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Caroline's first album, Wondrous Love, is a collection of timeless Celtic and Appalachian hymns, which reflects her fascination with Celtic-roots music and her unique ability to bring freshness and passion to folk hymns.

  1. Gentlest Savior (Clipmp3, 370KB or Real Audio, 749KB)
  2. Lover of My Soul  (Clipmp3, 614KB or Real Audio, 1.2MB)
  3. Were You There? (Clipmp3, 701KB or Real Audio, 1.4MB)
  4. Jesus, the Very Thought (Clipmp3, 556KB or Real Audio, 1.1MB)
  5. My Shepherd  (Clipmp3, 457KB or Real Audio, 924KB)
  6. I Will Arise (Clipmp3, 683KB or Real Audio, 1.3MB)
  7. St. Patrick's Hymn (Clipmp3, 823KB or Real Audio, 1.6MB)
  8. Wondrous Love (Clipmp3, 742 KB or Real Audio, 1.4MB)
  9. My Jesus I Love Thee (Clipmp3, 811KB or Real Audio, 1.6MB)
  10. Amazing Grace (Clipmp3, 665KB or Real Audio, 1.3MB)

Listener comments about Wondrous Love:

"Halfway between earth and Heaven - sensual, other-worldly and stunningly beautiful Celtic-roots hymns."

"Wondrous Love is a collection of inspirational hymns performed in a unique blend of Celtic, baroque and new age styles. The album combines relaxing warm vocal performances accompanied by beautiful keyboard and acoustic musical arrangements. #1 on Celtic Christian charts for weeks."

"Her voice has a rare and entrancing combination of achingly pure tone and sensual warmth." - David Pearl, Lively Arts, January 2001

"Folk hymns that will appeal to modern audiences...combines elements of new age music with subtle folk and Celtic influences." - Cory Engel, Celtic Christian Tunes, August 2001

"Wonderful atmospheric sensibility throughout... slightly haunting, yet warm, incredibly relaxing and totally beautiful." - Simon Williams, SVPWorld Music, August 2001

Wondrous Love is a collection of compelling, deeply spiritual songs that are a powerful part of our Christian heritage, yet seldom heard by many contemporary Christian audiences. One of the songs dates back to the 4th century and is attributed to St. Patrick. The album is a collection of timeless Celtic and Appalachian hymns.

"Wondrous Love is a collection of timeless Celtic and Appalachian hymns - old, haunting melodies that have slipped through many sets of lyrics, some for more than a thousand years, endlessly recreated by each new generation. Local artist Caroline Bowles is one of the current generation who reinterprets these hymns.
One of the songs dates back to the 4th century and is attributed to St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Another is drawn from the ancient Liturgy of St. James set to a 17th century French folk tune. Her clear soprano vocals are accompanied by a variety of acoustic instruments, including guitar, cello, oboe, piano, violin, dulcimer, even bagpipes." - Body, Mind & Soul quarterly review, Spring 2001

 

 
I really appreciate the song selection -- Christmas Carols has some of my absolute favorites, rather than the tired old 'greatest hits' lineup that keeps me from buying the usual Christmas CD. Great idea, great performance!
- Barbara Schusterman, Houston, Texas USA
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Listening to Caroline Bowles' "Christmas Carols" CD imbues you with the Christmas spirit no matter what season of the year it is. Her music is absolutely transcending!
- Carron Haight, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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The voice of an angel! Wondrous Love brings the music into the twenty-first century while still grasping its essence. Caroline Bowles does more justice to these hymns than many popular contemporary Christian artists who have sung them. All performances on Wondrous Love are outstanding.
- Lynn Greenly, Dallas, Texas USA
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For many years, I have been a fan of Celtic and early American music, and now am a fan of the Ònew ageÓ style, atmospheric sound as well. It is fascinating to hear the two put together. The arrangements are very natural -- the power and melody of the original tunes comes through clearly, but in a completely fresh and unexpected way.
- Barbara Horan, Denver, Colorado USA
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I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE this CD! I've never been a big fan of Celtic folk music - what little I've heard has always seemed rather alien to me. I think that Caroline Bowles does an outstanding job of making our "heritage" hymns more accessible to the average listener. It has definitely left me wanting to hear more.
- Natasha Desai, Seattle, Washington, USA
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