Open door.Margie Adam This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. * Portal * Two-disc set (one CD, one DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ) * Pleiades Portal, the new work from singer-songwriter-pianist Margie Adam, suggests changing your office routine: Instead of your usual coffee high, slip her stress-busting DVD, Portal to Avalon, into your computer for a seven-minute healing trip to the magical Callanish Stones in Scotland. Adam played an essential part in the birth of women's music Women's music (or womyn's music, wimmin's music) is the music by women, for women, and about women (Garofalo 1992:242). The genre emerged as a musical expression of the second-wave feminist movement(Peraino 2001:693) as well as the labor, civil rights, and peace in the '70s. She was a star whose hits were performed by other stars like Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April, 1939–2 March, 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. She achieved her most notable success during the 1960s, with a successful comeback in the late 1980s. ("Beautiful Soul"); Peter, Paul, and Mary ("Best Friend: The Unicorn Song"); and Cris Williamson and Holly Near (who each covered "Tender Lady"). She stood out as one of the few female instrumentalists, a composer of piano music before George Winston and Windham Hill. Grammy-winner Janis Ian once commented, "If I could play piano like Margie Adam, I wouldn't have to bother singing." Now fans and newcomers alike can experience Adam's elegant mix of Gershwin sensibility, New Age introspection, and jazz inflections. Portal, a lusciously remastered compilation of 10 contemplative piano pieces, is an invitation to dream or meditate med·i·tate v. med·i·tat·ed, med·i·tat·ing, med·i·tates v.tr. 1. To reflect on; contemplate. 2. To plan in the mind; intend: meditated a visit to her daughter. or make love. |
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