The Isle of Dreaming

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Weaving masterful dreamscapes centered around angelic vocals and expertise on the four and a half octave, hundred stringed hammer dulcimer, Kate Price creates contemporary international folk fusion of classical, jazz and ethnic music using instruments from many cultures. The Isle of Dreaming, Price's beautifully realized follow-up to her 1997 OMTOWN debut, Deep Heart's Core, is an emotional, multi-faceted journey from darkness to light featuring cello, classical guitar, Nyckleharpa, sitar, electric sitar, tabla, Nigerian udu, oboe and English horn.

The Isle of Dreaming,Kate Price,Higher Octave,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Tracks:

The Isle Of Dreaming
Andalusia ('Spain'/'Moon Over Malaga')
Voices Of My People
The Phoenix
Kate Counts Eight
The Sea Of Silence
Mystic Warrior
Planxty Almblade-Cruso
Beloved

Album Description

Weaving masterful dreamscapes centered around angelic vocals and expertise on the four and a half octave, hundred stringed hammer dulcimer, Kate Price creates contemporary international folk fusion of classical, jazz and ethnic music using instruments from many cultures. The Isle of Dreaming, Price's beautifully realized follow-up to her 1997 OMTOWN debut, Deep Heart's Core, is an emotional, multi-faceted journey from darkness to light featuring cello, classical guitar, Nyckleharpa, sitar, electric sitar, tabla, Nigerian udu, oboe and English horn.

Customer Reviews:

An incredible album.......2005-07-20

I stumbled across Kate Price while looking for Loreena McKennitt CDs here on Amazon, and I've never been more grateful for the site's recommendations.

The Isle of Dreaming is a hauntingly lovely album, incorporating many different styles of music into a beautiful tapestry of sound. Price's music reminds me of Loreena McKennitt's in that she seamlessly blends Celtic sounds with Middle Eastern styles and exotic instruments. Price's hammer dulcimer is a treat to listen to; not many artists take advantage of its unique sound.

If you are a fan of Loreena McKennitt (or even if you're not), I would definitely recommend Kate Price, particularly The Isle of Dreaming.

an ECHOES.ORG fan.......2005-01-01

ECHOES.ORG. Check it out! Essential CD's for the past ten years. Maps, way stations in the wilderness of all available Amazon music and then some. Kate Price's music is essential fabric in a soundscape that is probably for you. Mountain Sun!

Eureka!.......2003-08-14

I wonder if you've reached this quiet page the way I first did: by floating down the tributaries and backwaters of the endless amazon, wandering from list to list and reference to reference, seduced by ecstatic cries from strangers, but wary of them also - for if you believed but a fraction of their claims, you would be bankrupt by tomorrow. Perhaps by now you are on unfamiliar waters, many miles away from the landmark album with which you started your chase for something beautiful. If so, haul your canoe up the riverbank and rest your weary ears, for you might just have found it.

First read the reviews, because they happen to be true. All they omit to mention is the outstanding quality of the recording itself, making this even more of a joy if you have a good system. Now click the grungy lo-fi clips of Ms Price playing her hammered dulcimer. If you howl in pain and rip your headphones off - as I do myself at most of these picnics by the waterside - then bon voyage and better luck with the next siren who sees your boat and lures you in. But if the flavour of the music interests and intrigues (and that is the most one can fairly expect from these little droplets of sound) I do hope it leads to your buying this wonderful and special piece of work.

The Isle of Dreaming.......2003-08-04

I am a fan of celtic music and of the many albums i have herd this is the most colorful. In the first track, The isle of dreaming, she, Kate Price, displays her butiful voice talent. In Analusia the instruments are magicaly played. In voices of my people, it is a blissful combination of both. The pheonix is my favorite of all. Kate counts eight is a wonderful tune. Inspireing what I would call sea of silence. Mystic warrior is a mystical tune that is energetic. I could compare Planxty Almblade-cruse. Beloved is a loveable vocal perfection. I recomend you buy, rent or borrow this CD from a friend.

Music and Magick.......2003-06-18

I have always believed that music and magick are two sides of the same coin. This disc is proof of that. Every cut has something to offer. Kate has a beautiful voice that kept me mezmerized in my headphones at the music store. I immediately bought the disc and it hasn't left my CD player. I would advise anyone to buy this disc and savor the intimate moments you and Kate Price can share.....