Fresh on the heels of his Grammy Award-nominated New Age
masterpiece Light Body, Peter Kater
offers up another original collection of beautiful keyboard-based tracks, this
time in collaboration with American Sikh female vocalist Snatam Kaur
(pronounced Sun-Autumn Car).
As evidenced by Kaur’s adopted Sikh tradition, the songs are
quietly powerful anthems of peace and love, fueled by Kaur’s soft but firm
vocals (her inflections remind me of Celine Dion and her sweet timbre is
similar to that of Susan Boyle) and Kater’s gorgeous piano playing and elegant
synthesizer textures.
Making the already magical proceedings even more exquisite are
wonderful contributions from Paul McCandless on oboe, penny whistles, and
English horn, Bijoux Barbosa on bass, Christian Teele on percussion, and Glen
Velez Frame and Larry Thompson on drums. Also on hand is the Macedonia Radio
Symphonic Orchestra, giving the recording a touch of classical class.
The result is one of the most beautiful vocal/instrumental
albums I have heard in any genre.
--Raj
Manoharan
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