Practical Mystic By Sandi Kimmel

 

Practical Mystic

By

Sandi Kimmel

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

Sandi Kimmel is a singer-songwriter known for spiritually themed, meditative, and healing music, and she is back with another inspiring and comforting album, this time entitled Practical Mystic, a warm hug of an album, one that we all need right now right across the globe, more than ever before.

The beginning is an acapella piece, a veritable instruction to what is ahead called Invocation. This leads us with style into the actual title track called of course Practical Mystic, in my view this is one of Kimmel’s best efforts thus far, a slight folk ethic can be found here, now one must be careful not to take the intent of this song the wrong way, this is not about escaping reality, moreover it is about living consciously within it, and I would imagine right now, many of us may well like to live in an alternate universe at this moment of time.

Holy Echo is an interesting offering and placed third on this 13 track album, once more Kimmel has a clever counter point that she is proposing, one may suggest that truth echoes within you, and perhaps encourages listening inwardly, rather than outwardly, on your inner emotional compass.

On Flame of My Beginning, we have a gentle onward narrative that once more is a multi-instrumental delight, with guitar and percussion and constant reassuring keyboards. Here we have a moment of musical reconnection, mixed with a time of personal power, passion, and soul energy, slowly bubbling on the fires of honesty and unconditional love.

The word healing is misinterpreted by many as being purely physical, but emotional healing and repairing bad programming as a child, can also be part of the so called healing process. The gentle lilt of this track is deeply appealing and soothing, and the lyrical narrative is focused on process, not perfection, as being a constant on going thing, so kudos to Sandi for creating an anthem for it on the track I Am Healing.

As we approach the mid-way point we come across a piece dedicated to trust and surrender on the track Highest Good, as we give ourselves over to something other than egotistical endeavours. Whilst on Essence a more thoughtful musical prose is explored, this folk styled tale strips away those identity layers to become a forward thinking narrative.

Juliette is a short form composition, perhaps this is a hint of a cocoon unfurling and growing into something more, akin to the butterfly, perhaps representing innocence, love, but most certainly transformation. Then on Light Returning we have a lush base like ethic with guitar, in a song that contains a nice rhythm, and perhaps is even a turning point toward hope, and one that lies within its lyrical context.

Deeper into the weave of the album we come across an almost country styled piece called Every Day, the vocals within this song are some of the best, as Sandi’s dedication to tone and pitch is beautifully conveyed to its audience. Whilst on Sovereignty we have a truth being exposed within the false teachings of others, this is a classic empowerment track where Sandi doesn’t just own her own power, she stands in it.

The penultimate offering is entitled Be Who You Are, a lively acoustic based narrative, and one that has a compelling rhythm and tempo on this danceable track, perhaps this piece is all about self-acceptance, which in turns gifts us freedom, there are two unusual musical aspects within this song that fitted so well, a hand clap and a cowbell, but bearing in mind the fluency and tempo of the piece, it worked brilliantly.

A beautifully crafted and clever ending comes from the artist with a concluding farewell piece called Thank You, as we finish this musical journey with the artist, and we complete the voyage with appreciation and gratitude.

Practical Mystic by Sandi Kimmel comes to the world at a time when it needs it the most, there are many lessons and virtues to be taken note of within this folk styled new age album that should be listened to, but without a shadow of a doubt she has with ease produced her best work thus far with, a multi instrumental delight with poignant lyrical content, and success should be up and coming for Practical Mystic by Sandi Kimmel.