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E-Dub 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 24 2006 Location: Elkhorn, WI Status: Offline Points: 7910 |
 Posted: August 07 2009 at 19:09 |
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Just got this today in the mail from Racket. Can't believe it made it here so quickly. I truly wasn't expecting it until the middle of next week.
Got the title track playing right now. VERY beautiful and powerful. Man, girl really has a monster voice. E |
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rushfan4
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66253 |
Posted: August 14 2009 at 15:10 |
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I'll give this thread one last bump to see if any additional conversation might take place from it or one more fan might be found. There hasn't really been too much discussion amongst these threads, but I know that there have been some that have been turned on to some good music that they might not otherwise have listened to, so I am starting to give some thought to the third installment of this little thread series and hopefully will come up with something for us to enjoy. If nothing else, I have really enjoyed listening to these albums multiple times and getting to know them better than I might otherwise have, given my usual shock and awe listening style.
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rushfan4
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66253 |
Posted: August 21 2009 at 16:23 |
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I'm curious to know if anyone has heard both this new album Ostara, and their debut album Carnival of Souls. I haven't heard the debut yet, but based on how much I have enjoyed Ostara, I am probably going to purchase Carnival of Souls. It is downloadable on Amazon.MP3, so that is probably what I will do, but I am keeping my eyes out to see if I can find a reasonably priced CD first.
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Padraic
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 15:36 |
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I'm giving the samples a listen, and indeed it is very nice, Stobart is a wonderful vocalist. "Hollow Hills" is a quality track.
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rushfan4
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66253 |
Posted: September 25 2009 at 12:54 |
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I am finally listening to The Wishing Tree's debut album Carnival of Souls. It has been an enjoyable listen in my opinion. I'll definitely be giving it some more listens to formulate an opinion on how I think it compares with Ostara.
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Raff
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Posted: September 25 2009 at 13:33 |
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A track from the album is available on the CD compilation that came with Classic Rock Prog magazine's third issue. Since I only listened to the CD once, I'm giving this particular track, "Hollow Hills", a spin now. Though I am not a particular fan of those ethereal female vocals, she does have a fine set of pipes indeed.
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rushfan4
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66253 |
Posted: September 25 2009 at 14:14 |
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I've never been a big fan of female vocals. For the most part I can't stand the most highly lauded of female vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, or anyone who has set foot on American Idol. This said, I've always enjoyed many hard rock female vocalists such as Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, and Nancy Wilson from Heart. For whatever reason, in recent years I have found myself enamored with some progressive bands with female vocalists such as The Wishing Tree, The Reasoning, White Willow, Stream of Passion/Ayreon, etc... I'm not really sure why the change. I've always been a fan of Jon Anderson's vocals, which are considered similar to female vocals. Anyhow, whatever the reason, I really love the vocals on this Wishing Tree album. I can see how they wouldn't appeal to everybody. After all there are people who love Dagmar Krause's vocals and I see very little to like about those. And I know that Kate Bush is one of your personal favorites, but I have a hard time enjoying her vocals too, so I can see how those differences in tastes would apply.
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rdtprog
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Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Offline Points: 5282 |
Posted: September 25 2009 at 14:16 |
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I really enjoyed the first one who was a bit heavier, from the last listening i had before my tape broke! I didn't have a good feeling from my one listening of the new one, but judge by the very good reviews, i am the only one to think that!
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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: September 25 2009 at 14:25 |
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Nice album! Listened to it once about 2 months ago - somehow I missed this thread though. Here's the list of tags that have been assigned to the album over at PF:
Sounds about right.  BTW: The album is available at eMusic.com: http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Wishing-Tree-Ostara-MP3-Download/11412455.html Edited by Mr ProgFreak - September 25 2009 at 14:27 |
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