It’s hard to pick a favorite tune. Brown’s work ranges from delectably beautiful melodies to pulsing, polyrhythmic world beats, sometimes in the same piece. Dancing With Nel and Joberto is a duet with guitarist, Terence Brewer.  Brown and Brewer weave a spell alternating between a beautifully intricate melody and Brazilian rhythms. Butterfly Girl, the title song, features Marcie Brown on cello and mandolin while Terence Brewer provides guitar. India 2 showcases Brown on cello with percussionist Katja Cooper. I listened with mouth agape as she brought sounds from her instrument that I had never heard from a cello.

Caught In The Spell features Brown on vocal as well as cello and Cooper on percussion. She wails expressively. Song of the River features the Agave Quintet, essentially a string quartet with an added 7 string jazz guitar played by Robin Lewis. Brown plays cello, Anthony Blea and Jason Totzke play violin with Laura Douglas on viola. The lush string quartet was leavened nicely by Lewis’ guitar. African Rain Dance is a percussion driven piece with Brown on cello and handclaps, Ana Nitmar on vocals and Cooper on percussion.