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After the Harvest by Michael Kent Smith
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fave it Contemporary | New Age
14 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Feb 2002
on Circle One
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:45 The Fruits of Your Labor FREE 06:45 The Fruits of Your Labor "GIFT MP3" 06:45 The Fruits of Your Labor
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Tapestry #1 BUY MP3 03:09 Tapestry #1 "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Tapestry #1
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Konstantin Surveys his Land BUY MP3 04:15 Konstantin Surveys his Land "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Konstantin Surveys his Land
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:44 The Veil BUY MP3 02:44 The Veil "GIFT MP3" 02:44 The Veil
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Sing Mother Earth BUY MP3 04:11 Sing Mother Earth "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Sing Mother Earth
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Peace is Every Step BUY MP3 03:01 Peace is Every Step "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Peace is Every Step
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:53 The Family Tree BUY MP3 02:53 The Family Tree "GIFT MP3" 02:53 The Family Tree
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:29 Aucun Vont BUY MP3 02:29 Aucun Vont "GIFT MP3" 02:29 Aucun Vont
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:01 The (W)hole Above Me BUY MP3 05:01 The (W)hole Above Me "GIFT MP3" 05:01 The (W)hole Above Me
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 As the Crow Flies (parts I & II) BUY MP3 03:35 As the Crow Flies (parts I & II) "GIFT MP3" 03:35 As the Crow Flies (parts I & II)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 Until Next Year (the Haymakers Dance) BUY MP3 03:38 Until Next Year (the Haymakers Dance) "GIFT MP3" 03:38 Until Next Year (the Haymakers Dance)
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Inspired by medieval musical ideas, played largely on traditional American folk instruments and composed in a style derived from minimalist classical music, these pieces combine to tell a tale of how our lives are inexorably tied to the ever turning cycle
Bio / Background
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, painter and printmaker Michael Kent Smith had a busy fall 2001.
In addition to finishing 18 new canvases and delving heavily into the craft of printmaking, he finally completed his first solo album titled "After the Harvest".
The music on "After the Harvest" is built on ideas from his studies of medieval and traditional American folk music, but was constructed in a computer environment and electonic devices are frequently a part of the mix.
The songs have a very pictoral quality that is no doubt due to the hours spent painting and making prints.
On the disc Michael plays several different instrumets: 6 & 12 string guitars, mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, bandurria, bowed psaltery, organ, synthesizer, recorder and percussion.
Electonics and computers have long been an interest of Michael's and he integrates them regularly into what might seem, at first listening, to be purely acoustic music.
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