Walk On...A High Mountain Journey

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
With music and lyrics as haunting as a mist-shrouded forest, with songs that breathe new life into old ghosts of long-ago cabins and trails, and with offerings as uplifting as a walk in the woods, Sherrie invokes the very spirit of the hills she calls home. The musical influences weaving their way through this mountain tapestry have graciously drifted in from the leavings of earlier highlanders, and range from Celtic, Traditional, Native American, Bluegrass, to Blues, and more. She was always aware that music held an undeniable power to captivate her - but it took nearly four decades to realize that there was music she was holding captive, with her silence. Now with the help of some fine musicians, Sherrie Matthews is setting that music free, beginning with 13 original songs that come at you straight from the mountains of Western North Carolina. Give a listen to this compelling new CD and slip back into the hills...slip back in time...and find a more peaceful place in your hectic world.

Walk On...A High Mountain Journey
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This Journey draws you in. . .
  • Wonderful heartfelt first recording effort!
 Walk On...A High Mountain Journey
Sherrie S. Matthews
Manufacturer: Walk on Music, Co.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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GeneralGeneral | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005NSVD
Release Date: 2001-06-27

Tracks:

  1. A High And Cold Mountain
  2. Alone In This World
  3. Child Of The Wood
  4. No Trouble
  5. Flatland Blues
  6. In The Shadows
  7. Lighten The Load
  8. Too Far Gone
  9. Come And Be The Bear
  10. Here With You
  11. How Can I Say Goodbye (a cappella)
  12. There Is You
  13. The Last Song with A High And Cold Mountain (reprise)

Album Description

With music and lyrics as haunting as a mist-shrouded forest, with songs that breathe new life into old ghosts of long-ago cabins and trails, and with offerings as uplifting as a walk in the woods, Sherrie invokes the very spirit of the hills she calls home. The musical influences weaving their way through this mountain tapestry have graciously drifted in from the leavings of earlier highlanders, and range from Celtic, Traditional, Native American, Bluegrass, to Blues, and more. She was always aware that music held an undeniable power to captivate her - but it took nearly four decades to realize that there was music she was holding captive, with her silence. Now with the help of some fine musicians, Sherrie Matthews is setting that music free, beginning with 13 original songs that come at you straight from the mountains of Western North Carolina. Give a listen to this compelling new CD and slip back into the hills...slip back in time...and find a more peaceful place in your hectic world.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This Journey draws you in. . ........2005-03-10

Long before the movie, but after reading Cold Mountain, I impulsively picked up this CD at the Balsam Mountain Inn (near the physical Cold Mountain). I started listening as I headed east towards the Carolina coast; it's all I listened to for that 4 hour drive. It drew me deeper and deeper into Ms. Matthews' enchantment and vision of the story and characters and setting, inspiring me to reread the book.

This was the first of many hearings. I'm not a music critic, so I can't tell you all the categories, but she expresses a wide range of emotions and sounds that have continued to make me a listener these five or six years later. I highly recommend to any fans of Cold Mountain, fans of Appalachian music and, most of all, fans of talented musicians.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful heartfelt first recording effort!.......2002-10-15

With a variety of musical styles and lyrics that will take you to the mountains she sings of, Sherrie brings forth her love of nature and inspiration from a book that touched her soul. She writes about that which has touched her life, especially her husband, Charlie. The songs are honest, touching, and varied. "Come and Be the Bear" is particularly interesting for its percussion and Native American- styled chants. Sherrie's soulful blues voice shines on "Flatland Blues." I found the entire CD package to be a nice accompaniment to the music, from the photography and layout, to the personal notes included with each song's lyrics. Give this CD a listen,.. no, MANY listens for a taste of Appalachia, love, nature, and homestyle American music!

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