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Greg Maroney
The Copper Hat
Genre: New Age

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. November's Cascade
2. Passages
3. Esmeralda and the 17 Goats
4. When You Come Home
5. Person in the Mirror
6. Dancers in the Sky
7. The Copper Hat
8. Sweet Em
9. Northern Dancer
10. The Wedding Song
11. The Merced
12. In the Garden
13. Dreams for TJ

CD Details

All Artists: Greg Maroney
Title: The Copper Hat
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hen House Records
Release Date: 5/1/2001
Genre: New Age
Style: Instrumental
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 0634479010835, 634479010835

Synopsis

Product Description

"The Copper Hat" was recorded February of 2001 after a move to rural Pennsylvania. Many of the songs have stories behind their composition. During a visit to his mother, who is in the midst of Alzheimer's disease, he found that her husband had made her a copper wire hat in the shape of a pyramid to help improve her failing mind. She wore the copper hat, tied with ribbons under her chin, around the house. The song Copper Hat came to mind when his mother spontaneously started dancing to his music. The album is dedicated to his mother, the woman in the Copper Hat, who gave him the gift of piano.

CD Reviews

From MainlyPiano

Kathy Parsons | Florence, OR United States | 02/14/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

""The Copper Hat" is Greg Maroney's second album of original piano solos. Greg is a very passionate and eloquent composer/pianist who refers to his pieces as "soundscapes" - "a musical rendering of the way different places, events, and people affected me." The pieces are varied in style, from the quiet ballads, "When You Come Home" and "Passages," to the swirling, sparkling "November's Cascade" and the dramatic "Esmeralda & the 17 Goats." Maroney has a very powerful playing style that is exceptionally effective in expressing a wide range of emotions. His extensive classical training is obvious but tempered with his jazz background, and his musical palette is very colorful. "Esmeralda" is a real stand-out, but I also really like the pensive "Person in the Mirror, " which is played mostly in the upper registers of the piano - melancholy and questioning, this is a beauty. "The Merced" is also gorgeous. I assume the title refers to the Merced River in California. The piece flows and meanders, much as a river does, giving it a dreamy quality but also a sense of purpose. Maroney's music is substantial but accessible, and I highly recommend it."