Thursday, April 19, 2018

AGRIELLA’S CASTLE – MUSIC FOR A HEALING SPACE


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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