Aeolus Music: The Heart is the Only Nation Album--CD & Cassette

THE HEART IS THE ONLY NATION

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Ruth Barrett: Voice, fretted dulcimer
Cyntia Smith: Fretted dulcimers, voice
Edward Willett: Cello
Sylvia Woods: Celtic harp
Marilyn Donadt: Percussion, the "Wing"
Joel Bienenfeld: Clarinet
Ellen Shimmel Burr: Flute, ocarina
Cait Reed: Violin
Richard Gee: Guitar
Dan Ratkovich: Tamburica bass
John Simpson: Flamenco guitar, percussion
Dan Bienenfeld: Concertina
Paulette Gershen: Tin Whistle
Richard Cooke: Uillean pipes
Dianne Miller: Harmony vocals
Amanda Barrett: Harmony vocal
Mike Bienenfeld, Dale E. Foye &
Cynthia Jirgensons Juno: Chorus vocals

The duo's 1993 release, The Heart is the Only Nation, celebrates our connection with the natural world, the passion of life, and the healing of the human heart. For the past 15 years, Ruth Barrett and Cyntia Smith have been at the forefront of the Women's Spirituality movement by creating original songs and instrumentals celebrating the Earth's seasonal cycles and the Goddess mythic imagery. Their musical vision is of the power and love at the heart of life, expressed in poetry and strikingly beautiful arrangements that features the fretted dulcimer and their voices.
..."The poetry alone is beautiful, and when set to modal tunes with clarinet, tamburica bass, and cello in addition to dulcimers, is at times quite moving...the 66 minute recording, taken as a whole, is a soulful exploration of Ruth and Cyntia's creed, set forth in the title song."
---DULCIMER PLAYERS NEWS
..."Ruth and Cyntia are simply the best creators of devotional music to the Goddess today." ----THE BELTANE PAPERS

.."Ruth and Cyntia have once again created a world of music for us to escape to. Using their ethereal voices and almost forgotten traditional instruments, they spin a web of magic. Everyone who has had the privilege of sharing this experience has loved it." --DECATE'S LOOM

Selections featured:
Ocean Queen, Apples of Avalon, Partings, After Rain, Tree Lessons, Bridget, Reverence to Her, The May Queen is Waiting, Dancing At Whitsun, Zambra, Aeolus the Wind, Romp of the Canyon Kitties, Hestia of the Hearth, Blessing Song, Summer Summer, The Heart is the Only Nation. ---includes cello, guitar, flute, clarinet, concertina, percussion, tamburica bass, uilleann pipes, whistle, Celtic harp.
-THE HEART IS THE ONLY NATION © 1993.