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(More customer reviews)The first thing you notice about this CD is the quality of the musicianship. The opening track is an instrumental suite blending a few holiday standards, which run the gamut from amazing Peter Mayer acoustic guitar work to haunting melodies on a Native American wooden flute. There's a lot of that influence on this album, and even a middle Eastern tone or two.
The Little Drummer Boy even features a spectacular percussion "jam" on African djembe drums.
Peter's original songs on here really shine as well. There's a hint of the sound of his other solo albums, but the songs are definitely distinctive. Catchy pop melodies underly these songs, and they're all stylistically different. The title cut, "Stars and Promises", evokes a cheesy 60's love duet complete with a "Girl from Impanema" sound with Peter and Tina Gullickson doing great vocal work.
It's a great album that can be listened to all year long.
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"Stars and Promises" is the title of the new Christmas album, released this holiday season by Peter Mayer.It features six brand new Peter Mayer songs, including a collaboration with acclaimed hymn writer Herbert Brokering, entitled, "Wings Of Angels."The album also celebrates traditional carols, such as, "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel," "Angels We Have Heard On High," "Little Drummer Boy," and others.They are performed with fresh arrangements, incorporating a variety of stylistic influences from classical ("Christmas Overture"), folk ("Sing Joy"), popular ("This Christmas") and jazz ("What Child Is This").On "Stars and Promises," Mayer has added the sounds of Native American wood flute, piano, percussion from around the world, and a string trio, to the distinctive acoustic guitar and vocal work you have heard on his previous offerings, "Spare Tire Orchestra," "Romeo's Garage," and "Green Eyed Radio."
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