Zen Cappuccino

Andrea Dale | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 1, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bedlam House
• ASIN: B0000DG8VY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,605,263 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mustangs' Freedom (Dale)

2. Sweet Delights (Dale)

3. Loving All My Life (Pressley)

4. Homecoming (Ohi)

5. Hatchet Hand Harry (Dale)

6. Zen Cappuccino (Dale)

7. Bewitching Hour (Dale)

8. Nahr al-Kalb (de Camp/Coulson)

9. Dragons' Dreams (Dale)

10. Saxophone in Spring (Dale/Ohi)

11. Prince of Darkness (Dale)

12. VW Bug (Dale)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Zen Cappuccino - warming, frothy, sweet, and strong, January 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Zen Cappuccino (Audio CD)

For me listening to Zen Cappuccino is like visiting Andrea at home - pull up a chair - make yourself comfortable, put the kettle on. What i like best - a genuine communication from an artist. But it's not all homespun songs - there's a wide variety of goodies in Andrea's kitchen. Thoughtful songs, magical, heartfelt, funny and a lot of interesting arrangements with bodhrans, trumpet, djembe, doubek a blugrass band, accordian, flute, sax, organ etc as well as Andrea's lovely voice and guitar. A strong crew of players too Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers from Dandelion Wine, Scott Snyder and Clan, Debbie Ridpath Ohi from Urban Tapestry, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton (from the Weird Sisters) - and these are just the guys I've heard of... What I like about Andrea's voice is that it is a voice of character - not just a sweet folky-girl voice - and consequently it has a wide range of expression. I immediately fell in love with Mustang's Freedom and play that song a lot - such a breezyness and carefree vibe. My other favourite is Bewitching Hour which has a strong magical feel to it. Hatchet Hand Harry has to be mentioned as it's a great tale of invented boogie man at camp - Andrea's "uh oh" is so well timed it makes me laugh out loud every time... My favourite songs are those penned by Andrea herself, which is most of them, but she also has chosen songs wisely too - interesting to hear a different version of Debbie Ridpath Ohi's (from Urban Tapestry) Homecoming with interesting harmonising trumpets arrangement. A more balanced and better produced album than her great debut A Step Out of Time - on that album you got the feeling she was still trying things out - on Zen Cappuccino you have a warm communication from a seasoned performer bringing her varying skills, with light and shade, to make a satisfying whole album. What are you still reading this for? Go buy it !