|
Cover Art "Spiral Goddess" by Mara Bosch
© 2000
Cat Track
Studio
|
The Year is a Dancing Woman - Volume 1
Midwinter through May Eve
Music for the Goddess Spirit. Original chants by
Ruth Barrett, Kay Gardner, Niki Harris, Carolyn Hillyer, Sue McGowan, Shekhinah
Mountainwater, Kerry Noonan, and Starhawk, plus songs from traditional folk
sources celebrating the seasons.
Featuring Warner Brothers recording
artist Amanda Barrett of The
Ditty Bops on vocals, with Dena Drotar, Diane Miller, and Kerry Noonan on
chant chorus vocals and Harvest Brown, Holin Badger Shu-bad on
percussion. |
Buy this Music
Click here to go to the Buy Now
page
to purchase this and other recordings by Ruth Barrett.
Listen to the Music
Click on a title below to hear a portion of that track
in streaming mp3 format
optimized for your type of connection.
Ave Luna (Prayer to the New Moon)
Broadband
Connections Dial Up Connections
Maiden
Rising
Broadband
Connections Dial Up Connections
Triple
Goddess Chant
Broadband
Connections Dial Up Connections
You will need an audio player installed on
your computer that plays mp3 files to hear these excerpts.
iTunes, Windows
Media Player, RealPlayer and many others will play this type of file.
These
players are available for free download, just search the web for "mp3
player."
About this Recording
Track Listing:
Lady of Three, Lucina Chant, On That Day, Invocation to
Mother Holle, Invocation to Brigid, Ave Luna (Prayer to the New Moon), Way to
the Well, Come into Our Dream, Peaceful Warrior Chant, Maiden Rising, Laughing
Maiden, Invocation, Sacred Blood Chant, Staines Morris, Blessed Be the Fire,
Weave and Spin, Free Ticket To Heaven, Triple Goddess Chant
Ruth says about this recording:
It has been my delight to present this musical offering
that includes so many pieces by some of my favorite composers. I am deeply
thankful to the talented crew of priestess singers and percussionists who
brought their creativity, passion, and love to this project. Having the
opportunity to sing with my beautiful daughter, Amanda, was a particularly
wondrous and precious experience.
I had many intentions in producing this recording.
Foremost, to provide you, the listener, with an enjoyable musical journey
around a Goddess- and woman-centered Wheel of the Year. Secondly, to share
these wonderful chants in a form that both teaches them and offers some
suggestions for group singing and harmonizing. Last, but not least, I hope that
these chants, songs, and invocations will help to bring you into a deeper
understanding and resonance with Her seasonal Mysteries as they overlap and
correspond with the cycle of women's lives. I hope that these offerings will be
well loved, sung, and find their way into your personal and group rituals
throughout the year.
Review
"We have come to expect no less than perfection from
Ruth Barrett over the years, and her new two-volume set does not disappoint.
Here is perfect accompaniment for your seasonal Goddess celebrations, whether
solitary or with a group.
Many of Ruth’s original chants are here, like the
Triple Goddess Chant, Labyrinth, and Invocation to Brigid. We also hear many
wonderful works from some of our most beloved Goddess foremothers, including
Kay Gardner, Shekhinah Mountainwater, Starhawk and Carolyn Hillyer. There are
chants and songs for each turn of the wheel: Winter Solstice, Brigid, Spring
Equinox, May Eve, Summer Solstice, First Harvest, Fall Equinox and Hallomas.
Ruth is accompanied by voice and percussion, courtesy of
a beautiful chorus of Goddess women. These chants and songs perfectly invoke
the spirit of each season and will have you singing and dancing your own
praises to the Mother.
This is Goddess music at its finest – the music
that Ruth was born to create.
Grateful blessings to Ruth and to all the sisters who
share their invaluable gifts with us in this incredible set!"
~Marisa Young, The Beltane Papers, A
Journal of Women’s Mysteries, Issue 32, Spring,
2004
