Soar Away Home

#		Title	Length
1		Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain	4:36	Play
2		Soar Away Home	5:45	Play
3		Carry On	5:18	Play
4		The Running Game	3:45	Play
5		The River	4:00	Play
6		The Saint James Infirmary Blues	6:50	Play
7		It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go	5:32	Play
8		Experiment in Tintaal for Overtone Singing, Cello & Violin	3:38	Play
9		Blackberry Blossom (live)	4:01	Play
10		Cursed Miracles	4:27	Play
11		Ishmael & Isaac	2:16	Play
12		Porch Song	8:48	Play
			58:56

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About Soar Away Home
Guy Mendilow draws on his experiences living, learning and performing in four continents and over seven countries including Israel, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil in his debut album Soar Away Home. Awash with powerful vocals, rich harmonies and captivating rhythms, Soar Away Home journeys from South African melodies to sitar patterns, middle eastern rhythms, folk ballads and the blues. Featuring the Guy Mendilow Band, an eight-person ensemble of four voices, 'cello, violin, guitar, bass and percussion, the album opens with Mendilow's exuberant arrangement of Ladysmith Black Mambazo's "Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain" (track 1), reminiscent of Paul Simon, and ranges from the dark, searing harmonies of "Soar Away Home" (track 2) to the tender folk ballad of lost love "Carry On" (track 3), an arrangement of the traditional "St. James Infirmary Blues" with deep, gravelly bass and wailing New Orleans trumpet and the wistful instrumental "Porch Song" (track 12) featuring warm contrabass and jazz piano.

Especially noteworthy is Mendilow's masterful overtone singing on "Experiment in tintal for overtone singing, 'cello & violin" (track 8). If you've never heard the technique, imagine one voice singing one steady pitch, a low drone, like a bagpipe or tambura, while above it a second voice, haunting and flutelike, traces intricate melodies and improvises swiftly. Now picture a solo singer producing both voices at once, a one-man duo. Sounds heady, but the result is simple and moving. Putting a new spin on the old harmonic technique and stretching its limits, Mendilow uses the ethereal overtones to sing sitar patterns in the original piece. He is very down to earth about it. He did not, for instance, learn overtone singing from a guru on some mountain. He taught himself in his car. And "Experiment in tintal for overtone singing, 'cello and violin" was written in a traffic jam outside Detroit, on the way to a school presentation.

About Guy Mendilow
Guy Mendilow is a citizen of Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States, has performed and lived in South Africa, Israel, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, speaks four languages and performs in six. His songs are like soundtracks to stories and scenes from the places he has lived and traveled, from the walls of Jerusalem to the cobblestone streets of old Salvador, the highlands of Chiapas and the harsh, parched desert of the Sinai.
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What people have been saying about Guy Mendilow and Soar Away Home:

"At age 26, Guy Mendilow has had his passport stamped so often even Kofi Annan could relate..."
- Boston Herald

"...hauntingly beautiful...left the audience spellbound...this was an outstanding performance"
- Northeast Performer

"Mendilow sings with a longing and passion...a restless yearning, but his repertoire hints at old wisdom"
- TimeOFF Magazine

"Mendilow's globe-trotting career began at age 10 when he joined the American Boychoir. At 15, he set off on a solo career that has taken him to five countries. He speaks and sings in English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Portuguese. As a composer and arranger, he draws on Israeli, Hindustani, South African, jazz, blues, and folk
influences."
- Boston Globe

"...mesmerizing... a real thrill..."
- Oberlin Review

"Judging by the range of material on his 2001 debut CD, "Soar Away Home'' (Earthen Groove), Mendilow isn't simply dropping in a style here or there for effect. He has managed to subtly infuse his originals about relationships and travel with warm folkish influences from around the globe. It never feels like a reach."
- Boston Herald

"A rare talent with a humane sincerity."
-WOBC, 91.5FM Oberlin