Customer Reviews

Simple Gifts

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Like the Shakers, sometimes somber, sometimes "kick-up-the-heels" dancing, this album has a wide range of mood and tempo. If you like guitar and strings, as well as spatterings of dulcimer and other "Celtic" instruments, you'll like this collection. I found the contrast of the tracks refreshing, a reminder of the way life is. Unlike the Shakers, I hope these guys have many more "children". I'm going to try some of their other albums.

I use this album in my classroom when I study Shakerism with my students. They love the soothing, melodic hymns of the Shakers, and even request it long after we have finished with the unit!

I first bought this on cassette over ten years ago and was thrilled to find it on CD recently, since I no longer own a tape player. It is such a soothing, joyful album. The companion CDs are great, too, but this one remains one of my favorites.

My mother had requested the music for a church hymn she loves: 'Dancing in the Morning'. The music was specifically desired to be played at her funeral for which she has preplanned everything while on hospice care for a pulmonary disease. This CD of "Simple Gifts" (the secondary title of the actual American Shaker hymn with Celtic roots) has all beautiful songs with two versions of 'Dancing in the Morning' in the 1st and last tracks. The preview for this CD did play the first version and I liked it enough to purchase it for her; she loves to listen to it several times a week!

A friend recommended this CD more than twelve years ago and I bought it and have
actually worn it out! So for the sanity of my Bose player today I just ordered
another one. Maybe I should try some of their other CD's where were unknown to me.

I had this on a cassette and wanted it and found it here.Very affordable
and made me happy@ Thanks I love AMAZON