Bardo

Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven
• ASIN: B00005YD4K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

For two decades, musical director-dancer Gabrielle Roth and her ever-changing group the Mirrors have specialized in organic, cross-cultural, tribal trance music with a wide spectrum of instrumentation. Bardo is no exception. Indeed, it may be the group's best recording yet, featuring the serene lead vocals of Russian rocker Boris Grebenshikov (for whom this is the second collaboration with Roth) and the skills of string player Allison Cornell, percussionist Joe Bonadio, flautist David Weiss, and fretless bass player Dassi Rosenkrantz-Cabo, among a cast of dozens. From the laid-back vibe of "Infinite Sky" to the dramatic march of the title track to David Sancious's beguiling electric guitar work on "The Crossing," this album showcases the type of classy music that shatters New Age stereotypes and proves how rich the genre can be. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotic, entrancing music, March 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bardo (Audio CD)

I have several of Gabrielle Roth's cds and love them. I've played this one 3 times now and every time I have fallen asleep before the cd ends. Which is fine, good, very nice. It just has that effect on me. It has rhythm but it is hypnotic, driving rhythm. This is beautiful music, great for chilling, dancing, seduction, getting lost in.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, May 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bardo (Audio CD)

Enjoyable and trancelike if you are in the mood for it, didn't find it as captivating as "Refuge"

5.0 out of 5 stars Gabrielle Roth does it again, September 28, 2011

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C. Wilson "Shewolf" (Denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bardo (Audio CD)

I have almost all of her CD's and I don't think there is a bad song on any of them. The song Bardo I think is one of my favorites on this album.

I agree that even though there is a driving beat to the music it is very relaxing. I think it is the rhythmic, trance-like nature of the beat that does it.