Leonor Dely

Sublime, inspirational
Reviewer: Ray Zimmerman
This is an incredibly joyful, spiritually uplifting CD. The singing is sublime and the rhythms are infectious. It's a truly beautiful album. I definitely recommend it.

Incredibly soulful, jubilant, POWERFUL.
Reviewer: PercussionStands.com
Let me start by saying that I had already heard of the Dely family. I knew this cd would be a quality purchase, and I was certainly right. From start to finish, this cd provides the listener with a vast landscape of musical influences from around the world, and around your imagination. Their music is altogether tribal, funky, soulful, and sometimes, yes, even ROCKIN...I think just about everyone can find something on this cd to dig into...whether you like poppy stuff, club music, tribal percussion rhythms (of which, they are INCREDIBLE) or simply funky music...Millero Congo, in all it's creations, delivers.-Mac Cassity-PercussionStands.com

I LOVE it !!!
Reviewer: Gina
I listened to every track on the website before ordering this cd. I haven't had it long enough to say I have favorites. I just want to play all of it all day long.

Your talent, combined with our Colombian music and the Baha'i Writings are the most powerful and sublime sounds...

Reviewer: Adriana Cabrera-Cleves
A Bahá’í friend of mine brought this CD to my home, where I was facilitating a Spanish Bahá’í Study Circle. I felt so proud to listen to Leonor. I am a Baha'i and I am from Colombia but I live now in Canada. There is so much talent in our country and our cultural and musical heritage is so great! I am happy because the world may know through Leonor's work that Colombia is not only about war and drugs. That is just what they hear on the media. But if they research and study a little bit they will discover a country with extremely talented, creative, passionate and friendly people... a country with amazing natural resources and one of the biggest bio-diviersities in the world. We have a lot to offer to the world. Our music is a mixture, just as we are. Did you know that 99% of the population of Colombia is mixed (Indigenous, European, African)? That is our race, our culture and our music. It is not any more just Indigenous or European or African. We are that mix and the music you hear in this CD is 100% Colombian. Just like the music of Shakira, Carlos Vives and Joe Arroyo. Or the art of Fernando Botero y Alejandro Obregon. Or the literature of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Alvaro Mutis. Thank you Leonor. Your talent, combined with our Colombian music and the Baha'i Writings are the most powerful and sublime sounds... are a channel to happiness and God.

"A pure voice of inspiring lyrics and afro-latin rhythms: an explosion of sound in the purest of voices with a heart plucking acouistic guitar driven by drumming from many cultures, all supported by the soaring lyrics of other-worldly inspiration. have your heart and soul touched while your body dances along."
Reviewer: Tom Lysaght, playwright

"A musical masterpiece throughout! A must for any world music enthusiast!"
Reviewer: Tom Conelli, New York Times

"Great contribution for world music collections!
Amame is a rare find for the world music enthusiast! This collection of songs hold together well given the variety of nicely executed latin and afro-cuban rhythms . The passion of Leonor's vocals and other musicians makes for a deeply inspiring listening experience."
Reviewer: Scott Antilla, Executive Director, HarmonyWorks

"A solid mix of African and Afro-Latin American folk rhythms and musics. It is an unusual mix for a major music producer, and maybe one of K.C. Porter's finest recordings." Reviewer: Enrique Lopetegui - Los Angeles Times

"This recording should get serious and abundant praise from critics.
Haven't stopped listening to it since I bought it three weeks ago. Haven't stopped dancing either. What a joy to hear such uplifting words combined so masterfully with exuberant, delightful, and poignant melodies. The musicians are fantastic. Leonor's voice is superb. Can't say enough to extol this CD."
Reviewer: Billy Howell-Sinnard

"Amame is amazing!
Heart to heart love beats with spirit, professionalism, art, and pure grace. No prose gets close to describing the effect this music has on its listeners. Leonor loves us through her urgent song and our foundation is remade with joy." Reviewer: Tracy

"Fantástico! Excelente! Qué inspiración!" Reviewer: Lorenzo Allen

"I just love this CD! The sound is rich and vital, it's enthralling and thrilling. I like it more each time I listen to it." Reviewer: Fi G.

"Highly recommend!
Highly professional production. Outstanding vocal and musical performance. And lyrics... well, shall we say divine. Don't let the Spanish language be a barrier this time." Reviewer: Sergey S.

Monday, December 23, 2002

Amame!
Strange things can happen when you decide to start a blog.
When visiting the Baha'i Index website for the "Befriended Stranger" quote, I noticed an online add for a CD I had been looking for. The CD is called "Amame" (Love Me, in Spanish) and is by Leonor Dely, a fabulous Colombian singer who had put together some of the Hidden Words by Bahá'u'lláh to music. The CD is produced by KC Porter who won a Grammy for his work on Carlos Santana's "Supernatural". (I had the pleasure of singing at a jam session with KC Porter and friends at the Baha'i Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, in December 2001.)
I had heard the title song "Amame" from Leonor Dely's album at another very interesting CD, "The Best of Radio NUR, 2002" which showcases a diverse set of Baha'i artists. "Amame" is clearly the best song on the Radio Nur playlist, and here we go now, I just ordered the CD :-) Looking forward to more great music!
P.S. Here are the words which inspired Leonor Dely's song:
"O SON OF BEING!
Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, O servant."