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 LL Aboard! We are whisked away to Atlantis, and enjoy a bird's eye view of Cape Verde.
We are treated to a Bedouin breakfast, before a walk through an idyllic mushroom forest. After exploring the ancient wonders of the old world, we are off to a futuristic transport station on another planet, in another system among the outer spiral arms of our galaxy.
...back on planet Earth, the sun is barely rising, and our journey is young.
Billy Hale's "Tales Thrice Travelled" Six months on New Age Reporter Top ten List.
You are invited to listen, and travel to the far reaches of reality. Wave goodbye to the busyness of work and the games of online poker you like to play (http://www.partypoker.com/) even if just for a while and come away with us. Your pilot, composer Billy Hale will take you there, and return you safely home.
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REVIEWS of Billy Hale's Tales Thrice Travelled:
"Billy Hale's Tales Thrice Travelled stands among the best contemporary music CDs we have listened to in a long time!"
"The music attracts your attention immediately as having a special quality. It is breathtakingly beautiful and simply fun to listen to. If you ask us, there are few CDs that do what this one does. The entire CD is pure gold!"
-- A Chord of Tradition
"A musical tour de force that electrifies the heart!"
"...this is a must have CD!"
-- Dr. Brian Newcastle
"Hold a pin over a dusty Old World map. You know the kind scratched on parchment with heavy India ink bearing ornate dragons and dreadful krakens abounding. Dangerous uncharted waters and unknown lands are there to explore.
"Put your pin in anywhere and chances are you will find a secret of that location brought to light by Billy Hale’s music on his new album, Tales Thrice Travelled.
"What a journey! The opening cut Nightingales of Atlantis has a Celtic flavor using flute and harp and celestial voices. It is a song of wonder and discovery, of water and wind and a history in the making. We speed southwest to Cape Verde sitting off the coast of Senegal and a raucous celebration of life and living. Marimba, tinkling percussion and the feel of a sunny west wind come together at a place definitely off the beaten path.
"Billy’s song Transport Alpha 29 is clearly not on any of our maps and yet the tune is quite remarkable. Somebody should get the directions. An oboe or perhaps a clarinet is the lead voice on an out of this world journey that has Middle Eastern elements. It is as if someone built a musical bridge between a new world and the Old World. Let us cross.
"I felt very small as I explored the tune Return to Amanita Forest. It is a place of spectacular beauty, but wrought with dangers. The grass towered above me and the sky was an overwhelming cerulean blue. Chimes and gongs sounded all around me as I stepped forward. Just ahead a stand of tall, cream-colored mushrooms with a red tops waited… then I woke up.
"Under Saharan Moon is anything but sleepy. A crackling fire, a tinkling of bells and an indomitable spirit that has been around since the dawn of man. Above a silvery moon on a blanket of stars become the background for storytelling, laughter and the plan for tomorrow’s journey.
"Spanish guitar and the call of the ocean open the tune Song for Marisol. Have we travelled to Mexico? Or Spain? Or perhaps the Azores. Throughout this dramatic tune with cinematic flavor is the sound of a heartbeat. Maybe it is a tune just for one. Someone so far away as to be unreachable except in your dreams. The tune is quite dramatic ranging from quiet movements of guitar and flute to crescendos of voice and orchestra.
"All this traveling has exhausted me and yet I feel emotionally energized. I feel as if I have glimpsed worlds that are usually closed to the average and completely open to the daring. Perhaps that is a good word to describe Billy Hale's music. Daring. His combinations of orchestra and singular features are unusual but completely welcome in this humdrum world!"
Rating: Very Good +
-- reviewed by RJ Lannan on 9/5/2007
"This CD came to me mysteriously. "
"A 'secret page' I found on the internet promised a free CD to whoever was first to email the owner. Years later -- or so it seemed -- the CD was delivered to me! I was in hospital at the time, recovering from an ague that had descended on me in spring -- and continued throughout a dismal summer. The nurse handed me the package. I ejected the Scott Walker album and stuck Tales Thrice Travelled into the drive. Quite a contrast in styles!
"I played the first track: Nightingales of Atlantis. I found it painfully beautiful -- redolent of warmth, light, verdure and melody -- all the elements lacking in the lousy English summer!
"The next track: Cape Verde -- transported me, in my imagination, along a coastal road, where the sunshine blesses, both land and sea, with glorious radiance; shimmering on the ocean; and evoking jubilant cries and colours from forest, flora and fauna.
"Hale's music has a naivety of style that conveys optimism, and awe. If you've ever gazed in wonder at the "primitive paintings" of Henri Rousseau, then listen to Tales Thrice Travelled -- and experience the effect of those paintings in the medium of sound.
"By the end of the final track: Song of Marisol, you'll feel a deep, sweet, longing to find azure skies and silver lakes."
Merry Xmas -- Jim Buck
"Tales Thrice Travelled will take you on the auditory ride of your life."
"From the first gentle chirp of the Nightingale, to the last powerful orchestra strike, it is apparent that composer Billy Hale really cares about you, the listener."
-- Jim Chase
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Billy Hale's latest CD "Tales Thrice Travelled" was mastered by
John McCaig at
 
in West Seattle,
Washington.
The Billy Hale logo was modeled with Moray,
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Billy Hale's
Tales Thrice Travelled
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