Agriella’s Castle – Music for a Healing
Space, Elders
& Ancestors, Paul and April Brown, Mysterium Music, www.mysteriummusic.com, 2015, CD,
$14.98.
Another CD and
another get-together with friends to get a variety of reactions. As always,
there were “likes” and “dislikes”, with the likes far outweighing the dislikes.
Paul and April Brown have created music
for Wind River Cancer Wellness Retreats. Agriella’s Castle is “music for a
healing space”, and the majority of our group found the selections peaceful, soothing,
and comforting. Several did moving meditation and tai chi to the music, others
closed their eyes and absorbed the healing energies. The dislikes came with
tracks one and three: Elders &
Ancestors and Breathe
respectively, and those who gave these cuts thumbs-down said they prefer
meditation music without any voice, whether it’s singing or simply “ahhhh”,
which they said was distracting. The majority disagreed and said April Brown’s
voice added feeling and emotion to the music.
Spirit Dreaming has beautiful flute work
and the entire group felt its Native American influence. The group agreed that Adrift made them feel as if they were floating
down a peaceful river. Those with their eyes closed described (depending on the
person) spring flowers beginning to bloom or autumn leaves turning the
landscape fiery red and orange; others talked about the clear water with fish
darting just beneath the surface.
I asked each group member to describe Agriella’s Castle in one or two words. Responses
included: enchanting, peaceful, ethereal, hopeful, comforting, haunting, love
and caring, uplifting, and a balm for my soul.
From something as ugly as cancer came a
CD with beautiful, calming, healing sounds. As one of our group said, “It’s
hard to describe how beautiful it is; it’s something you have to experience
yourself. I’d tell you to write in your review that the difference between just
reading about the CD and listening to it is like talking about love and
actually falling deeply, madly in love. You have to experience it first-hand.”
So, we recommend that you go online,
listen to a sample of the CD, and decide for yourself. We think you’ll enjoy
it. We’re looking forward to another group review because we feel it expresses
more than one opinion.
- Chris Palmer
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