Track Listing

1. Music of Healing - Tommy Sands, Pete Seeger
2. Who Knows Where the Wind Blows
3. Sudako (And the Paper Cranes)
4. Age of Uncertainty
5. Irish Molly-O
6. Back to School Again
7. Shortcut Through the Fields
8. Day We Won the All Ireland
9. I Hate to Hear People Cry
10. Little Bit More
11. Sailing Through the Sky
12. Goodbye Love, There's No One Leaving

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #220522 in Music
• Released on: 1995-10-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Tommy Sands has a winner here
This CD is a real "hit" for the ever-lyrical Tommy Sands. The jewel of this recording is the ever-hopeful, poetic first song, "The Music of Healing," which contains the line used as the album title. Working in collaboration with the grandfather of American folksingers, the great Pete Seeger (and joined by Seeger on the selection), Mr Sands has crafted an anthem for the world, a song of hope, peace, and love that is easy to sing. The line from the final verse, "Somehow the cycle of vengeance keeps turning until each others' sorrows and songs we start learning" is a lesson to be learned, and may evoke Mr Sands' earlier song, "There Were Roses," a poignant story of two friends and revenge. But this is not the only song worth the price of the CD; "Sudako" tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, whose story is a standard in the elementary schools. Soft and sweet, it tells the story of the death of a young girl in a simple, straightforward way. "Sailing Through the Sky" evokes the imagination of a prisoner whose mind takes him ever outside the bars, and "Goodbye Love, There's No One Leaving" recounts the sorrow of being with a parent whose memory has faded. But are all the songs on this CD serious and sad? No, this is Tommy Sands, who has a delicious sense of humour. "Back to School Again" and "A Little Bit More" are quick, upbeat, and just fun. "Shortcut Through the Fields" is wistful but upbeat, and "The Day We Won the All-Ireland" is an energetic song about elation after winning a championship. As always, Tommy Sands weaves a universality of theme with his Irish musical tradition and sense of place. It is a satisfying tapestry.

Tommy Sands - The Heart's A Wonder
A wonderful variety of songs, passionately sung. The imagery is very evocative. "The Music of Healing," with a verse written and sung by Pete Seeger, is one of the finest songs I know of.

He's the Man
Great cd! Tommy Sands is a true Irish folk singer who just gets better with age. His voice is incredible. Songs are hearfelt and really strike a cord. I would love to see more cds released but he only does that when the spirit moves him...A TRUE ARTIST. Also would love to see him in concert.

Buy it and you wont be dissappointed.