Instead the Forest Rose to Sing

Danny Schmidt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B001QBC2C6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,222 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Folk Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 10-MAR-2009

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Danny's best works yet!, March 27, 2009

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Joshua Crane (Keswick, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instead the Forest Rose to Sing (Audio CD)

Danny delivers again! The new record is one of my favorites (2nd only to Parables and Primes), and I recommend this album as a great place to start if you're unfamiliar with his music. As is common with his records, he provides a mix of insight, entertainment, and mystery into each track. I'll say that if you haven't had an opportunity to catch his live shows, you're in for a treat. The energy and presence he brings to the stage are incredible, and I've left each show with a new appreciation for his music.

Instead the Forest Rose to Sing is outstanding - the mix of back-up instruments and vocal harmonies add a depth that really brings these songs to life as studio recordings. You'll find yourself humming a phrase from Southland Street or Better Off Broke, or wondering just what on earth the Bank Robber was thinking! Man, the imagery that these songs bring to mind are so vivid, so unique. I have loved listening to Danny's tunes, and this album especially. It's well worth every cent you'll spend!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This artist gets better and better, March 26, 2009

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Donna Stewart (Louisa, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instead the Forest Rose to Sing (Audio CD)

I just got Danny's new release and I can't stop listening to it. Many familiar sounds if you know his music, but this guy is obviously out to perfect his art. Outstanding guitar playing, incredible lyrics and great vocal range. If you like folk music you will like Danny Schmidt.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Listen!, April 4, 2009

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M. Schneider (Duluth, MN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instead the Forest Rose to Sing (Audio CD)

Better off Broke and Swing Me Down start the album off with high energy. Full tempo songs dominated by fiddles, harmonicas, and subtle background vocals instantly bring you down home to the southern USA. Swing Me Down is one of the songs you think could be an American Classic. Grampa Built Bridges keeps the high quality that the album begins with, but slows things down a bit. It's a sweet ballad about how our world has lost touch with nature and true hard work. Southland Street, with Danny's strong narrative storytelling that he showcased in Parables in Primes converging with politics and economy, is destined to be the big crowd pleaser from this album. There's something about Danny's stories that is just completely captiviating. Two Timing Bank Robber's Lament and Firestorm are, in my humble opinion, the least strong songs on the album. And that's not saying much because I still love them. Aside from being wildly relevant, Serpentine Cycle of Money has Carrie Elkin on backup vocals, a true winner by these two rights alone. Oh Bally Ho and Accidentally Daisies are the two shortest songs on the album; they are sweet and sentimental, and wind the album down to it's finish: The Night's Beginning to Shine. Interesting to end the album with an end (night) and a beginning. It seems everything has come full circle. It's a beautiful song that leaves you fairly hopeful and optimistic in spite of the heavy issues explored throughout the album.

Overall the album is a winner in my book, and I will probably have it on rotation for a very long time. For people who have never heard Danny before it's a great way to get a sense of his music, because it includes so many different kinds of music and tempos, and it includes both the narrative and the personal which was previously so torn between Parables & Primes and Little Grey Sheep. Even Enjoying the Fall lends its blues-grassy down home feel throughout many of the songs. I appreciate when an artist can explore so many different styles in one compilation instead of being stuck to one musical style.