Band of Angels | 
| Artists: Martin Simpson, Jessica Ruby Simpson
Label: Red House
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 394744
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 033651009627
EAN: 0033651009627
ASIN: B000001BBI
Release Date: September 24, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Kindness of Strangers | | • | Who'll Water My Flowers? | | • | Raglan Road | | • | Lilies of the Field | | • | Kevin Carter | | • | Petit Mercelot/Le Boiteaux | | • | Come to Light | | • | Rolling Down the Hill | | • | Erev Shel Shoshanim | | • | Lilith | | • | How Will I Ever Be Simple Again | | • | Give Me the Moon | | • | Lady of the Lake/Betsy the Serving Maid |
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Treasure Trove February 2, 2002
Rochelle L. Gordon (Chicago, Illinois United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Occassionally in life something unexpected yet wonderful occurs. Finding the music on this CD was one of those events for me. I never heard of Jessica Ruby Simpson aka Jessica Radcliff until I stumbled, by accident, upon Band of Angels. Her voice, her phrasing, her poetry, her musicality and absolute originality place her well beyond most of her comtempories of the same genre. All of the musicians on this CD are amazing. I found a treasure when I stumbled upon this CD.
 Unpolished Beauty October 22, 1999
Bob (robeck@trib.com) (Wyoming)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have never been well-educated about folk music, but this CD makes me want to change that. The female vocalist has a husky, swallowed voice that, at first, put me off. As I continued to listen, however, her unpolished voice added an approachable quality to the music. The over-all tone of the CD is mellow and nostalgic. I get a very "overcast autumn afternoon" feeling when I listen. The social-conciousness messages and accoustic arrangements seem standard for the genre. The versatility of the group, though, was surprising. From playful and child-like to tearful and tired, from mythological history to photo journalism (and covering at least two languages), the songs are anything but cookie-cutter. In fact, I reserve the fifth star simply because I don't know a lot about this type of music, so I have no strong basis for comparison.
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