Feather and Bone

Laurel Masse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004SW4J
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,902 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. How Can I Keep From Singing?

2. I Am the Mountainy Singer

3. O Virtus Sapientiae

4. Minuet

5. Gigue

6. Hymn to the Muse

7. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

8. Ave Maria

9. Radiant Flame of Gold

10. Mother, It Is Night

11. N'Da

12. Lone Wild Bird/MacIntosh's Lament

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent Singer, July 2, 2000

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S. Billings (Williston, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feather and Bone (Audio CD)

Laurel Masse is truly one of the finest singers I've ever heard. I have to admit that I am graced with her presence on my own recording and I do play on one cut of Feather and Bone, but that's because I'm such a big fan of hers. All of the pieces on Feather and Bone are stylistically very different and she proves her artistry on each cut. Jazz lovers look for her new album, Heart and Soul, classic ballads, out later this year -- I got a preview, it's gorgeous.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the source, September 6, 2011

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Laurel Masse (New York State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feather and Bone (Audio CD)

I recorded this CD over ten years ago now, and I am still proud of it. "Feather and Bone" is different from most of my other recordings, and the making of it was a profound spiritual experience. I thank all of you who have enjoyed it, and found comfort in it. There will be sequel eventually. For now, once Amazon has run out, the CD will still be available through my website.
Blessings to you all,
Laurel Massé

5.0 out of 5 stars Chansons d'Esprit, May 3, 2006

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K. Gibbons (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feather and Bone (Audio CD)

This is about as far away from the Manhattan Transfer as you can get. The album is essentially Laurel Masse's haunting voice, either totally alone or complemented by such sparse instrumentation as a crystal bowl or fiddle, intoning ancient, medieval, baroque or folk tunes. If you listen to it through headphones (recommended) you can get a sense of her swaying as she sings. Ironically, I think my favourite track is "Radiant Flame of Gold" where she doesn't sing but recites "prayers, blessings and curses" from the Carmina Gadelica over an hypnotic rhythm of frame drums.