Shores of Avalon

Tina Malia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Higher Octave
• ASIN: B000060NUT
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,781 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shores Of Avalon

2. Thundercloud

3. Full Moonlight Dance

4. Isis

5. Lilac Blooms

6. Forever

7. Circle Of Stones

8. Lullaby

9. Way Home

Editorial Reviews

In the debut recording of vocalist/songwriter Tina Malia, she draws her inspiration from her roots in American folk music and combines it with ancient Celtic modalities, percussion from the Middle East, and hauntinglly beautiful tones from India and around the world. Shores of Avalon feautures Tina’s captivating vocals accompanied by guitar, piano, violin, 12 string and many exotic instruments from around the world. Original songs express the timelessness of inspiration, hope, celebration and beauty of longing. Shores of Avalon has an innovative sound with the ability to deeply touch its listeners. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful CD, October 20, 2002

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CollectedSounds "blog.collectedsounds.com" (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shores of Avalon (Audio CD)

Tina Malia is one of those musicians that I greatly admire. She is a classically trained vocalist, pianist and guitarist and is blessed with an incredibly beautiful voice. She also wrote and produced the entire CD.

She sings of mystical things, maidens fair, and ships at sea with a beauty and passion I haven't heard since the early 90s when Sarah McLachlan first caught my attention. Tina's voice is almost as gorgeous as Sarah's (I dare say).

This is the epitome of the beautiful album. The songs are intricately woven and excellently performed. If you are looking for a CD to play to relax to, dine to or get romantic to, this is it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it more stars if I could, February 21, 2005

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Michelle L. Gilbert (Cleveland Heights, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shores of Avalon (Audio CD)

Buy it. It's magical and enchanting and well constructed at the same time. Nuff said.

I don't like fluff, and I don't like bad singers. I'm a trained musician with little tolerance for any of the aforementioned. And this is none of them. Sure, as a previous reviewer said, her voice is "wispy" in the higher register. Call it wispy and bad singing, or realize she full well knows how to sing "properly", but chose instead to sing from the heart.

A truly stellar album.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A musical gem, June 30, 2002

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Jen (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shores of Avalon (Audio CD)

Tina Malia's CD, 'Shores of Avalon' has been in constant rotation on my stereo and in my car since I got it a few weeks ago. Every time I hear it, I discover something new to appreciate.
Malia's style is very particular to her--it truly can't be pigeonholed. But to come close to describing the Celtic/Indian/folksy sound would be to say she's something akin to Loreena McKennitt. The two women use wonderful, rich imagery that sounds like something Tennyson might have penned. Malia is also a little like Sarah McLachlan... both comparisons are not undeserved. We've got to get this little-known artist out there!
If you like 'Shores of Avalon', I HIGHLY reccommend investing in Loreena McKennitt's 'The Mask and Mirror' and 'The Book of Secrets'.