
Summer Star - Lynne, Lisa
M.M. s Dunk - Winston, George [1]
Warmth of the Sun/Surfer Girl - Love, Mike [Beach B
In search of a new season to conquer (after a long run of successful A Winter s Solstice recordings), Windham Hill took aim at summer in 1997. The first Summer Solstice disc isn t exactly top-down cruising music; it s more.
more » of a back-porch soundtrack suitable for watching fireflies or for mulling the fading light of a languid summer s day. A few pieces (violinist Tracy Silverman s take on Vivaldi; pianist Liz Story s The Promise ) feel a bit weighty for the theme here, but the disc is well stocked with compensatory highlights. Among them are the intelligent, softly propulsive melody strung together by Paul McCandless (oboe) and bassist Michael Manring ( In Our Jasmine Days ); David Arkenstone s twinkling, mand