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If I Had a Key to the Dawn
Lily Storm
If I Had a Key to the Dawn
Genre: International Music
 
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This spare and atmospheric album is a journey through the musical landscapes of Eastern Europe. The haunting voice of singer Lily Storm interprets ancient folk songs with fragile honesty and practiced skill. The pieces flo...  more »

     
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All Artists: Lily Storm
Title: If I Had a Key to the Dawn
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Songbat Records
Release Date: 6/23/2009
Genre: International Music
Styles: Europe, Continental Europe
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 700261269245

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This spare and atmospheric album is a journey through the musical landscapes of Eastern Europe. The haunting voice of singer Lily Storm interprets ancient folk songs with fragile honesty and practiced skill. The pieces flow together like a series of dreams, opening with a fragmentary Ukrainian lullaby, continuing with wistful Hungarian melodies, angular Greek dance rhythms, passionate Russian and Bulgarian laments, and a fiery Romanian mountain tune, and closing with a tender Czech ode to the rising sun. The result transcends cultural boundaries and offers fresh awareness of centuries-old musical traditions. Includes 20-page booklet with notes and complete lyrics, with English translations.
Artist Biography
Lily Storm is a virtuosa singer specializing in traditional music, with a particular affinity for Eastern European styles. Lily has performed with several ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the women's vocal ensemble Kitka. As part of Kitka, she recorded as a soloist (The Vine, Wintersongs), collaborated in concert with ensembles including Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Ensemble Alcatraz, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Davka, and Mariana Sadovska, and appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion and NPR's Performance Today. "If I Had a Key to the Dawn" is her first solo album.

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Captivating and beautifully performed.
Gary J. Wright | San Francisco, CA United States | 07/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"These wonderful traditional love songs and laments will appeal to a far wider audience than those with a specific interest in traditional eastern european music. Thanks to the outstanding, haunting vocal talents of Lily Storm, these timeless pieces are entrancing.

Honorable mention must also be made of the other performers who add to the special atmosphere with several exotic and beautifully recorded instruments. I'd urge you to listen to clips of the two Hungarian pieces (especially track 6, and also 2) and the ravishing track 15 which is of Czech origin. A nicely-produced package includes translations of all the lyrics. Strongly recommended."