Total Cindy Bundle

Description

Ride in the Light (CD) – Cindy Kallet’s sixth mostly-solo album, containing 12 original songs written between 2016 and 2023. Topics range widely from “state of the world” to dying, poets, puckish angels, and ducks. Many of the songs have been arranged with the help of Grey Larsen, whose palette of instruments, including piano, harmonium, clavinet and whistles, supplement Cindy’s intricate fingerpicking guitar and add vibrant color to her compositions. A posse of singing friends, including Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone, and Will Brown, lend luscious harmonies to three of the songs, and Eugene Jablonsky brings his inventive acoustic bass to two other pieces.

Working on Wings to Fly (CD) – Cindy’s first album for Folk Legacy Records, reissued on Smithsonian-Folkways Records, has become a true folk classic. Voted one of the Top 100 Folk Albums of the Millenium by WUMB Boston. Back-up vocals by Ellen Epstein and Lisa Kallet.

Cindy Kallet 2 (CD) – Cindy’s second Folk Legacy recording, reissued on Smithsonian-Folkways Records. Backing vocals by Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone, and Lisa Kallet. The AllMusic Guide recommends that you “start out with this release. The songwriting is a little more expressive, and she plays some fine instrumentals. The music is well crafted and the songs are from the heart.”

Dreaming Down a Quiet Line (CD) – 13 Kallet originals, plus a traditional song and a beauty by Joel Zoss. Guests of honor: Michael Cicone, Ellen Epstein, Lisa Kallet, and Gordon Bok. Described as “entirely beautiful” by Scott Alarik (Boston Globe) and as “that rarest of releases for a singer-songwriter: 15 gorgeously crafted songs…” (Rob Wier, Advocate Newspapers).

This Way Home (CD) – A musical collaboration featuring ten of Cindy Kallet’s originals and four other favorites. Cindy is joined by Will Brown, Gordon Bok, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone, and others. “Kallet, quite simply, casts a spell with her unpretentious, unproduced music. Her pleasant alto voice carries her unique songs through the intellect and straight to the heart. Kallet sounds like no other singer-songwriter on today’s scene.” (R Warren, Sing Out!)

Leave the Cake in the Mailbox (CD) – A collection of original “parenting” songs as well as a few traditional favorites. A true family musical portrait, including several contributions by various family and friends. “Ms. Kallet’s gentle tongue-in-cheek separates it from other (kids) albums…Leave the Cake In the Mailbox is recommended, promising to leave both you and your offspring humming and smiling in harmony and/or unison”. (Nikki Patton, Martha’s Vineyard Times). This album won a 2004 “Parents’ Choice Gold Award.”