{"id":7328,"date":"2015-01-17T11:12:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2015-01-17T11:12:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T16:12:29","slug":"songs-beyond-the-traffic-music-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2015\/01\/songs-beyond-the-traffic-music-review.html","title":{"rendered":"Songs Beyond The Traffic-Music Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/files\/2015\/01\/susanherrickheadshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7335\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2015\/01\/susanherrickheadshot-298x300.png\" alt=\"susanherrickheadshot\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/files\/2015\/01\/SusanHerrickcover.png\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div>I met Susan Herrick back in the 1980&#8217;s when this music therapist turned singer songwriter was beginning what has been a twenty some year musical journey. A multi-instrumentalist and sacred sound healer, she has a 2 \u00a01\/2\u00a0octave vocal range that can seem like various instruments in and of itself. Three previous releases, entitled <strong>Soul Chant<\/strong>, <strong>Paint<\/strong> and <strong>Truth &amp; The Lie<\/strong> have become perennial favorites. I listen to them when I want to feel wrapped in a blanket\u00a0of melody and harmony.\u00a0Some of the selections are about self discovery and love songs to the woman in the mirror as well as other dear ones.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Her newest creation called <strong>Songs Beyond The Traffic<\/strong> is a love affair with nature, as it takes the listener off the bustling main road into a world of sonic serenity.\u00a0 The opening piece called <em>Who Am I?<\/em> begins with the musical\u00a0inquiry:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Cars, trains, passing lanes, high speed liners,\u00a0 jet airplanes, who am I?\u00a0 Be here, then be there, so much to do, no time to spare. Who am I?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Blessedly, the response comes from the throat of another song-bird; a <em>WoodThrush 1 <\/em>as this piece starts out with road sounds and then\u00a0flute that is calling the winged one to match her tone note for note.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In <em>Frogs<\/em>, Susan explains her desire to use music for healing and claims her role as a &#8216;citizen of the world&#8217; to bear witness to the sounds of nature, before they are no more. She is a stand for the environment and social responsibility.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Dove<\/em> cajoles with cooing and percussion that evokes a desire to dance swayingly to a\u00a0Caribbean breeze, with the instructions to &#8220;let go and rest your soul.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chimes, piano and mystical chanting are fused with raucous cries of <em>Gulls<\/em> in the following selection.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Breathing in the <em>Ocean <\/em>air, Susan bemoans the fate of\u00a0marine creatures and claims &#8220;I can&#8217;t write another song til I write this one down,&#8221; with the intention of being a guardian of the sea.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is easy to imagine <em>Crickets <\/em>hovering under shrubs as footfalls crunch leaves and Susan&#8217;s voice weaves around the insect serenade.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Seal\u00a0 <\/em>has an unexpected disco sound to it, as the listener can imagine the sea mammals shaking it to the rhythmic beat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Wood Thrush 2<\/em> enters with piano and woven words &#8221; The truth of the Earth awaits us all &#8230;. it is generous enough.&#8221; A 1960&#8217;s anthemic feel to it, with shaking tambourine and overlapping vocalizations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The CD closes out with <em>Bird meditation.\u00a0<\/em>Resting on a glorious summer day, feeling the melting sun beams cascading down and a fully orchestrated improvisational concert for the pleasure of anyone who will take the time to stop and listen with the ears of the heart.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Songs Beyond The Traffic<\/strong> is an Earth prayer in which Gaia leads anyone with the\u00a0willingess to hear and the open heart to join in.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The CD will be available on February 1 on CD Baby.\u00a0Go to <a id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3473_com_zimbra_url\" class=\"Object\" href=\"http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CDBaby.com<\/a>.\u00a0Mother Earth thanks you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Proceeds from this CD go to the <a title=\"Marine Mammal Stranding Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mmsc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Mammal Stranding Center <\/a>\u00a0in New Jersey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I met Susan Herrick back in the 1980&#8217;s when this music therapist turned singer songwriter was beginning what has been a twenty some year musical journey. A multi-instrumentalist and sacred sound healer, she has a 2 \u00a01\/2\u00a0octave vocal range that can seem like various instruments in and of itself. 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