How Faint the Whisper

Luke Brindley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2001)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00005MHMB
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,672 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. How Faint the Whisper

2. Tangerine

3. There is Nothing

4. Still Life

5. The Eighth Day

6. Dawn

7. Honey Hair

8. Daybreak

9. Darkness Done

Editorial Reviews

Phil Madeira - songwriter, musician (Alison Krauss, Keb Mo, Julie Miller, Phil Keaggy, Mark Heard, etc.)

"Luke Brindley is a talented up-and-coming singer-songwriter...a marvelous guitarist...his future is bright."

Product Description

"a skilled guitarist...subtly impactful songs...like a strange collaboration between Jackson Browne and Alex Chilton...a rustic romanticism that only a city-centered fellow could express with the proper ache." - Performing Songwriter Magazine

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Opening my ears to "folk" music..., May 13, 2002

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F. J. Khoury (Parsippany, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Faint the Whisper (Audio CD)

How much excellent music is out there, if only the seeker would dig a little bit...and dare to listen to something different.

A brother-in-law recently turned me onto the folksy/acoustic/world music of artists like Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Ali Farka Toure, and Ron Sexsmith. When he played Luke's Spring Song CD for me, I didn't have high expectations, because I thought of Luke as just a local guy who happened to be acquainted with some of my in-laws from their high school.

Based on a couple quick listens with only half-paid attention, I thought Spring Song sounded pretty good, although at first, I wasn't overly impressed with Luke's voice. Good but not great, I thought. Then we saw Luke and Daniel perform at a coffee house, and man did I sit up and take notice! The songs were almost all superb, especially the ones they were playing from this brand new CD "How Faint the Whisper". I picked it up, and was not disappointed...except that it clocks in a bit short.

Luke's voice may not be so noteworthy in itself, but it works beautifully in his music...just like it does for many folk singers, I guess. And after a short time, I wondered why I ever complained about it. His style of guitar playing will grab your attention sooner, though. He uses many alternate tunings and wonderful finger-pick styles. The songs are also arranged well, with a variety of instruments, voices and timbres, without losing the simplicity of really good folk music that can be performed by a couple of talented brothers in a small room as entertainingly as any big venue act.

Bravo!!