Hold On!

Track Listings

 
1. Hold on (To That Tiger)
2. Baby Bye Bye
3. My Baby She's Gone
4. Marie
5. That Gets It
6. Times Done Gone
7. Opelousas Waltz
8. You Promised Me Love
9. Tanya
10. Tired in the Street

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Hold On
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • good stuff
  • Hold On by Tyronne Wells
  • He's got soul...
  • You gotta get this CD!!!!
  • FABULOUS RISING STAR!
Hold On
Tyrone Wells
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ASIN: B000LPR4IA
Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

  1. What Are We Fighting For?
  2. Baby Don't You Change
  3. Sea Breeze
  4. Need
  5. She's Leaving
  6. Dream Like New York
  7. Falling
  8. Hold On
  9. Sugar So Sweet
  10. Jealous Man
  11. Looking At Her Face
  12. Until You Are Here

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars good stuff.......2007-05-22

I really like what Tyrone has done in this new album... The mix of classics redone and some new material is a great balance and a great disc

5 out of 5 stars Hold On by Tyronne Wells.......2007-03-01

The CD is fantastic! Great songs with a smokey blues rock feel. This music is pure heat! I love Sugar and Dream like New York. Why isn't his guy a bigger star. He will be soon.

5 out of 5 stars He's got soul..........2007-02-08

This is a great CD. Its a tasteful mix of soul, rock, and folk - imagine if Jack Johnson and Lenny Kravitz had a baby. I'm new to Tyrone and his style is definitely refreshing.

5 out of 5 stars You gotta get this CD!!!!.......2007-02-07

This is one of my alltime favorite cds. Tyronne is an awesome singer and writer of music. I have not heard anyone lately that even compares to his talents. Buy this cd and his others and I guarantee you will not be sorry. He is a wonderful person with great ideas and outlooks on what is important in life. I wish him the best of luck. ENJOY this cd and tell your friends!!!

5 out of 5 stars FABULOUS RISING STAR!.......2007-02-07

I have been going to see Tyrone play locally in California now for about 3 years in coffee shops, in the busy walkway of a local outdoor mall, and in venues with 2000 people. No matter where he plays he gives the same amount of passion in every performance. He is an extremely talented and gifted singer and songwriter. I, and many of his fans, have seen him blossum into a bon-a-fide star. Mark my words, he will be big.
Now, this cd is his first on a major label, but you can buy his prior cds and dvd at his shows.
Buy this cd and you will discover a great new artist who will blow your socks off with his incredible voice, songwriting, and passion. His music is a combination of soul, rock, pop, and folk. It is hard to classify, but he just simply sounds great. He is also one of the nicest human beings I have ever met. [...] Buy it, you won't be sorry.
Monsoon Wedding (Score)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack is Terrific
  • Loved it!
  • Just as fabulous as the movie!
  • Love It, Love It, Love It
  • Culture-Happy-Dance-Reflect-Appreciate-Savor-Relax-Laugh
Monsoon Wedding (Score)

Manufacturer: Milan Records
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ASIN: B00005UKLV
Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

  1. Feels Like Rain
  2. Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Today My Heart Desires)
  3. Baraat
  4. Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (Today The Weather Plays Tricks On Me)
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Monsoon Wedding is Mychael Danna's second collaboration with film director Mira Nair, (Kama Sutra was the first), and he has again compiled a winning soundtrack. Danna explores a wide range of emotions, from solemn to celebratory, through different generations of Indian culture. The contemplative "Good Indian Girls" and "Hold Me, I'm Falling" feature Danna's trademark piano ambience over traditional Indian instrumentation, and the vivacious "Baraat" sounds like a Punjabi variation on Dixieland, while "Delhi.com" ventures into dreamy ethno-techno territory. Sukhwinder Singh's "Today My Heart Desires" serves up lively bhangra rock, and Laxmikant Pyarelal's "Today the Weather Plays Tricks on Me" (performed by Mohammed Rafi) swoons with strings and male vocals. In all, the soundtrack's pleasing variety of Eastern music mirrors the film's old and new worlds living within a singular culture. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack is Terrific.......2007-05-18

I really enjoyed the movie and was pleased to find the soundtrack. Great cd if you're a fan of Bollywood!

5 out of 5 stars Loved it!.......2007-03-24


I just saw the movie MONSOON WEDDING and I absolutely loved it! Of course, I just HAD to have the soundtrack, so I bought the Cd recently and loved it too! WOW!

The Cd will leave you in a happy mood... Wonderful up-beat songs, many are so danceable and hipnotic. I've been playing this Cd all week ...I just wish it were longer because I would love to have more Cds like this in my Cd collection.

5 out of 5 stars Just as fabulous as the movie!.......2007-01-31

This is an excellent soundtrack from an excellent movie. The music is fantastic - makes you want get up and move your feet! It's got such a happy, wistful, exotic flavor throughout the CD. I think this will probably be one that I wear out from listening to it so much!

5 out of 5 stars Love It, Love It, Love It.......2007-01-21

I just love this CD. I'm preferential to the work of Mychael Danna and this is another awesome work of his. There is everything from old Indian love ballads to the popular Bollywood music of today, with some very beautiful instrumentals in between.

I'd recommend seeing the movie too. As well, I'd check out Danna's music for another Mira Nair movie, "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love."

4 out of 5 stars Culture-Happy-Dance-Reflect-Appreciate-Savor-Relax-Laugh.......2006-11-06

Above I listed some words that first came to mind when I thought about this cd.
It is very Culture rich and soaked in Indian flavor. It's colorful and makes you happy with a laugh or two; as it seeks to portray the traditional music typical of a Punjabi wedding in Delhi, India.
You want to dance with most songs and sit quietly to reflect with others. I listed appreciate because we often don't sit back to appreciate the richness that other cultures provide. My 2 year old appreciates this music in her broken wanna be Hindi mimic.
She dances as does my 6 year old to this music. It's really a great CD but I would recommend seeing the movie first.
Lost & Found
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fantastically Wonderful Album
  • Soothing and funny...
  • Another album you can pick confidently
  • A real gem
  • Great CD, but kind of an acquired taste....
Lost & Found
Griffin House
Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records
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ASIN: B0002IQIHO
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

  1. Amsterdam
  2. Ah Me
  3. Tell Me A Lie
  4. Waste Another Day
  5. Waterfall
  6. Liberty Line
  7. The Way I Was Made
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5 out of 5 stars Fantastically Wonderful Album.......2007-04-20

Singer/songwriter Griffin House provides a fantastic album full of outstanding lyrics and musical sounds. He does not disappoint. Have had this album since it first came out and I never tire of listening, with each listen I find something different that stands out and captures me.

5 out of 5 stars Soothing and funny..........2007-04-11

I bought the CD with some apprehension as my taste of music is very variable. I must say that I was hooked on to the songs immediately. All the songs are gentle and melodious and articulate well. Some of the songs are quite funny.
Would surely recommend it ...

5 out of 5 stars Another album you can pick confidently.......2007-01-25

I bought this album, along with one from Matt Nathanson and Amos Lee by following links here of what people bought when buying other albums in the same genre.
Well, I can say this album is really, really good. Along with Matt Nathanson and Amos Lee, those cds can play in my cd player forever on repeat and after a few hours I just start thinking "hey it's still the same cd in".

Yes it's that good and smooth. No track where you want to skip to the next, they're all good.

(yes I used the same review for Matt since both are in the same genre and as good)

5 out of 5 stars A real gem.......2006-11-07

I have been listening to this cd for almost a year now and finally had a chance to see Griffin perform.
He is awesome.
He has his own style and plays for the music. His lyrics are powerful and moving... I got goosebumps on more than one occassion.
Buy it, listen to it, you'll love it.

5 out of 5 stars Great CD, but kind of an acquired taste...........2006-04-20

I heard of this on CBS Sunday Morning and went out immediately and bought it. I just thought it was OK at first listen. After owning it for a couple months I pulled it out again and the more I listen to it the more appreciation I have for it. It's right up there near the top of my list for favorites.

Give it a listen (or two, maybe three) before you judge it.
How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Chanticleer, with Bp. Flunder: INDEED - How Very Sweet The Sound
  • Crystalline
  • Best Chanticleer CD Yet
  • How Angry the Sound?
  • This CD is the bomb!
How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music
Chanticleer
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ASIN: B00029CZPW
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
  2. Surely God Is Able
  3. Amazing Grace
  4. Medley: Soon One Mornin' - What You Goin' Do When The World's On Fire? - You Can't Hide - Run On For A Long Time
  5. Didn't It Rain
  6. Sit Down Servant - Plenty Good Room
  7. Keep Your Hand On The Plow (Hold On)
  8. My Soul Is A Witness
  9. There Is A Balm In Gilead
  10. Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow - Walk In Jerusalem
  11. Be Still And Know That I'm God

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Chanticleer's repertoire ranges through many centuries. On this recording, the group again proves its infinite versatility in a program of gospel music and spirituals. The singing is so authentic that one feels like a participant in a gospel meeting, swaying to the rhythm with the crowd. Contributing greatly to the impact is Chanticleer's guest, Yvette A. Funder. Possessor of a voice remarkable for its range, power, and flexibility, she brings to the music the empathy and authority of one born and raised in the tradition, whether leading call-and-response, engaging in improvisations that soar high above the chorus, crooning softly in meditation, or shouting in ecstasy. (She is also an active Bishop ministering to the poor and afflicted, and the founder of various social service agencies in California.) Several songs include soloists drawn from the chorus as well, most notably a tenor, a countertenor and a bass who provides a rhythmic ostinato. The program, designed for maximum variety of tempo, mood, character and texture, includes many favorite songs and spirituals, such as "Amazing Grace," "There is a Balm in Gilead," "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child." The arrangements by Joseph Jennings, Chanticleer's Music Director for 20 years, are admirably simple and very good; only a few are marred by awkward modulations or overly sophisticated, Hollywood-inspired effects. Most of them are for a cappella voices. Jennings also contributes a new original composition: "Be still and Know that I'm God." Repeating these words like an invocation, it builds a cumulative drama with increasingly wild, elaborate improvisations in call-and-response between soloist and chorus; supported by a prominent piano part that includes solos, chordal and running passages, it ends with a rousing climax. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Chanticleer, with Bp. Flunder: INDEED - How Very Sweet The Sound.......2006-02-10

On this standard red book 16-bit CD we are offered that rare and special invitation: Come now, pilgrim - take yet another good step forward in gospel praise or supplication. How can we progress in our individual and collective spiritual journeys towards whatever transcendent glories ground us, revive us, and lead us on despite life's challenges, unless we sing?. Are you having set backs? This CD is good medicine, and it is both a worthy addition to the gospel music shelf and perhaps just the sort of musical medicine that turns out to be good for you, on more than one level of body, mind, and soul. Not a bitter root aftertaste, nor a nagging fishy oil payback in any of this welcome elixir. I guess that is why we call it, Good News.

The arrangements of new and old gospel standards have been set by counter-tenor Joseph Jennings - a leading Chanticleer member of long standing - intently drawing upon both the florid improvisations of the soloists and gospel groups climbing ever so dazzlingly into the fiery chariots that sacred texts say carried off the prophet; and yes, rooted as well in the impeccably crafted close harmonies and inwardly solid strength of gospel quartets and ensembles like Fisk University's Jubilee Singers and many other exemplars.

So, when you listen to this one you will be immediately surrounded by that amazing and great, gathering could of witnesses. The messages are familiar: Keep your hands on the plow. Surely God is able. There is a balm in Gilead.

Like the famous vocal work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, his Serenade to Music as written for a star-crossed group of well-known British soloists of the era; so this gospel outing brings the small male ensemble Chanticleer to the fore - both as a vocal group and as a fabulous collection of solo voices who are prodigiously gifted vocal stars in their own rights. Capping off Chanticleer as an embarrassment of riches is a guest turn by San Francisco's own Bishop Yvette Flunder. She is the real deal, too, as both an ordained minister whose leadership in black churches has blazed fireworks in celebration of melding religion with social justice, and a Jen-U-Wine good news singer who can preach and pray and moan with the best of them.

Only the superhumanly perfected intonation of their cappella group singing, as well as the superb blend and polish of the Chanticleer dozen, will remind a listener than this group is as famous for its Flemish medieval polyphony or its unerring Purcellian clarity, as any other ensemble of twelve voices now appearing before us.

So, forget all the categories and musicology boxes which would seal off gospel music from pre-Bach cathedral masters of polyphony. With this CD we can just revel in the mysteries of good music, regardless. Yeah, Josquin, I'm talking bout you - Sit down servant, there's plenty good room.

Five stars. Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars Crystalline.......2005-04-08

I'm not a huge fan of gospel, because I find it to be led by emotion, and musically undisciplined. Rousing, yes - but a little goes a long, long way. I've also found most gospel recordings to be sonically challenged. Almost as if microphones were incapable of capturing the music with clarity. None of this holds true for "How Sweet the Sound." This is a beautifully recorded cd, and every tune is both musically precise, and emotionally resonant. It is, however, a little hard to listen to in one sitting because of the "sameness" of the arrangements. That's a small quibble - who says any cd has to be experienced all at once - and "There is a Balm in Gilead," alone is worth the price of admission.

5 out of 5 stars Best Chanticleer CD Yet.......2005-02-01

This is the Best Chanticleer CD yet. I have listened to it dozens of times. Money well spent. I have even given copies to several of my friends.

2 out of 5 stars How Angry the Sound?.......2005-01-02

My daughter gave me this CD, because, while I'm not religious, I'm a long time fan of gospel music. The first pass through the record, I found myself wandering off to other tasks. So, the second time I put it on the player I forced myself to sit completely through the record. I'm not familiar with Chanticleer, so I had no idea whey she thought I'd like it, but she's is right more often than not. This would be one of the "not" times.

I guess this as an attempt to make gospel music "hip." With songs like "Jesus Hits Like An Atomic Bomb" and "What You Gon' Do When the World's On Fire?" the lyrics are like walking a American urban street being threatened by strangers. Far from being uplifting, the songs are decidedly unfriendly. The feel of the music reminded more of the howling noises I suffered as a forced member of my parent's Kansas Methodist Church than the sweet, honest sounds of real gospel music. That intangible thing I get from listening to gospel music that is heartfelt and painfully honest, even if deluded, was nowhere to be heard in "How Sweet the Sound." Instead, the music is chant-like, monotonous, and cold.

I would not recommend this record to anyone outside of the Midwest. If you miss the sterile sounds of a Midwestern protestant church in full howl, this might be your cup of weak wine. If gospel music is what you're looking for, look elsewhere.

5 out of 5 stars This CD is the bomb!.......2004-11-28

From "Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb" to "Amazing Grace", this CD is packed with glorius gospel spirituals and terrific talent. Highly recommend to music lovers of all faiths!
Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Play the Beatles
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Could have been better
  • awesome music
  • AMAZING!
  • Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops do the Beatles
  • Some Moments - but doesn't live up to expectations
Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Play the Beatles

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ASIN: B00004KH76
Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

  1. Eleanor Rigby
  2. And I Love Her
  3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-da
  4. Hey Jude
  5. With A Little Help From My Friends
  6. Yellow Submarine
  7. I Want To Hold Your Hand
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  13. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  14. And I Love Her
  15. A Hard Day's Night
  16. I Want To Hold Your Hand

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Could have been better.......2006-08-22

Not the best treatment of Beatles music from the classical point of view. London Symphony was much better.

5 out of 5 stars awesome music.......2006-03-10

Hearing the Beatles music arranged in classical format shows what great musicians and composers Lennon and McCartney were.

5 out of 5 stars AMAZING!.......2005-01-08

I cannot help but smile when I listen to the beautiful arrangements on this album. It blends the Beatles' genius for melody with the great percussive sound and incredible energy of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. I've heard other orchestral versions of Beatles songs, but none has compared to this one (if anyone has found a better CD, please post a note here). Any Beatles or Pops fan should definitely own this CD. I can't stop listening!

4 out of 5 stars Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops do the Beatles.......2005-01-01

As conductor of the Boston Pops for almost half a century, Arthur Fiedler brought popular classical music and pop music with a classical twist to the people. Leonard Bernstein was providing an intellectual and more glamorous musical education for Americans, but Fielder was coming into our living rooms on a weekly basis with his Boston Pops concerts. Fielder and the Boston Pops produced a lot of records, mostly with RCA in the 1950s through the 1970s, most of which offered everything from classical overtures and ballet pieces to movies themes and the hits of the Beatles.

It was inevitable that with over a hundred albums the Boston Pops would do the Fab Four. They were the first orchestra to perform the songs of the Beatles in 1964 when Fiedler returned from a trip to Liverpool ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the first one they ever did). These are not just these songs played by a classical orchestra but rather arrangements done for this purpose. You will notice that one of the standard ways of arranging these songs is to use the chorus as the introduction for the song (e.g., "Eleanor Rigby," "Hey Jude"). If you can guess from the drumming at the beginning of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" or "Yellow Submarine" what those songs are then you are way ahead of me, but that is the sense of fun that Fiedler brought to these songs by giving them the John Phillip Sousa treatment.

Sometimes it is such the simple elegance of doing the guitar parts with strings, as with "And I Love Her," or even the staccato strings of "Penny Lane," that makes the songs enjoyable. Then there are the mood chances invoked by turning "A Little Help From My Friends" into a work of minor chords. My assumption is that if you pick up this album you will know the songs, but not these arrangements, so you should just forget about looking at the play list and just listen to the music.

There are a quartet of bonus tracks on the album, featuring live versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "And I Love Her," and "A Hard Day's Night." These are not different versions of these songs, which is too bad because I thought it would be interesting to see if the Pops arrangers could come up with different classical ways of doing the same songs. The final track is actually Fiedler talking about how the Pops came to play the Beatles music, as a "novelty." I have not listened to this sort of music for a while, but it makes for nice background music and there are more albums out there. Remember "Saturday Night Fiedler"?

3 out of 5 stars Some Moments - but doesn't live up to expectations.......2004-09-30

During the 20th century, Arthur Fiedler was one of the most celebrated conductors of orchestral music. He is most famous for being the longtime conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. As someone who is a novice to classical music, I have found Arthur Fiedler's music very easy to get into. Namely, Fiedler made classical music easy - for the everyday fan to enjoy. One way Fiedler accomplished this is through doing popular tunes in the classical style. Fiedler's style often added a new gusto to classical music concerts by including not only popular music, but also Broadway tunes, jazz, folk, and advertising jingles - all done in the classical style (in the late 70s, he even did Saturday Night Fever tunes - 'Saturday Night Fiedler'). One might get very excited to hear that there is a collection in which Fiedler does Beatles tunes. I've always thought the Beatles' music would lend itself perfectly in the classical music arena - especially their later works. On this particular collection "Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra play The Beatles", it does have it moments where things work very well. However, overall this collection did fall short on my high expectations that I had.

There are several things that disappoint me about this collection. For starters, there is only a total of two songs from the Beatles best three albums: "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has one song ("With a Little Help From My Friends"), The "White Album" has one song ("Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"), while there is no songs from "Abbey Road". As mentioned above, I thought the Beatles' later material lent itself well to being played with an orchestra. These albums are really the cornerstone of this period, yet there is two songs between these three albums. I understand that Fiedler's "Play the Beatles" was put together in 1969, but I still expected much more of a presence from these albums. I think many of the tunes on these albums could have lent itself very easily to classical music. For example, songs such as "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Day in the Life", "Come Together", "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "Birthday", and "Helter Skelter" would have sounded wonderful being played under the classics. I don't know if the Fiedler and the Boston Pops ever did these songs, but if they did - they should have been included. If they were done, it would be nice to hear them on an updated version of this collection. Some of these tunes are available on other classics collection, but Fiedler's Orchestra was the best at playing this music, so I would have liked to have heard it here.

The other thing that disappoints me are some of the selections themselves. Most of the tunes do keep to the sound you would expect from the Beatles, but some do not sound as good as I would expect. "With a Little Help From My Friends" just doesn't sound much like the original tune. The song that I consider the signature song by the Beatles - "Hey Jude" is an extreme disappointment - it just doesn't capture the magic of the original song. Songs like "Michelle" and "And I Love Her" do keep to the Beatles sound, but they somehow miss the mark. Perhaps these two songs aren't the best songs to be done with a Classical Orchestra.

However, this collection is not all bad. There are some positive points that do shine. There are several songs which surprise me on how well they sounded being played in the classical sense. "Eleanor Rigby" is one of those. You can feel a lot of power and emotion with that song. Another song that surprises me how well it sounds being played as a classical piece is "Penny Lane". Fiedler is also able to demonstrate a lot of power by playing by playing "Penny Lane' as a classical piece. In "Yellow Submarine", Fiedler puts a military and marching band spin on the song. It gives the song a whole new dimension. As for my favorite piece on the collection - it has to be "Fool on the Hill". Somehow I almost like "Fool on the Hill" played as a classical piece better than how the Beatles do it. Other songs that sound good are a couple of the Beatles' earlier tunes - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "A Hard Day's Night"

It is worth noting that there are some live versions of these songs included with Fiedler's studio recordings. In particular there are live versions of "And I Love Her" and "A Hard Day's Night". There are also multiple versions of the same song included. You will hear three different recordings of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (one from 1964 and two from 1969 - you will hear a change in tempo). There are also two versions of "A Hard Day's Night" (the live 1965 version and a 1969 studio recording). Counting the live and studio versions - there are also two versions of "And I Love Her".

It is also worth noting that on the final song (the third version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"), there is a spoken introduction by Arthur Fiedler which is about 1 minute long in which Fiedler explains why he started playing Beatles music. The liner notes contain a one panel writeup by Peter Dellheim that discuss a little more background about the success Fiedler has had playing the Beatles.

Overall, this isn't a bad collection. I had higher expectations knowing how good a conductor Arthur Fiedler is as well as knowing how good many of the Beatles' songs would have sounded. This might appeal to the Beatles fan wanting to hear songs Classical, and possibly even vice versa - but if you want to go deeper with the Beatles being played classical, you may have to go elsewhere.
Hold On, We're Strummin'
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Hold On, They're Strummin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Ay CARRAMBA!
  • SUPERLATIVE - WOW - SUBLIME - GREAT GOOGLIE MOOGLIE!
  • Great
  • Superb musicianship
Hold On, We're Strummin'
Sam Bush , and David Grisman
Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000CA0SX
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

  1. Harford's Real
  2. Swamp Thing
  3. Intimo
  4. Jamgrass 741
  5. Sea Breeze
  6. Old Time Medley
  7. Weeping Mandolin Waltz
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  16. Hold On, I'm Commin'

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You won't have to be a mandolin aficionado to get delightfully caught up in the complex rhythms, exotic melodies, and entrancing syncopations of this mandolin super-duo's first album-length collaboration. Yet only students of the instrument are apt to appreciate the extraordinary level of musicianship contained in this eminently listenable, all-instrumental collection. David Grisman is a former member of Earth Opera, founder of The David Grisman Quintet, and the late Jerry Garcia's occasional sidekick in the erstwhile bluegrass band, Old & In The Way. Sam Bush is a founding member of The New Grass Revival and has played mandolin on the records of everyone from Allison Krauss to Garth Brooks. Each, in his own right, is a master of the contemporary newgrass/new age mandolin. And on tracks like the droning, bluesy "Swamp Thing," the soaring "Intimo," and the doleful "Weeping Mandolin Waltz," they inspire each other to reach even deeper into their grab bags of hot mandolin licks. --Bob Allen

Album Description

The long-awaited collaboration of acoustic music innovators David Grisman and Sam Bush is upon us with "Hold On, W'e're Strummin".

Close friends since 1965 when Grisman put his Lloyd Loar mandolin in a teenaged Bush's hands, this most dynamic string duo has created an acoustic tour de force. This historic release features nine new Sam & David originals, showcasing the psychic interplay and stylistic fluidity that has permeated their stellar careers. Guest artists appearing include Doc Watson accompanist, Jack Lawrence, Enrique Coria and Jim Kerwin of the David Grisman Quintet and the legendary Hal Blaine on drums.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hold On, They're Strummin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-08-02

Sam 'n Dave: What else can you expect when the two greatest & most influential living mandolin players get together?
Fantastic instrumental music, that's what!

5 out of 5 stars Ay CARRAMBA!.......2004-08-19

Woah, NELLIE! As SOON as I put this album on, I broke down crying. NOT because I was sad, and not because I had just lost all of my money at the race track... even though that might have had a little bit to do with it. I broke down crying because the music touched my soul... it reached into my body and pulled out my spirit, and then I sat on the couch while my spirit danced a jig for me. This cd is better than a warm bottle of Jack Daniels on a hot Mississippi mornin'! The vocals and all that other stuff that you hear is wonderful. It makes me want to go into the Bluegrass industry so I can inspire people to live their lives the way it's inspired me to live mine. I'm happy that I'm a Janitor, and I love my friends at my weekly meeting. I don't need to own a TV.

5 out of 5 stars SUPERLATIVE - WOW - SUBLIME - GREAT GOOGLIE MOOGLIE!.......2004-05-07

Sometimes (rarely) a CD comes right out of the package and jumps right out of the player and delivers on every track, a work of magic, a play of the divine... and this is one of those, a real treat to the players (obviously) and listeners. These guys are just so good and their playing just so infectiously fun. I like them both alot on their own but this is WAY better. It doesn't get any better. Need I say more?

4 out of 5 stars Great.......2004-03-17

This is a great albumm with awesome acoustic music. I also strongly suggest Mark Daly's Connections. It is a great album. Check it out...

5 out of 5 stars Superb musicianship.......2004-02-27

From my perceptive friend, Bill Jolliff:
So what's left to say about HOLD ON, WE'RE STRUMMIN'? When two of the mandolin virtuosi of generation get together to do a mandolin CD-featuring mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, and a plethora of other vintage woodwork-where do we begin? The musicianship is superb, but we knew it would be. The production-arrangements, selections of instruments, the mix, the feel--is understated and precisely appropriate to the project, but we knew it would be. Even the physical package itself is colorful and entertaining and attractive, but then, we knew that, too-and Grisman does run Acoustic Disc.

About the only question is the material. When players at the level of Grisman and Bush decide to make art together, the material chosen, it seems to me, becomes one of the few real variables. I've picked up more than one CD with equal promise, listened to it once or twice, then put it on the shelf-just because the material doesn't cut it for me. I'm glad to say that's not the case here.

I always listen once before I read the notes, and as I did so, what struck me was the fact that I was not recognizing the tunes-or precious few of them. Of course I recognized the tunes in the old-time medley, and I had heard Grisman play "Daniel Boone" with Jake Henry last fall in Portland, but the others were new to me. Fact is, they were new to everybody: Twelve of the tunes on this 70-plus-minute CD are brand new, and 11 of those were co-authored by Bush and Grisman. It boggles the imagination to think of how the two must have got together and explored on another's creativity for-days, weeks, longer?-to develop this superb set.

And, in spite of the fact that the album was a "sure thing," I was still surprised by the quality. Maybe I was expecting something more overtly hot, something more along the lines of a "Can You Do This?" style of superpicker collage. If so, I underestimated these two and their sense of ensemble playing. The feel of the album reminded me a little of the material that John Hartford was doing with his studio productions in the `80s. This is not hot-jam music: it's tastefully textured string band music, much of it with carefully worked out harmonies, performed at moderate tempos. Oddly enough, I mentioned the Hartford comparison to Jake Henry, who had already bought his own copy before my review copy came, and he told me that the name of the first tune is "Hartford's Real." So maybe we're talking about influence as well as a common musical heritage.

That said, let me add right away that, yes, the Latin and world music influences that color so much of Grisman's recent DGQ work is here, and these players are clearly accustomed to playing for audiences that expect six- or eight- or ten-minute jam-outs instead of our three-minute bluegrass vehicles. Also, a bluegrass afficionado like myself was stretched a little by the jazz and pop chord structures. But,overall the music is not far out in any negative sense, and none of it is hot for the sake of heat. It's not bluegrass, but it is beautiful string band music that demonstrates both traditional and contemporary influences. If you can imagine the material that Norman Blake was putting together with the many versions of the Rising Fawn
String Ensemble (before he went the "singer of old songs" route), then make the harmonizations more complex and use a little more rhythmic variation, you have some of the vibe that this CD creates.

Here's an example of one of my favorite touches. "Sea Breeze" a tune I would call light jazz, ends with the musicians quoting "Sally Goodin'" variations. They run this cut almost seamlessly-completely without spin-up time-into. the next number, which begins with Dawg frailing the banjo and continues with a medley of old-time banjo and fiddle duets. This manner of taking an old-time musical heritage and pushing it further along a different line of development is typical of the sort of innovations these artists create.

So maybe it's a little late for a review of this album. But for those of you who didn't buy it on faith last fall, let this be your reminder to put it on your list. If you like mandolin music and string band music and don't mind the fact that it doesn't sound like southern Ohio bluegrass in 1969 (that's the tough one for me), it's time to hit the road to Cartwright's and spend your allowance. (Bill Jolliff, reviewer, Nwbluegrass Yahoogroup)
Hold on Love
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • their best yet
  • aural medicine
  • Evocative -- A Slow Dance in a Ghost Town
  • Azure Ray
  • Great Video
Hold on Love
Azure Ray
Manufacturer: Saddle Creek
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000D1FDZ
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

  1. Devil's Feet
  2. New Resolution
  3. We Are Mice
  4. Look to Me
  5. Drinks We Drank Last Night
  6. Across the Ocean
  7. If You Fall
  8. Sea of Doubts
  9. Dragonfly
  10. Nothing Like a Song
  11. These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue
  12. Hold on Love
  13. Across the Ocean [Multimedia Track]
  14. We Are Mice [Multimedia][Live]

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars their best yet.......2006-02-15

First and foremost Orenda and Maria are deeply introspective and unpretentious poets.
They are mere mortals and they embrace, yet do not crush, that fact. Nor do they see
fit to make it an altar on which to sacrifice their inner children. The culmination
is that of ancient souls very much aware of their current journey through whimsical
youth. That and a profound sense that both the old and the new are keenly aware of
and watching the other with curious fascination. They articulate these things with
a magical ease that would make the best of deeply human sentiment driven poets to
snap all their crayons in half and take a sabbatical in hopes of losing all the lofty
veneer that weights them near to drowning in waters five syllables deep. They don't
get too specifically personal (no songs that tell us the names of everyone they know
and love and hate - a thing that is all too prevalent in music lately) and they don't
dole out huge clay tables of sage lesson. Instead they discuss experience in the
context of experience.

Secondly they both have multitudes of identity in their voices. Energetic and happy
children etched with young women in and out of love and overcast by clouds of the
weary who have been worn much by experience. They sing sing softly. To many a singer
that is a death card as the human voice usually sounds very different at various
volumes and we live in a culture that charms the the loud and often harsh. Yet they
thrive in the serene end of the pool and again it is magically transposed to the ear.
Their voices compliment one another on an order that is seldom experienced. Get to
love one and you'll melt to a euphoric puddle of goo when you hear them both together.

One of the hallmarks of Azure Ray has been an oft song that sort of drones along the
same base few chords and/or rythems. They not only pull it off such that one doesn't
feel they've been 'droned' but they go so far as to somehow keep it sounding fresh.
I suspect part of that has to do with their skill and talent as musicians equaling
that of every aspect previously mentioned. Their choice of harmonies and rythems are
such that they compliment this style. But not everything they do is like that. In
fact on this album they demonstrate a most impressive harmonically rich song 'We Are
Mice' that really tugs the listener in with it's dark delicious alternating dissonance
and consonance with verse must surely have been penned by someone with firsthand
knowledge of clinical depression:

'it's all in the eyes
the reckless way we dream to die
our past is our future
...
we'll touch hands on the street
smile and keep moving on towards the heat
...
it's our lot in life'

And again they depart in 'If You Fall' which is anything but a drone. It's major
chords progress in half steps with a joyful vivaciousness that will have you
bouncing up and down in your seat to tempo. The lyrics of this song fall in
thematically with the the whole 'Hold On Love' thread and have elements of
optimism, fascination, curiosity, and somewhat tame optimism:

'let's talk and we'll fill the air with imagery that lasts forever
...
if you fall will you get up
...
you drift too far will you swim towards the shore
and if you fell in love will you hold on to it
...
you speak so sweet with words so delicate
a glass i hope will never shatter'

And of as mentioned the weary and worn exemplified in 'Look To Me':

'i hold your hand as you slip from me
as i watch your breath i say to myself one day this will all end
...
but i know you're right as i begin to pack
without raising your eyes i hear you sigh oh you'll be back
because i look to you and you look to me
we're a real f****d up family'

This is Azure Ray's finest collection to date. I see they've both done solo
albums and in reading an interview with Orenda Fink I was left with the
impression that while things are still good they are feeling the need for
time away from one another. Not surprising at all but tragic if that should
turn into a permenant arrangement. I understand they've been touring apart,
one as Azure Ray and the other with collaborative efforts with other musicians
which fortifies my concern. While both are good as individuals it would be
a terrific loss to lose them as a team. I'm always amazed at what hits the
airwaves and music videos; at who is raking in sickening amounts of money
and who still tour as if on a serious budget. These two women are the real
deal. If you like what you've read give them a shot. If you like your shot
then spread the word and buy a copy for a friend or two. It's up to people
like you and I to force an obviously corrupt music industry's hand to play
a much higher caliber of music consistently. Your dollar is the vote that
counts.

Best Wishes, -frank-

5 out of 5 stars aural medicine.......2006-01-19

it's awesome for those nights when you feel completely alone and doomed to fail at life. it's awesome when you need to know that things might not get better and that it's still going to be okay. it's awesome when none of the other cd's you have seem to fit. it's beautiful and poetic. it helps you make something good out of life when it sucks the most. it helps you through those times that we all have.

5 out of 5 stars Evocative -- A Slow Dance in a Ghost Town.......2004-12-30

Taking nothing from their own uniquely sonorous voices, I find Azure Ray at an evocative intersection of Suzanne Vega, Dar Williams, and Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies. There is an anti-heroic quality of pastoral loneliness in their voices, like whispers sung; highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Azure Ray.......2004-12-23

Beautiful. Every positive adjective known to man.

Enough said.

4 out of 5 stars Great Video.......2004-06-10

The song "We are Mice" is great, and the young boy in the video is very good!
World, Hold On
Average customer rating: Not rated
    World, Hold On
    Bob Sinclar , and Steve Edwards
    Manufacturer: Defected
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000FDFFRK
    Release Date: 2006-07-04

    Tracks:

    1. Radio Edit
    2. Club Edit

    Album Details

    Bob Sinclar Has Almost Become a Household Name, Thanks to a String of Increasingly Successful Dance Hits. Arguably Summers Biggest Anthem, Love Generation Finally Propelled the French Disco-tech Producer to the Very Heights of Dance Stardom. Next Single, World Hold on is a Funkified Affair on an Equally Love Infused Trip. The Club Mix is DJ and Clubber Friendly and Both Feature the Smooth Vocals of Steve Edwards Whose Dulcet Tones Can also Be Heard in Axwell's "Watch the Sunrise" and Cassius' "Sound of Violence".
    Hold on Hope
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • The Place to Start?
    • Better than the album
    • Among the best of the EPs, a must-have GbV album
    • Underground Initiations
    • These songs could've redeemed Do The Collapse...
    Hold on Hope
    Guided by Voices
    Manufacturer: Tvt
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    ASIN: B00004S3A1
    Release Date: 2000-03-07

    Tracks:

    1. Underground Initiations
    2. Interest Position
    3. Fly into Ashes
    4. Tropical Robots
    5. Crick Uphill
    6. Idiot Princess
    7. Avalanche Aminos
    8. Do the Collapse
    9. Hold on Hope

    Album Description

    Limited edition, 9 track rarities EP from Lo-Fi, Indie Rock outfit. Includes their current single 'Hold On Hope' from their 1999 release 'Do the Collapse'. 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The Place to Start?.......2005-08-08

    While I will not dismiss the spotty "Do The Collapse", this is clearly superior. Someone in the band clearly said "Hey, this is is good!" And I think this is one of the best. There is not a song I would skip and it puts a radically different song, "Hold On Hope" in a more "traditional GBV set". And let's nit forget how songs like "Uphill Crick" or "Avalanche Aminos" kick the band into a familiar but new realm (for the the times). So is this the place to start? Actually I would say to check out this ep with two others, the relatively obscure "Fast Japanese Spin Cycle" and "The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet" That should give you some idea of the trajectory of the band. And that would give an idea if you want to check classic albums like "Alien Lanes" or "Isolation Drills". And from there you can check out such obscure jewels like "Under Bushes, Under The Stars" or "Universal Truths & Cycles" And oh yeah, pick up something like "Bee Thousand" or "Propeller" so you don't look clueless. Oh by the way, get on board before the VH1 crowd gets on to tell that it's cool. This IS the best rock of the 90s!

    4 out of 5 stars Better than the album.......2005-07-28

    The "Hold on Hope" EP is like a breath of fresh air after the disappointing "Do the Collapse" album. These songs are tight, melodic, energetic-- qualities that most of the LP sorely lacks. It's frustrating that given such great material from the sessions, Pollard picked the worst tracks for the album and left the best stuff languishing on this EP.

    Luckily, programmable playlists allow us to rewrite history. Using "Do the Collapse," "Hold on Hope," and "Human Amusements at Hourly Rates," it's possible to create a worthy follow-up to "Mag Earwhig!" Here's my suggested tracklist:

    1. Underground Initiations
    2. Avalanche Aminos
    3. Hold on Hope
    4. Dragons Awake!
    5. Surgical Focus (clean outro)
    6. Things I Will Keep (clean intro)
    7. Fly into Ashes
    8. Mushroom Art
    9. Tropical Robots
    10. Wrecking Now
    11. Picture Me Big Time
    12. A Crick Uphill
    13. Teenage FBI (demo version)
    14. An Unmarketed Product

    4 out of 5 stars Among the best of the EPs, a must-have GbV album.......2005-05-29

    The "Hold on Hope" EP represnts a period of history in the band that many, many, MANY fans would like to forget. And yet, this EP provides songs that fans would cherish as part of the essential GbV experience.

    "Tropical Robots" is amusingly light fare lyrically, and a short pleasant acoustic ride. "Underground Initiations" is a great track similar to GBV's material of the period just preceding this one. "Fly Into Ashes" and "A Crick Uphill" respresent what GbV might have become had they been willing to take their brand of indie rock into the realm of bands like Wilco who were exploring folkish instrumentation.

    The title track "Hold on Hope" is the best of the ill-conceived and poorly-received album "Do the Collapse". The song is great, but the album deserves to be ignored by GbV fans, yet this EP is a release I would suggest owning.

    4 out of 5 stars Underground Initiations.......2005-04-09

    I'll bet even a lot of GBV fans have looked at that title and said, "hmmm it's That Corporate Rock single (which even Robert Pollard can't stand and refuses to perform) plus a bunch of b-sides and outtakes, stuff that wasn't good enough to get on Do The Collapse, and that wasn't even all that good of an album."

    It's a shame that of all the items in the vast GBV catalogue, this is about the only one without a cool, idiosyncratic title, so it'll go through life called The Hold On Hope EP. I guess the good news is that the titular song was thoughtfully placed last, so we can enjoy a terrific little sampler of GBV's skills, featuring Pollard's killer songwriting and the band rocking like mad.

    Even in the condensed EP format, the breadth of Pollard's songcraft is incredible. And if this little gem proves one thing it's that whoever was responsible for choosing the tracklist on Do The Collapse must have had temporary insanity when they left these off. These outtakes and b-sides are to a song better than most of the official album.

    Love that patented GBV blend of Who/Beatles/Big Star/Cheap Trick hard rockin' power-pop? Try "Underground Initiations" or Doug Gillard's "Avalanche Aminos" featuring his razor sharp leads. Love Pollard's inimitable British Invasion popcraft? You'll be humming "Fly Into Ashes" for days. Want grungy garage rock? There's a remake of "Reptilian Beauty Secrets" called "Idiot Princess." But the real ace in the hole is the incredible and completely unexpected "A Crick Uphill," truly one of a kind in Pollard's bottomless suitcase of songs. Starting out sounding like John Lennon singing a country song (!) it builds to a gospel-infused rockin' hoe-down that is truly unique in the GBV discography. Like the rest of this fine collection it deserves to be heard.

    4 out of 5 stars These songs could've redeemed Do The Collapse..........2001-01-03

    ...but unfortunatly were left off. I have no idea why but can only surmise that Ric Ocasek was given a bit too much latitude in choosing the song selections and thus shaping the final product. Actually, I did read an interview with Bob Pollard where he said he wanted to put "Fly Into Ashes" on the album but Ric was against it. !? What a great song it is! In fact, the first five songs plus "Avalanche Aminos" are all very strong and have a great cohesion of sound/writing style. These songs are definitely more guitar-rock oriented than anything on DTC and hopefully a better indication of what the next GBV album will be like! Two of the others are just re-recorded versions of songs from Tonics and Twisted Chasers, and then of course, there's "Hold On Hope", the sappiest GBV ballad yet.
    World Hold on-Children of the Sky
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Indeed I like it...
    World Hold on-Children of the Sky

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    ASIN: B000FIHJTM
    Release Date: 2006-05-16

    Album Description

    Second single pulled from French DJ/producer Bob Sinclair's third full length album, Western Dream. Features five different mixes and the video to World Hold On. Ministry Of Sound. 2006.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Indeed I like it..........2007-01-21

    It's rare that I find more music worth listening let along put it in my
    5 STAR or TOP Rated on my iPOD. This Song by Sinclar, "World, Hold On"
    is there.

    Various re-mixes are out there if you look for.

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    7. Jet Lag [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
    8. Kerry Jigs Reels Polkas & Other Irish Favorites
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    Tear

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    The Best of One Way: Featuring Al Hudson & Alicia Myers

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    Republica Popular del Coito

    Schubert: String Quartets no 13, 14 / Guarneri String Quartet

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