Cupid Blindfolded: Michael Whalen, Solace Records
Solo piano
The music of healing and survival, romance, meditation, and perfection. What you will hear is entirely
instrumental but every note tells a story with a reverent lingering familiarity. Precisely articulated emotions,
the story is told in the notes and the space between the notes. Hear a man with gifted fingers and a piano,
the perfect heartfelt connection, and the 88 reasons. The songs are peaceful, packed full of romance and
yearning, seeking love in all the right places, carefully, note by note; true, slow, and thoughtful. Let your
tension evaporate in this cool resting place. Let your mind return to the oldest mysteries of the heart.
instrumental but every note tells a story with a reverent lingering familiarity. Precisely articulated emotions,
the story is told in the notes and the space between the notes. Hear a man with gifted fingers and a piano,
the perfect heartfelt connection, and the 88 reasons. The songs are peaceful, packed full of romance and
yearning, seeking love in all the right places, carefully, note by note; true, slow, and thoughtful. Let your
tension evaporate in this cool resting place. Let your mind return to the oldest mysteries of the heart.
1. “Cupid Blindfolded” (4:05) a story about love and patience, patience born of difficult circumstances,
familiar but unique.
familiar but unique.
2. “All Of My Heart. All Of My Soul” (4:10) so very earnest, what you might say to convince your love
interest to accept you just now.
interest to accept you just now.
3. “Reflection Of My Affection” (3:56) curling rhymes that decorate the oldest valentine, again and again
you swear it, forever.
you swear it, forever.
4. “Sunrise in the Desert” (3:59) starts with hope in darkness and reveals an endless vista, it’s going to
get really hot soon, but now it is still and refreshing.
get really hot soon, but now it is still and refreshing.
5. “The Muse” (3:56) a new variation, strong and proud in the way the notes ring, serious slow
spice for a special recipe.
spice for a special recipe.
6. “At The Touch Of A Lover” (3:09) chords reverberate, the heart rushes, nostrils flare and eyes dream,
why can't this moment last forever?
why can't this moment last forever?
7. “Standing in the Rain” (5:04) a poem about what happened that one time, the notes cascade endlessly
in short couplets.
in short couplets.
8. “Serendipity” (4:38) a burst that slows down, repeated endlessly, reaching into the mystery, seeking and
finding patterns that fit in both familiar and new places.
finding patterns that fit in both familiar and new places.
9. “Isle Of Skye” (4:26) looking up into the blue while the breezes bring new feelings, searching for that
familiar face, everywhere and nowhere, always climbing up.
familiar face, everywhere and nowhere, always climbing up.
10. “City Of Lights” (5:15) seen from a distance and then approaching while remembering things that happened,
things you would give anything to bring back, returning to the place you can find when listening to this music.
things you would give anything to bring back, returning to the place you can find when listening to this music.
Played well, good friend, played well.
Robin B. James, as a guest music reviewer
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