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 Living in Radical Radiance from Maria Vidal combines her powerful vocals, soul–satisfying melodies and an enduring passion for making music into an emotional, musical collage. Written and composed by Vidal, Radical Radiance was recorded in her solid pink Santa Monica music studio. Inside of this intimate, kaleidoscopic I Dream of Jeannie bottle, Vidal has bravely woven her lyrical voice into eight stunning songs. Love Hunts begins with a stirring, operatic melody—then opens up to a beautiful blending of warm and textural vocals. Firefly reflects Vidal’s voice as a beacon—resurfacing radiantly from deeply layered instrumental arrangements.
Vidal’s astonishing career includes vocal contributions for The Smithereens, Aerosmith, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Cat Stevens, Paul Stanley, Bette Midler, Meatloaf, Celine Dion, and Seal. She co-founded Desmond Child & Rouge, a band that recorded for Capitol Records and performed on Saturday Night Live. Vidal’s solo career was launched with the hit dance single, Body Rock, produced by EMI Records. A&M Records released her self-titled debut album in 1987. Maria has also produced a variety of vocal acts in the studio, including Carrie Underwood and the finalists on American Idol Season 4. |
Going Down The River In A Hayloft Coffin: the evocative years of Robert Peters is a music poetry album featuring the illustrious poet Robert Peters and music composer Harlan Steinberger. The record includes forty eight poems that are strung with a twinge of Gothic & glaciated enchantments sequentially evoking how a poet thaws and carves out his destiny distancing himself from his primordial Wisconsin roots. The poems start off with winning tales of model Ts, berry picking, sexuality among North wood folks and other vivid backwood encounters. There are variances of deer hunting and fishing expeditions fleshed out. The sequence forges to the present covering eulogies to his beloveds and poignant elegies to the folks who were such integral part of the poet’s life. In the midst of these violent, visceral, celebratory, and elegant tales there’s a silver cord that keeps these images astonishingly alive with high voltage and renderable music and lyrics. Available this summer.
