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The Library CD Shelf

Just Like in the Movies
Southern Halo
Southern Halo Music
$TBA www.southernhalo.net

Just Like in the Movies is the latest music album by the talented trio of sisters Southern Halo; all three are youthful masters of blended harmony, vibrant country, and soul-stirring blues. A joy to experience, Just Like in the
Movies provides an
immersive, rapturous experience, and is also highly recommended as a memorable gift to connoisseurs. Highly recommended. The tracks are "Southern Halo", "My Girls & Me", "Notice Me", "I Think Too Much", "Tom Girl", "Anything is Possible", "Not Today", "
Missing Mississippi", "Famous", "Gettin' Back Up", "Hey Boy", "Coming Home", "It's Always Been You", and "Just Like in the Movies (Revised)".

Time Not Forgotten
Rhonda Mackert
Privately Published
$TBA www.rhondamackert.com

Time Not Forgotten is an original solo piano album by the talented Rhonda Mackert, inspired by some of her most cherished memories. Serene and rapturous,
Time Not Forgotten soothes the spirit and awakens the imagination with its masterful stylings.
Highly recommended, especially for connoisseurs of the genre. The tracks are "Dancing Through My Memories", "Walking Among Giants", "Time Not Forgotten", "Molokini", "Monsoon", "White Cliffs", "Spring on Grayrock Mountain", "Chasing Fireflies", "Healing
Places', "Dreaming of Sedona", "Skipping Stones", and "Free Floating".

Alive Inside The Tank
Mysteries of the Night
Silver Wave Records
$TBA www.tanksounds.org

Alive Inside the Tank is an album created in The Tank Center for Sonic Arts, an
extraordinary sound chamber fashioned from an abandoned empty steel water tank on a hill overlooking the town of Rangely, Colorado. Alive Inside The Tank is the first full-
length album recorded in the Tank to be released on an established record label
(Silver Wave Records). The extraordinary reverberation enriches the improvisational flute, percussion, vocalizations, and hand drums of Mysteries of the Night. Wondrous,
alluring, and sensational, Alive Inside The Tank is highly recommended especially for personal and public library music collections. The tracks are "To The Earth", "The Promise", "Mysteries of the Night", "The Space Between", "Thunder Cloud", "Under The
Sea", "To The Sky", "My Love is Here", "Coconino", "To The Stars (for Tito)", "Clockwork", "Pulsing Within", "Twin Flames", "To the Creator (for Trane)", and
"In the Morning".

Listen
Nitish Kulkarni
Privately Published
www.nitishkulkarni.com
$9.99 CD / $9.99 download cdbaby.com

The second album by Nitish Kulkarni (pronounced nuh-teesh kul-car-nee), Listen embodies world fusion, incorporating traditional ethnic instruments around the globe as well as modern synthesizers and electric guitar. Musicians and singers
from multiple
different nations lend their talents to the original compositions; the result is a vibrant, eclectic creation, enthusiastically recommended for connoisseurs of the genre and public library music collections. The tracks are "Call to Action", "Mapmaker", "
Listen: Mbira", "When I Go", "All Around You", "Listen: Oud", "Speak To Me", "Wordless", "Sense of Touch", "Listen: ERHU", "In Another Life", "Listen: Theorbo", "Remember When", and "The Day Before Tomorrow".

Oliver the Crow
Oliver the Crow
Privately Published
$15.00 CD / $10.00 digital oliverthecrow.com

Oliver the Crow is the self-titled debut album of the brilliant, Nashville-based duo Oliver the Crow (cellist Kaitlyn Raitz and fiddler Ben Plotnick). Drawing upon their experience as classically trained performers, their love of folk music, and the
inspiration of nature (the album was created in three days in a remote, solar-powered cabin in Vermont), Oliver the Crow is an extraordinary, multifaceted soundscape, highly recommended. The tracks are "Sailing with the Tid", "Bury Me Beneath the Willow",
"Ashes of a Day Gone By", "Grace", "As the Crow Flies", "Sam River", "Glass", "Samson", "45", and "Bear in a Den".

Something Higher
Leftover Salmon
Privately Published
$15.00 www.leftoversalmon.com

Something Higher is a new album by Leftover Salmon, showcasing their unique brand of New Orleans-meets-Appalachian-bluegrass. Fresh, dynamic, and quintessentially American, Something Higher is a joy for connoisseurs. The tracks are "Places", "Show Me
Something Higher", "Southern Belle", "Analog", "House of Cards", "Evermore", "Astral Traveler", "Foreign Fields", "Game of Thorns", "Let in a Little Light",
"Winter's Gone", and "Burdened Heart".

Tahdig
Mitra Sumara
Privately Published
$TBA www.mitrasumara.com

Mitra Sumara, the one and only Farsi Funk group to be found in New York City, presents their debut full-length album Tahdig. Here is vivacious Persian pop and funk music, the type that was sharply curtailed by the Iranian Revolution. An exuberant, pulse-
pounding interpretation of hits by Iran's most beloved singers including Googoosh, Soli, and Leila Forouhar, Tahdig is a "must" for international music collections. The tracks are "Bemoon ta Bemoonam", "Helelyos", "Shahre Paiz", "Miravi", "Mosem-e Gol", "
Gol bi Goldoon", "Donya vafa nadare", "Manoto", "Hamparvaz", and "Kofriam".

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