Best Jewish & Yiddish Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very clear vocals, so easy to learn the songs."
"Love this CD!"
"The liner notes provide English transliteration of the Hebrew lyrics which is also really useful for those unfamiliar with the songs."
"I needed an album just to help me renember some words to holiday songs."
"I bought it for assisted living residents and they sing a lot with it and love it."
"Here is a collection, basically Hebrew - there are some English and Yiddish songs too - for a year of Sabbaths and Holidays."
"He is a wonderful Jewish performer and singer."
"They lack the holiday spirit!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very comprehensive of the basic and even some more obscure traditional songs in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English as well some original works by members of the group."
"I was looking for an adult-friendly (as in, not just for kids) Chanukah CD that measured up to the warmth of Christmas carols."
"Ive been searching for this CD, very happy I found it."
"Growing up, my family always listened to this (on cassette tape) in the car around Chanukkah."
"Wonderful collection of Jewish holiday songs by great performers."
"I have several Chanukah CDs, this one is my favorite."
"The music isn't at all annoying and like another reviewer stated, it promotes family togetherness."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Truly inspiring, Andrew just has one of those rare, beautiful and gifted voices..."
"Andrews beautiful tunes are basically scripture ( both in English and in Hebrew) set to music."
"Andrew Hodkinson is my husband and my favorite messianic singer, writer, etc."
"The songs are filled with scripture that we play in the background of our home....very beautiful!"
Best Middle East
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I discovered Adam Hurst's talent on Oregon Art Beat, a Public Broadcast Station in Portland, Oregon."
"I love this album."
Best Traditional British & Celtic Folk
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Wonderful, relaxing holiday music."
"Gorgeous music!"
"CD had a great collection of songs!"
"Great collection."
"I gave this as a Christmas gift and the receipient was charmed by the sounds of the Middle Ages."
"A Feast of Songs is a gorgeous journey through a millennia of different cultural takes on the Christmas theme."
Best Live Recordings
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The Vietnam War, the assassinations of public figures, and seeing part of my city burn the previous summer during riots-- it was a lot to handle. The first side of the record ends with the sad longing and fears of Old Friends, who sit on a park bench and reminisce together. The fears and sadness of 1968 are long past, but a final memory remains: As I lay in bed early that Christmas Eve, the colored glow of tree lights seeped into my room. Off in the distance were disembodied television voices of Apollo astronauts circling the moon-- they read passages from the book of Genesis, and wished well the "people of the good Earth.""
"The Vietnam War, the assassinations of public figures, and seeing part of my city burn the previous summer during riots-- it was a lot to handle. The original first side of the record ends with the sad longing and fears of Old Friends, who sit on a park bench and reminisce together. The fears and sadness of 1968 are long past, but a final memory remains: As I lay in bed early that Christmas Eve, the colored glow of tree lights seeped into my room. Off in the distance were disembodied television voices of Apollo astronauts circling the moon-- they read passages from the book of Genesis, and wished well the "people of the good Earth.""
Best Compilations
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Wonderfully arranged CD, capturing the spirit of Christmas."
"Old world Christmas tunes played with old world instruments and some wonderful harmonies as in "What Child is This", this is a wonderful addition to any Christmas music collection."
"It has a lot of good tracks with nice acoustic guitar playing."
"Buy this!"
"Dan Fogelberg has one of the voices that is made for Christmas music."
"Beautiful, joyful, haunting, reverent -- everything true Christmas music should be: a classic of Christian spiritual music for today."
"Had no idea he had done a Christmas album or that he personally enjoyed Celtic music."
"It's old (1999) but excellent!"
Best Traditional Folk
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Find Best Price at Amazon"At the present moment I'm not sure what to say about this album other than that it is absolutely the Music of the Elves, and that if you're at all interested in the properties of Elf-power you'd do well to buy this recording and listen to it in whichever format fills you with the most peace and joy."
"I have been a fan of the ISB since this album came out over 40 years ago."
"Always loved this album."
"When I listen to this album, I know that even the parts of my life that haven't been a success really don't matter."
"Some other listener wrote that hearing the songs was a meditation experience, or something to that effect."
"This is a strange and beautiful classic folk music album from the '60s."
"These guys are great, and difficult to explain."
"I absolutely love this album."
Best Contemporary Folk
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Figuring the name of the song was "Shiver Me Timbers" I searched Amazon's music and found that the song is on a 1974 album by Tom Waits called The Heart of Saturday Night, and it is titled "Shiver Me Timbers.""
"Just sit back and absorb all of the sounds of this album,the next thing you know your very relaxed and wanting more."
"when I read the discription, on this posting, that said "The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic" I thought this had some fantastic new sound but nowhere on this cd or the jacket(inside or outside) does it say anything about this SHM-CD."
"The sonics on this particular CD certainly reveal much that is available to the discerning (and demanding) audiophile."
"This was a gift that was much appreciated from a Tom Waits' fan."
"As good as Nighthawks at the Diner."