This long awaited album is a collection of Woody's banjo instrumentals recorded over a 22 year span and includes favorites from her first two albums as well as previously un-released compositions. Simmons' style, called 'easy listening banjo' music, was hailed in Frets magazine in 1978. Her album Oregon Mountains (1977) was singled out by Frets as "one of 12 landmark banjo albums of the century".

BanjoRAMA ranges from an east Indian influence to a fully orchestrated and introspective feel, to a light bluegrass touch. It truly is an eclectic collection and deserves an uninterupted listening experience to get the full impact and depth of the music.

BanjoRAMA is now available with two additional tracks and a reduced price.

Woody Simmons Banjorama
I love the banjo for the same reason I like so many things - it's not obviously cool. No, I feel that playing the banjo must be like being part of a religious order; a calling. No one would suffer the slings and arrows of Deliverance and "Hee Haw" references if they had another choice. Even in a world of oddballs, Simmons is odder still as she plays a much quirkier brand of banjo than I've heard before. You can hear the same stuff you hear in a lot of banjo music - bluegrass, the mountains - but there's also as much Ravi Shankar, symphony orchestra, and Ornette Coleman. Her songs are adventurous, meditative, and best of all, original. With a judicious use of accompaniment, Simmons allows her banjo to hog the spotlight, her fingers flying with the wild abandon of a woman possessed. (JB)
Dirty Linen issue #97 Dec-Jan 2002

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1. Raga Rama
2. Banjo Raga
3. Firefly
4. Ashtavakra's Tune
5. Door To The Infinite (new cut added)
6. Cowboy Raga (new cut added)
7. Sally Walks The Dog
8. Suite For Wings
9. Trolley Car

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1. Too Good To Be
2. It Don't Rain
3. For All The Times
4. Sleepin' Out
5. Who'll Save The Animals
6. You Are My Friend
7. August Tides
8. Fare Thee Well
9. Trolley Car

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1. You've Got The Love
2. Can't Say Why
3. Feather In The Wind
4. Banjo Raga
5. Oregon Mountains
6. Goin' Down South
7. Grey Today
8. Mockingbird
9. Suite For Wings
10. I'll Give It All To The Music

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Deep River Records is proud to announce the release of a full-length CD by singer-songwriter Paula Barnett Castillo. The CD entitled LOOK, showcases ten of Paula's original compositions and features the talents of producer/engineer and arranger, Woody Simmons. With additional arrangements by Joy Julks Productions and guest appearances by recording artists Sapphron Obois, Richie Kotzen and Otma Anur, LOOK takes the listener on a journey of introspection and beauty.

Ms. Barnett Castillo's powerful singing voice and unique song writing style have been noticed by reviewers such as Nicki De for the Victory Music Review in Seattle, Washington: "Paula's songs take the lessons life has to offer and provides a theory from which to learn", ".....brimming with personal charm, grace and magnitude of vocal spirit."

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Look
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1. Into The Light
2. Give It Back
3. Talk To Me
4. Silver Thread
5. Big World
6. Deadline
7. Look
8. I Remember You
9. Nothing More
10. Everything In Me

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