Entrances

Lydia McCauley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 25, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Brimstone Music
• ASIN: B000035X82
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #785,296 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Entrances

2. Hope Grows

3. Garden Room

4. Preghiera Semplice

5. The Fire

6. The Cloister Within

7. Ashes

8. Foggy Dew

9. Come All Ye Fair

10. Traveling Moorland

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting, hypnotic songs for healing, October 1, 2006

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Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entrances (Audio CD)

In her second album, singer/songwriter and keyboardist Lydia McCauley explores deep sorrows, entrancing insights of faith, and the psychology of hope. Her rich, clean, honest voice floats above the gentle, folk-jazz accompaniment of her own piano and keyboards, as well as viola, recorders, acoustic guitar, double bass and occasional hand drums. There's a resonant, insistent repetition in some of the songs on "Entrances" that can seem either mesmerizing or stagnant depending on your mood. But they are songs of healing and catharsis, songs that focus on questions of "why?" and seek comfort from above, from within and from the natural cyclings of life. Apparently Lydia and her family suffered losses in a fire, and fire imagery figures prominently in several songs on this album. Happily, from the shock and loss expressed in "Ashes" ("... in the quiet of the hurt, all is gone, all is gone") comes a flowering of new hope and tentative optimism ("... the only new life will come with the rain, the seeds will fly in," "... please tell me ashes make for better soil" and (from "The Fire") "... now it's changing me, rearranging me and sustaining me"). Accept loss, let it become a part of you, look for the silver lining and keep going--good advice for dealing with any difficulties, big or small. Listen to this album during times of trouble, and let the music guide you on the path to catharsis. Other musicians contributing to "Entrances" are Frank Olsen on double bass, Frank Jackson on alto, soprano, sopranino recorders, Phil Heaven on viola and doumbek, Brian Cunningham on acoustic guitar, Marc Murray on congas and percussion, and Lydia's husband and co-producer Kurt Sherer on synth. For other deep, healing music, try "Garden of Ecstasy" by Kay Gardner, and anything by Bill Douglas or Singh Kaur. Lydia McCauley's next release, "The Beauty of the Earth," is more major and upbeat in nature.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, April 19, 2000

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Lucas (North West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entrances (Audio CD)

Lydia McCauley's new CD "Entrances" is truelyamazing. Her lucid volcals will echeo through your house. Lydia's hassome first class musicians that have mastered her intergraded songs. This is album is a must for anyone who loves music. Lydia has put 100% into this album, and it shows. She worked wih Kurt Schere to produce one of the best sounding CDs I have in my collection. Audio entuseiest will be very happy to own a copy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, I really like this!, April 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Entrances (Audio CD)

We had an opportunity to spend an evening listening to Lydia McCauley and her wonderful band at a recent concert. We had already purchased her earlier CD, Sabbath Day's Journey, and was familiar with her beautiful music. The concert highlighted the "Entrances" CD and we loved it from the moment we first heard it. From the hauntingly beautiful title track to the upbeat "Foggy Dew", you'll be impressed with the second offering from this very talented singer/songwriter.