Hello Night | CD Review and Giveaway
September 22, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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One guitar and one voice pondering coziness, dreams, and nighttime. An album of simple, soothing lullabies for children of all ages.
- Dandelion
- Carry On Crickets
- Hush
- Sleepy Town
- In the Land of Dreams
- Cocooned in My Blanket
- Listen to Your Heart
- Among the Green Leaves
- Hello Night
- Sleep Tight
- Rest
- All the Little Children
After discovering her passion for music via a piano in the common room of a schoolhouse in Colorado, Kesang Marstrand knew that it would be an inseparable part her life. As a teen, she entertained the hope of one day becoming a classical pianist and composer, but her family’s move to New York City while she was in high school prompted her to exchange the piano for the ever-more-mobile acoustic guitar.
I love it when I run across a new artist that has a voice that speaks to me and I have found that in Kesang Marstrand. Her Hello Night album, a collection of original lullabies for children, is a great CD to play while your children are settling down for the night. Kesang has a voice that is perfect for the softness that is required in lullabies.
I backtracked a bit and listened to some of her first album, Bodega Rose, and found that she has a Norah Jones / Jane Monheit style voice which I love! Perfect album for me and Hello Night is the perfect album for my children. I played it for my toddler one night when I was having trouble getting her to calm down for the evening and she actually stopped moving around and let me just sit next to her while we listened to the beautiful lullabies, she was asleep by the third song. It worked, and after she fell asleep I sat there listening to the rest of the song in a very peaceful state.
I highly recommend getting this CD, not just for your children but for you as well. Beautiful music by a beautiful voice!
And I have a copy to giveaway to one lucky Dirty Shirt reader. See rules below to enter today!
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This giveaway will run through midnight on October 6, with winner being announced the morning of October 7. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
I like different styles of music for different moods, but I particularly enjoy jazz as my sort of “unwinding with a glass of wine after a long day” music.
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I lean towards the music of the 60s. I guess that is because that is my time for really listening to the radio and the top ten countdowns. .
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Jazz puts our daughter to sleep… so of course that is my fave kind of music!!
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My favorite music is country and christian.
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I love classical music.
My favorite style of music is hard rock.
My favorite is music from the 80′s.
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My fav music is Rock/Metal
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Oh no, I cannot pick just one type of music as a favorite. I love country, most classical, celtic, and lots of others. Just don’t put on hip hop or alternative, please
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I love classical music.
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Gosh, I guess my favorite style is pop. I’ll listen to most anything but I’m more comfortable with pop.