Commentary on Perfections
of the Heart/Eve Decker/Solo CD
Folk pop original renditions of the ten Buddhist qualities that lead to contentment. Melodic and warm,
full of beauty and joy, Commentary on Perfections of the Heart is a folk-rock song cycle based on the Buddhist paramis, qualities that bring happiness to the heart.
Eve Decker is a founding member
of the nationally acclaimed feminist
folk trio Rebecca Riots. Conceived while she was on a three-month silent retreat in 2003, the songs on Commentary on Perfections of the Heart reflect Eve's lifelong desire to create music that awakens compassion and eases suffering.
Commentary on Perfections of the Heart was produced by Eve and her brother Ben Decker, and features performances by Lisa Zeiler and Andrea Prichett (Rebecca Riots), Patty Spiglanin (Naked Barbies), Kathy Kallick, keyboardist Julie Wolf (Indigo Girls, Bruce Cockburn, Ani Difranco), guitarist Nina Gerber (Kate Wolf, Jerry Jeff Walker, Karla Bonoff), mandolin player Mike Marshall (David Grisman, Bela Fleck, Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile), percussionist Michaelle Goerlitz (Wild Mango, Blazing Redheads), drummer Michael Urbano (John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow), and others.
Rebecca Riots/Rebecca Riots
Fresh Radical Folk
Gardener/Rebecca Riots
"Gardener" is the fourth release (and first for Appleseed) by this Berkeley, California-based trio of women who were voted "Best Band with a Conscience" by San Francisco's Bay Guardian. Their music, performed acoustically, embodies the gentle yet powerful energy that has driven these singers/songwriters/musicians to downsize their teaching careers and carry their songs of personal, social and political concerns to clubs, festivals, concert stages, rallies and demonstrations around the country.
The 16 original songs on "Gardener" speak of life, death, love, sex, and the pleasures and pains of the world around us without proselytizing or passing judgment. Among the most moving selections are "Gentle Rebellion," "Borrowed Clothes," the surprisingly uplifting "Cemetery," and the title song, which reminds us, "I am the garden but I'm also the gardener." The call for personal and political responsibility has seldom sounded sweeter or more convincing.
Songs of Inspiration and Solace
