Band of Angels

Jessica Simpson, Martin Simpson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B000001BBI
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,641 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kindness Of Strangers

2. Who'll Water My Flowers

3. Raglan Road

4. Lilies Of the Field

5. Kevin Carter

6. Le Petit Mercelot / Le Boiteaux

7. Come To Light

8. Rolling Down The Hill

9. Erev Shel Shoshanim

10. Lilith

11. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again

12. Give Me The Moon

13. Lady Of The Lake / Betsy The Serving Maid

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure Trove, February 1, 2002

By 

shellouise "shellouise" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Band of Angels (Audio CD)

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.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unpolished Beauty, October 22, 1999

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Bob ([e-mail]) (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Band of Angels (Audio CD)

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.