Nature's Bride

Pamela Wyn Shannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 31, 2001)
• Original Release Date: December 31, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Girlhenge Records
• ASIN: B00005V5Y2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spurns the angst and anger so common in folk., January 27, 2003

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Tom Knapp "Rambles.NET editor" (Lancaster, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nature's Bride (Audio CD)

Listening the first time, I pictured Shannon performing, not in a studio, but in a friendly cafe. The more I listened to her lyrics, the more I revised that image, placing her instead in a wooded clearing, a guitar in her lap and her back against a tree. She is very earthy, with a love of nature that soars in her songs.

Shannon is a free-spirited singer who brings a fresh voice, a Celtic spirit and a jazzy flair to folk music. If she can keep from becoming jaded by the industry, she should be a star to watch for many years.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Whisk me away into this mossy haven!, July 1, 2004

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Maryann Ciba (Garfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nature's Bride (Audio CD)

With Nature and British Folk as her dual muses, Wyn Shannon is a refreshing artist in the Celtic folk genre. Banish those prior images of new age-meets-Celtic, or "Chick singing her heart out while strumming a guitar". Instead, get ready for superb musicianship and lyrics that prove a 19th century Romantic poetry kinship. Fans of British folk artists such as Martin Simpson, Bert Jansch, and Incredible String Band will appreciate Wyn Shannon's complex chord structures and virtuoso picking. I was equally floored by Wyn Shannon's voice--gorgeous in its tone and reminiscent of the legendary Anne Briggs. The CD package is a lovely object to behold, with Lily Hodge's photographs of Wyn Shannon surrounded by verdant greenery. Opening up the lyrics booklet, I was pleasantly surprised by how well they read with or without the accompanying music. "Damn to the years of melancholy..." the album opening with this verse immediately clears the cobwebs of the mind! I love the entire album for the way it twists and turns and takes the listener through love, getting lost (and loving it), social issues, and most importantly the mightiness of Nature's pervasive force. The album ends with a thoughtfully-chosen cover: "I Was Made to Love Magic" (as Nick Drake covered it). On this track, Wyn Shannon is backed by a marvelous ensemble, and none of Drake's melancholy is lost on it. "Nature's Bride" is such a beautiful listen from beginning to end, I just know you'll want to be whisked away into the mossy haven too.