Praise is the London-based trio of accomplished musicians composers/instrumentalists Simon Goldberg and Geoff McCormack and vocalist
Miriam Stockley. Their album of the same name is an intriguing amalgam of dance music, new age and global beat. Though largely electronic,
Praise's strange, sweeping music is warm and somehow organic. World sounds -- African rhythms to Middle Eastern swirls, Chinese flutes to Spanish flamenco -- are woven through the sonic tapestry. In addition to Goldberg and McCormack's programming, musicians contributed to the album playing accordion, piano, organ, bamboo flute, sitar, bass, flute, saxophone, with African and Arab voices....