The last thing the world needs is another children's lullaby CD...that is, once everyone in the world owns Danielle Sansone's gorgeous "Two Flowers."
The beauty of this album begins the moment your eyes meet the stunning cover art and carries through to when your ears hear the last note of "So Many Ways" - the precious closing track. Sansone’s music is expansive enough to allow every keystroke on the piano and strum of the guitar to fade sweetly into the distance while her voice floats above it all with an overriding lyrical theme of never ending love of one's children. Danielle Sansone, like Natalie Merchant and Norah Jones before her, is in the lineage of magical, mystical female vocalists capable of dazzling an audience with every single verse.
Many of the tracks on "Two Flowers" feature sparse instrumentation with appropriate string fills scattered about. It all sets up wonderfully as the ideal foundation for Sansone's voice and her lyrics, which will tug delicately at the heartstrings of any loving parent.
"Two Flowers" is a must own record for any family with small children. But to be honest you don't even need kids to enjoy "Two Flowers". This 14 song collection of love songs is so sturdy it can and should stand on it's own as a great record, not just a great children's record.
-Jeff Bogle, Out With the Kids
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