Lion In The Sky

By Susan Reed
Price $15.00
Age 5-11Yrs.

This is a CD children will love and parents will enjoy listening to with or without their children. Susan Reed is a top-notch singer and multi-instrumentalist, and the selections on this CD consist of beautifully crafted songs and a few spoken-word stories that kids will find mesmerizing. The variety of stringed instruments and lack of percussion gives this highly melodic music a distinctive folk flavor. The lyrics, too, are exeptional, running the gamut from playful to genuinely inspiring. Susan's lovely vocals are sometimes backed by and interwoven with those of a very talented five-person chorus, lending the tunes a particularly rich quality. Listen to the chorus, for example, on the playful call and response of 'Echo.' Some of the tunes are achingly beautiful (the soaring vocals and instrumental harmonies on the lilting triple-meter 'I Am The Song,' for one). The minor key instrumental, 'Strawberry Moon,' is equally compelling. This is a CD that gets better with every listen!