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Release Date: 22-07-2004
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: MM00816D
Barcode: 600835081627
Musical Style: World
Description:
In her most inspired recording to date, Layne Redmond offers listeners Invoking the Muse - a landscape of haunting melodies and mesmerizing layers of rhythm and harmony dedicated to the power of the Muse. While researching the ancient music of Greece, Layne Redmond - Drum! magazine’s 2002 Percussionist of the Year - discovered the searingly beautiful “Hymn to the Muse” written in 157 AD, and was inspired to create a musical tribute to each of the Nine Muses.
Some of the most renowned names in world music, jazz, and Medieval chant join Layne Redmond on this stunning collection, including Laurel Massé, co-founder of the Grammy® award-winning Manhattan Transfer; Ruth Cunningham, who performed as a member of Anonymous 4 for ten years; Steve Gorn, whose flute opens Paul Simon’s recent album; and master percussionist, arranger, and producer Tommy Brunjes.
The Muses taught the use of intuition and prophecy as a way to self-knowledge - a knowledge that is gained through self-induced trance, meditation, singing, and dreaming. Now, on Invoking the Muse, listeners will hear the echoes of the Muses themselves in these powerful sacred hymns that are sure to open the heart and invite transformation.
Biography:
Layne Redmond is an acclaimed drummer, composer, author, mythologist, and a lifelong student of yoga. Redmond teaches workshops and performs internationally, specializing in the small, hand-held frame drums played primarily in the ancient Mediterranean world. She is the author of When the Drummers Were Women; was named Drum! magazine's 2002 Percussionist of the Year; is only one of two women featured in Planet Drum, the book about ethnic drumming by The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart; and was the first woman to have a Signature Series of world percussion instruments with Remo, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of percussion instruments.
