It's About the Rose - Karen Marie Garrett

It's About the Rose

Karen Marie Garrett

  • Genre: New Age
  • Release Date: 2006-12-15
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 12
  • Album Price: 9.99
  • ℗ 2006 Waterstreet Records, Karen Marie
Listen on Apple Music

Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
It's About the Rose In the Vas Karen Marie Garrett 5:04
2
Tally's Lullaby Karen Marie Garrett 6:38
3
Vinot and the Sea Bird Karen Marie Garrett 4:08
4
The Piano Called Karen Marie Garrett 3:17
5
Moon Night Karen Marie Garrett 3:44
6
Waiting Karen Marie Garrett 3:51
7
Beethoven, Chopin and the Rose Karen Marie Garrett 3:48
8
Impressions Karen Marie Garrett 4:24
9
Tip Toe Dancer and the Sea Pea Karen Marie Garrett 3:52
10
Cafe Espresso (for Ken) Karen Marie Garrett 4:12
11
Daydreams Karen Marie Garrett 3:58
12
Finale of the Rose Karen Marie Garrett 4:02

Reviews

  • It's about the Rose

    5
    By Bob Gaines
    hauntingly beautiful - I just drift listening to her
  • Excellent!!!

    5
    By Katey11998
    As others have mentioned it makes you stop what you are doing and just listen.
  • Enchanting

    5
    By Skyetrvlr
    I heard Tally's Lullaby while listening to Sound Choice on Comcast, and was mesmorized! I had to find out more abut this very talented artist. I am so glad I found you here on I Tunes. Love the entire cd, will look forward to more!
  • Terrific!

    5
    By Bill Koefoed
    Wonderful listening!
  • It

    5
    By Doug Dixon
    Excellent piece of work
  • Yes!

    5
    By srgreen
    I first heard Karen Marie Garrett on Pandora, and I must say that she is truly gifted. When I first heard her music my heart dropped and it was so beautiful I wanted to cry. My friend, who listens to m"ostly hip hop, was in the room and asked me to turn the volume up! And we just listened, quietly, until the song, "Finale of the Rose," was finished. I hightly recommend this album to anyone who wants to be amazed and just...yeah, i'm at a loss for more words.
  • Tally's Lullaby......

    5
    By Debs09
    I have to say Tally's Lullaby is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I have ever heard! The whole Cd is wonderful, but I wish Karen would make a cd with all of her songs similar to Tally's. Keep up the good work Karen, I'll be waiting for your new cd...
  • Debutes at # 1 on national New Age Chart; # 1 Three Months!

    5
    By Waterstreet101
    Distinguished music critic Bill Binkelman of New Age Reporter has already named IT’S ABOUT THE ROSE to his list of the best dozen new age and adult contemporary recordings of the year (selected from a field of more than 2,800 albums). Review by Bill Binkelman, New Age Reporter "What can I write that will do justice to this sublime and beautiful recording? I have put off reviewing It’s About the Rose because I didn’t know how, in words, to capture my reaction to this album, conveying how deeply it touched me. From the opening “It’s About the Rose in the Vase on the Table” and its rolling yet melancholic melodicism to the gypsy-ish “Moon Night” (featuring Derrik Jordan on djembe and violin) to the light-hearted “Café Espresso (for Ken)” which prances and dances around like a little kid overflowing with the joy of the moment to the closing reprise “Finale of the Rose” on which Garrett is joined by stellar accompanists Will Ackerman (who produced this outstanding disc), Jeff Oster on flugelhorn, Steve Schuch on violin and Derrik Jordan once again on percussion, there is no misstep, no over-reach, no wasting of a note or a chord throughout the fifty-one minutes on this recording. It’s About the Rose is one of the most evocative, deeply felt albums I’ve heard in years, and that statement encompasses many recordings. Comparable to the chamber minimalism of Tim Story at times, yet also more accessible for less adventurous listeners who need a firmer grounding in structured acoustic instrumentation, this is a CD of uncommon grace and elegance, yet never at the expense of becoming distant or overly concerned with technique as opposed to human emotion. Try to remain unaffected by the gentle caress of cello (played by Eugene Friesen) and Garrett’s piano as they weave a delicate beauty on “Tally’s Lullaby.” Then there is “Vinot and the Seabird” which begins as a sparse piano piece and introduces ethereal wordless female vocals (courtesy of Noah Wilding) and Oster’s flugelhorn, maintaining a distinct reflective mood with some of Garrett’s more nuanced and subtle playing, emphasizing the silence between notes as much as the gently sad melody. “Waiting” and “The Piano Called” are solo piano offerings, both being quiet, reflective and somber, yet wholly accessible, rich with emotion and inviting to the listener despite the amber tint of the minor tonalities and the overall downcast mood of the compositions themselves. What separates It’s About the Rose from other piano releases is no one thing, but a combination of elements. The quality of performances, the production by the aforementioned Ackerman, and the compositions themselves written (or in one case, co-written) by the artist all factor in; however, in the end, it’s the intangibles that reach out and grab the listener, the same way that a faded photograph of a long-past relative or a dog-eared letter from a former lover stokes the dying embers of memory and rekindles a flame that burns brightly if only for an instant. In the same way that a rainy Saturday afternoon invites us to withdraw inwards, so to does this sublime recording take us deep within ourselves. It’s About the Rose is so beautiful and so touching that it may reduce you to tears, but they may just be tears of fond remembrance, not sadness. The CD earns my highest recommendation without reservation."