Cindy Mangsen: Songs of Experience (Redwing Music RWMCD 5403).Cindy Mangsen: Songs of Experience (Redwing Music RWMCD 5403) This is one of those discs that arrived in the mail that I really dreaded dread v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreads v.tr. 1. To be in terror of. 2. To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance: dreaded the long drive home. auditioning. I had never heard of Redwing Music or Cindy Mangsen, and I have never been all that much of a folkie folk·ie also folk·y n. pl. folk·ies 1. A folk singer or musician. 2. One who is an enthusiast of folk music. adj. . But what a pleasant surprise I received upon hitting the play button on my CD player -- Songs of Experience is a wonderful collection of tunes, and Cindy Mangsen's voice reminds me of Joan Baez at her peak. Most of the songs are quite old in their origin, and Mangsen supplies both lyrics lyrics npl [of song] → paroles fpl lyrics lyric npl [of song] → Text m and brief notes about each one. There is even a back cover photograph by Cindy Mangsen that is utterly beautiful. Folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. fans should find Songs of Experience a recording well worth seeking out. |
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