Denison Witmer - Are You a Dreamer?
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Artist: Denison WitmerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-07-26
Music Label: Militia
Soundtracks:
- Little Flowers
- Everything But Sleep
- Ringing of the Bell Tower
- Are You a Dreamer?
- East from West
- California Brown and Blue
- Castle and Cathedral
- Worry All the Time
- Grandma Mary
- Finding Your Feet Again
Music reviews of Are You a Dreamer?
Music Review: Sleep and Dream in Peace
Rating: 4 Stars
I have had trouble sleeping these last few years & to find a CD like this is a blessing. Most of the songs deal with sleeping or dreaming with spiritual (Catholic?) overtones. Some songs take on a dual meaning of either that special someone as in girlfriend or wife to the Virgin Mary & God. Other songs have references to St. Francis & stigmata but are not an issue for other spiritual paths. The main song "Are You a Dreamer?" is about going to Sleep & Dreaming but in a few lines could be about Death & Eternal Life. All songs are well crafted & clean both musically & lyrically. No unnecessary warning label on this CD. The production is top notch which makes the CD play well through a professional stereo or shine through your car stereo. The guitar playing is smooth & skillful but sometimes sounds like 1970ish Cat Stevens. Denison Witmer at times sings like early James Taylor but I may have read that somewhere & need to get it out of my mind because he has his own personal style. The lyrics maybe spiritual but are not preachy & come to a near universal (the real meaning behind the word Catholic) outlook that calls one to higher & better Ideals. I found out about Denison Witmer by listening to Rosie Thomas who writes about the same important issues of life. I look forward in buying more Denison Witmer CD's.
Another CD that deals with the same subject matter is Luka Bloom's "Before Sleep Comes" but this CD "Are You a Dreamer?" grows on you. If at 1st you find this CD a little slow for your tastes, play it a few more times & the subject matter & skill will pull through.
Description of Are You a Dreamer?
From Pitchforkmedia.com:Denison Witmer Album to Feature Sufjan Stevens David Nadelle reports: Years toiling in dive bars and incessant journal-writing are starting to pay off for Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Denison Witmer. While often compared to 70s classic songwriting relics like James Taylor and admitted influences Jackson Browne and Graham Nash, his earnest, idiosyncratic style has matured and now is more akin to Damien Jurado, Pedro the Lion or even Elliott Smith at times. His new album Are You a Dreamer? will be released on July 26 and will be his first album on the Militia Group.
The album is loosely conceptual, themed around all the aspects of dreams and the sense of hope that can be derived from them. Are You a Dreamer? benefits from contributions by a gifted cast of contributors, with Sufjan Stevens, the Innocence Mission's Don and Karen Peris, Ester Drang's James McAlister, and Shara Worden filling out the sound of Witmer's personal narrative tales.
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