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The Music CD Shelf

Monologues: A Bouquet of Indian Melodies...
Vandana Vishwas
www.vandanavishwas.com
Silverbirch Productions
c/o Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2
Bloomington, IN 47404
$TBA www.rockpaperscissors.biz

Indo-Canadian singer and composer Vandana Vishwas presents Monologues:
A Bouquet of Indian Melodies..., an original album that draws
inspiration from India's legendary poets and fuses both Indian and
Canadian musical traditions. Elements of Hindustani classical music
balance Western complexity in songs that express a search for identity
conducted between personal yearnings and societal expectations.
Vishwas' beautiful, lilting voice conveys her exceptional talent in
this immersive album. Highly recommended, especially for international
and multicultural music CD collections.

Jonathan Rundman
Jonathan Rundman, musician
Salt Lady Records
PO Box 24163
Minneapolis, MN 55424-0163
www.jonathanrundman.com
$13.75 CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com

Jonathan Rundman is a self-titled retrospective CD gathering Rundman's
most notable songs from four albums. Rundman has held hundreds of
performances, traveled thousands of miles, and collaborated with
talents as diverse as violinist Mary Rowell, drummer Konrad Meissner,
duet vocalist Beki Hemingway and several more appearing in the
featured songs. Rundman's signature best-of-the-best album spans the
gamut from garage rock to pop and folk, and superbly embodies the
spirit and enthusiasm of America's indie music scene. Highly
recommended! The tracks are "Smart Girls", "Carol of the Bells",
"Librarian", "Ashes", "Surgical Precision", "Second Language", "581",
"I Thought You Were Mine", "747s", "Forgiveness Waltz", "Dialysis
Carpool", "That Man Upstairs", "Kuortane", "The Serious Kind",
"Workin' My Committee", "You Never Last Where You Land", "Narthex",
"If You Have a Question", "List of Things to Do", and "Bright
Funeral".

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