Church of Sky
Download links and information about Church of Sky by Shantala. This album was released in 2002 and it belongs to World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist genres. It contains 15 tracks with total duration of 01:02:12 minutes.
Artist: | Shantala |
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Release date: | 2002 |
Genre: | World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist |
Tracks: | 15 |
Duration: | 01:02:12 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Etched In Stone | 5:05 |
2. | Dance Me | 4:43 |
3. | Roll Over With Me | 4:48 |
4. | No Safe Place | 4:49 |
5. | My Island | 4:43 |
6. | Journey | 1:53 |
7. | Island Suite | 3:41 |
8. | Madrone | 3:16 |
9. | Church of Sky | 6:02 |
10. | Looking for a Storm | 4:49 |
11. | You Are My Soul | 4:12 |
12. | Hard to Hold | 3:56 |
13. | Going Twice | 4:09 |
14. | Fallen Heart Blue | 3:28 |
15. | Between the Lines | 2:38 |
Details
[Edit]Ancient-Future Records has described Church of Sky as a contemporary folk/new age album. Well, the contemporary folk part is correct (contemporary folk-pop if you want to be really specific), but this acoustic-oriented effort is not a new age vocal release — certainly not in the way that Enya's output falls into the new age vocal category. Stylistically, the wife/husband team known as Shantala has a lot more in common with Joan Baez, Sandy Denny, Janis Ian, Eliza Gilkyson, and even, to a degree, early Heart (not the Wilson sisters' hard rock recordings — Church of Sky is far from hard rock — but some of their early folk-minded ballads such as "Dream of the Archer," "How Deep It Goes," and "Dreamboat Annie"). So why would Ancient-Future use the term new age in connection with this CD when it isn't really new age? Because using the term new age can be an effective marketing tool — at least in new age circles — and also, because Church of Sky has a calm, tranquil, peaceful outlook. Much of that peacefulness and tranquillity comes from Shantala's Heather Wertheimer, who handles all of the lead vocals, plays acoustic guitar, and does most of the songwriting; husband Benjy Wertheimer (Shantala's other half) assists with the writing and plays various instruments. Heather is not a forceful or aggressive sort of vocalist — far from it, in fact. She favors a light, unassuming, sweetly girlish approach that works well on pastoral offerings like "Between the Lines" and "Etched in Stone." Heather's performances aren't exceptional or outstanding, but they're charming and pleasantly likable — and while Church of Sky isn't a five-star masterpiece, it's a decent, noteworthy effort that is worth hearing if one likes his/her folk-pop on the gentle side.