Second Avenue

Lisa Moscatiello | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wind River
• ASIN: B00004SCER
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fugitive

2. Second Avenue

3. Cards on the Table

4. To Meet You

5. Biloxi

6. Throw It Away

7. Bed by the Window

8. Lass of Glenshee

9. Love Is a Stranger

10. Angry Town

11. Sleepin' Late

12. Night Bird

Editorial Reviews

Washington Post, January 21, 2000

Lisa Moscatiello's voice is...a lovely soprano capable of expressing moments of tender reflection, hard-won optimism, and soulful yearning.

Product Description

Lisa Moscatiello's rich and deep alto voice-described as "one of the best in the business" (Gene Shay-WXPN, Phildadelphia)-is the magical thread binding together Second Avenue. The shimmering arrangements featuring fiddle, bouzouki, and harp alongside acoustic, electric, and slide guitar reflect Lisa's background in Celtic music. The quality of songs, her own and others, reflect her impeccable taste, and the diversity of style reflects her talent for taking songs-from folk rockers to torch songs to traditional ballads, and making them inimitably her own.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, August 17, 2010

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Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Second Avenue (Audio CD)

A friend who owned a CD shop handed me a small pile of CDs with damaged covers that he had years but could not sell. Lisa Moscatiello's Second Avenue was among these.

And for free, what a gem. What works so well is the stewing of so many different styles into Moscatiello's coheasive, rounded flavor of music. Country Celtic folk and jazz here all play a role, if you care for labels.

I don't think Moscatiello does, as all this seamlessly works. A Carol King-ish chord structure here can have a steel guitar. A bluegrass song a jazz beat. It all blends, wonderfully on Second Avenue.

And it's subtle. You don't get the instant feeling that you are listening to some eccentric art project, and a superficial hearing would lead you into thinking this was a 1970s knock off-untrue! Play this a few times, and you'll hear how many wonderful levels at once Second Avenue and its creator are working on.

5.0 out of 5 stars Defies classification but delivers aural pleasure, August 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Avenue (Audio CD)

Blues/jazz stylist tastes? -- friends who heard it, bought it. New age? -- other friends, same result. Celtic? -- more other friends, same results. Alternative rock enthusiasts--my son's friends? - same result. This album really does entrance across musical genres I hadn't heard Lisa sing for some years and was just enthralled with the richness and depth of this album. You will be also.

5.0 out of 5 stars Second Avenue is Sublime, May 31, 2000

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Kevin Malloy (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Avenue (Audio CD)

I recently got a chance to see Lisa perform live in Silver Spring, Maryland. She is not only a superb singer/songwriter, but she has the funniest, most engaging and charismatic stage personality I have encountered in years. The songs on this album are all outstanding, but in particular is Lisa's own "Second Avenue" and her rendition of "Throw It Away." Lisa's voice is an intoxicating blend of passion and laughter; she is the ultimate first date: sexy, witty, fun-loving, and incredibly mysterious. And no matter how many times I play this album, Lisa leaves me perpetually curious.