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The Library CD Shelf

Thunder In My Arms
Lissa Schneckenburger
www.lissafiddle.com
Footprint Records
$15.00 CD / $10.00 digital cdbaby.com

Lissa Schneckenburger presents Thunder In My Arms, a music album about attachment, parenting, and trauma. The songs draw upon bass, electric guitar, piano, strings, and at times brass and saxophone, while Schneckenburger's vocals reverberate in the heart
and mind. A lyrics booklet is included with the physical CD. Thunder In My Arms
is a unique, creative soundscape, highly recommended for connoisseurs of quality original music. The tracks are "Look Away", "On My Own", "Since the Day
We Met", "The 11th
Labor of Hercules", "I Need Us Together", "Feel Better", "They Sent Me a Picture", "I'll Stick Around", "Blow Out the Candles", and "When My Baby Cries". 38 min.

Ailleurs
Mylle Fournier
Privately Published
$TBA CD / $4.95 MP3 amazon.com

The debut solo album of harpist and composer Mylle Fournier, Ailleurs is an instrumental album of original works inspired by the great turning points of life. Elements of classical and rock-'n'- roll music are seamlessly integrated into the breathtaking
performances. Ranging in tone from deep sorrow to exuberant joy, Ailleurs is dramatic, stunning, exceptionally beautiful, and highly recommended. The tracks
are "Every Goodbye", "Penta", "Prynhawn, Nos, Bore", "An Ocean, A Decade", and "Tell It to the
Wind". 27 min. 32 sec.

Secrets of the Sea
Greg Maroney
www.gregmaroney.com
Greg Maroney Music
$TBA CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com

Recorded live, Secrets of the Sea is a neo-classical, new age solo piano album of original compositions by Greg Maroney, performed on a 9-foot Steinway Concert Grand piano. The twenty-fifth release by the talented and imaginative Maroney, Secrets of the
Sea draws inspiration from the ever-changing, mysterious nature of rivers, waves, tributaries, and ocean shores. Extraordinarily beautiful and inspiring, Secrets of the Sea is highly recommended especially for solo piano connoisseurs
and public library
collections. The tracks are "Secrets of the Sea", "Reverence", "River of Dreams", "Distant Shores", "Arise in Hope", "The Clock Strikes Nine", "A Thousand Miles", "Sea Breeze", "Rippling Waters", "Dreaming Tree", "Emerald Lake", and "The Lighthouse". 53
min. 14 sec.

Chapters
Stephen Wallack
www.stephenwallackmusic.com
Privately Published
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/stephenwallack
$12.97 CD / $9.99 download

Chapters: Solo Piano Reflections is the debut album of Stephen Wallack, featuring new age solo piano drawn from autobiographical elements, and performed with cinematic flair. Brimming with vivacious memories and emotion, from amazing travels to the day
of his wedding, Chapters is profoundly joyful and highly recommended. The tracks are Virginia", "Oceans", "Cooper's Song" Trains", "Dad", "Chicago", "The
traveler", "Wedding Song", "Holiday", and "Archer.

American Highway
Marty Brown
www.martybrownmusic.com
Plowboy Records
http://plowboyrecords.com
$TBA CD / $TBA download

American Highway is a country album of original music written by Marty Brown and Jon Tiven (Kristopher Martin Brown is the third co-writer of one track) celebrating Marty Brown's return to major recording after a break of twenty years. Vibrant, candid,
and reverent, American Highway captures both the highs and lows of daily life with glorious aplomb. Highly recommended! The tracks are "American Highway", "I'm On A Roll ( Better Than It's Ever Been)", "Umbrella Lovers", "Shaking All Over The World", "
When The Blues Come Around", "Right Out Of Left Field", "Kentucky Blues", "Casino Winnebago", "Velvet Chains", and "Mona Lisa Smiles".

Wooh Dang
Daniel Norgren
Superpuma Records
www.superpumarecords.com
c/o Redeye (distribution)
www.redeyeworldwide.com
https://danielnorgren.bandcamp.com/album/wooh-dang
$15.00 CD / $7.00 digital

Music artist Daniel Norgren's first worldwide release Wooh Dang is an intense, original music album with a deep connection to history and memory. Created within a 19th century textile farmhouse in the woods near Norgren's home in Sweeden, Wooh Dang was
recorded live in its entirety on a 16 track analogue rig, with no guitar tuners. Norgren and his friends Anders Grahn (bass), Erik Berntsson (drums), and Andreas Filipsson (guitar and banjo) have created songs that reflect the exuberance of rural life.
Highly recommended, especially for international music connoisseurs. The tracks
are "Blue Sky Moon", "The Flow", "Dandelion Time", "Rolling Rolling Rolling", "So Glad", "Let Love Run the Game", "The Day That's Just Begun", "When I Hold You In My Arms",
and "Wooh Dang".

Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves
Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves
allisondegroot.com
tatianahargreaves.com
Free Dirt Records
freedirt.net
$12.59 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com

Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves is the self-titled debut album of two bluegrass music artists inspired by traditional music from Mississippi, Missouri, the Arkansas Ozarks, and Appalachian stringband music. Though many of
the songs are their
renditions of traditional classics, the music speaks to modern issues of race, gender, and class. There are also American fiddle and banjo songs from the African-American duo Nathan Frazier and Frank Patterson, Arkansas fiddler Violet Hensley, and modern
music masters Judy Hyman and John Hatcher. Both Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves are professional music teachers, and their commitment to pass on the
joy of music shines through their work. Highly recommended! The tracks are "Eighth of January", "
I Don't Want to Get Married", "Farewell Whiskey", "Dry", "Beaufort County Jail", "Cuckoo's Nest", "Lonesome Blues", "Willie Moore", "Buffalo Gals", "Wabash Blues", "Who Wouldn't Be Lonely", "Melinda", and "Green Valley Waltz".

Stories Told
Dave Zinno Unisphere
With Mike Tucker & Eric "Benny" Bloom, Tim Ray, Rafael Barata
Whaling City Sound
www.whalingcitysound.com
c/o Naxos (dist.)
www.naxosusa.com
PR: Ginny Shea - mixedmediapromo.com
$16.99 CD

Stories Told is an original Latin Jazz album by Dave Zinno Unisphere, and the follow-up to "River of January". Dave Zinno performs on the double bass; Mike Tucker on tenor saxophone; Eric "Benny" "Stories Told" includes elements of neo-Latin, and the
intense music ranges from gregarious excitement to a somber tribute created in the memory of Tucker's father. Stories Told is a treasure for connoisseurs of the genre, highly recommended. The tracks are "Neurotico", "Larrytown", "The Opener", "Michelle",
"Requiem", "Ta", "Seventh Hour", "Backup", and "Triste".

Black & White
The Green
thegreen808.com
Easy Star Records
www.easystar.com
$11.99 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com

Black & White is a reggae album by The Green, primarily revisiting their most popular, original reggae songs with a new acoustic arrangements. These new renditions are frequently retouched by the guideline that "less is more", to quote guitarist/singer
JP Kennedy, focusing on the core key elements. The result is keenly forthright in its simplicity, and a "must" for reggae connoisseurs. Highly recommended! The tracks are "Alone", "Good Vibration", "Runaway Train", "Love I", "Alive", "Decisions", "What
Will Be Will Be", "Going Up", "Chocolates & Roses", "Trod the Hard Road", "All I Need", "Wake Up", "Foolish Love", "Never", and "Good One".

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