Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits

Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits

Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits

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Performer: The Candlelight Guitarist
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-03
Music Label: Geofonica
Soundtracks:

Kindred Spirits
Gift of the Heart
Found A New World In A Friend
You Inspire Me
Wild Ponies
Listening
The Buddy System (Fugue for Fast Friends)
Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall
Forgive, Forget
Two Pairs of Old Soft Shoes
In The Moment (Earth & Mars, 8.27.03, 2:51 AM)
Our Share of Craziness
Just Being There
Thinking Good Thoughts About You
Air for Soul Mates
Giving Wings (To Help Each Other Fly)

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Music Review: A Place Where the Heart Finds Joy.
Rating: 4 Stars

In 2001, Bradley Powell released a CD entitled "Music for Rest and Renewal" under the name The Candlelight Guitarist: stirred by that September's events, and as his contribution to the healing process that followed and that is still ongoing. Three years later, he returned with "Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits;" like the 2001 album a collection of gentle guitar melodies, but this time adding not only nature sounds, flutes and oboes but also other instruments, such as string bass, drums and percussion, keyboards, and French horn.

Powell picked up his first guitar at age ten and later had the opportunity to study, inter alia, with jazz guitarist Joe Pass, Dr. Ronald Purcell (including one master class taught by Andres Segovia), and David Rose of "Little House on the Prairie" fame. It is that latter influence, and his work with studio composer Mike Post, that shines through here more than on "Music for Rest and Renewal:" Whereas on his first CD, his guitars are soothing voices speaking to all those looking for a few moments of peace and quiet, many of the pieces on "Soul Mates and Kindred Spirits" indicate a composer visualizing his topics as well as hearing them: There are those little horses' fast hooves in "Wild Ponies," there is the multi-voiced interaction of a group of friends in "The Buddy System," as well as the progress, but also the harmony of the seasons in "Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall," you do see those "Two Pairs of Old Soft Shoes" sauntering and gallivanting about, and you can picture some of those Soul Mates "Giving [each other] Wings" to help each other fly, as the closing piece's subtitle suggests. Most of the pieces are upbeat and, generally, faster than those on "Music for Rest and Renewal," but there are also a few slower, reflective tracks reminiscent of the first CD's general mood (e.g. "Gift of the Heart," "Listening," "Forgive, Forget," and "Just Being There"). Powell's fingerstyle technique is clear and a particular joy to listen to on the pieces that, like the better part of his first CD, put his guitars front and center: "Listening," "Forgive, Forget," "In the Moment" (inspired, as the subtitle suggests, by the astronomical snapshot of Earth and Mars at 2:51 AM during the night of August 27, 2003; and thus again reflecting a visual stimulation), as well as "Just Being There" and "Air for Soul Mates."

Contacted by email, Mr. Powell was reluctant to give specifics as to the types of guitars and strings used in the recording, but kindly confirmed that most of the pieces are played in standard tuning, with the guitar tuned down to D for only one track ("You Inspire Me"). He also mentioned the place that both guitars featured on this CD have in his life: one, his everyday companion; the other, a guitar that has been in his possession since college and has been fine-tuned by the hands of luthier Jose Oribe.

With his music, Bradley Powell wants to take you to a place "where tension is cast off, simplicity is embraced, the physical body is most relaxed, and the inner spirit is lifted up," he writes on his website; and he continues: "You don't really *think* in this place (does a bird *think* about flying?) ... you fully participate in the moment. It's a peaceful place, where the heart finds joy." In that, Powell succeeds admirably.

Also recommended:
Music for Rest & Renewal (with nature sounds)
Sunflower Serenity ...Watercolor Odyssey (solos with nature sounds)
Golden Eagle: John Denver Instrumental Tribute
The Water Garden
A Windham Hill Retrospective
A Windham Hill Retrospective
Touch-Windham Hill 25 Years of Guitar
Guitar Virtuoso
Art of Segovia

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Description of Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits

"Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits" is the second CD by the Candlelight Guitarist?, offering 16 relaxing new instrumental tracks (over 53 minutes), perfect for dinner music, reading by the fireplace, bath music, and unwinding at the end of the day. Music for solitude and for sharing. ~ The relaxing sounds of the Pacific Ocean provide occasional ambience and track transition. CD cover art features an original pastel by English artist Claire Kitcher.

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