The\u00a0Sound of the Dove\u00a0<\/a>. Each piece is a sparkling gem, a wisp of feathers wafting downward to be gathered up and held to the heart.<\/p>\nIt opens with Prairie Sky<\/strong><\/em> which is a\u00a0sweet love\u00a0song.\u00a0 “I can feel the thunder rolling in. I can taste the raindrops before they begin,”\u00a0 sung in a sultry voice to the heartbeat drumbeat rhythm.<\/p>\n“I hear the colors in my voice,” beckons the listener into this\u00a0Unadorned<\/em><\/strong> song in which Gerrand acknowledges to one who is dear to her “You are my shelter from the storm.”<\/p>\nWhat could become an anthemic piece begs the questions ‘”How many pairs of shoes do you need?\u00a0 Are we awash in an ocean of greed?”\u00a0as a children’s chorus reminds\u00a0us that we have \u00a0Enough Already<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\nLet Go\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is\u00a0an invitation to\u00a0release fear. “Let go, let go, let go the shore.\u00a0\u00a0Don’t hold on so tight.\u00a0 Give up the fight.”<\/p>\nThe Buddha Smiles<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 speaks to spiritual uncertainty. “Where do I begin to find the strength that I lack?”\u00a0 The Sanskrit mantra Om mani padme hum\u00a0<\/em>which\u00a0 commonly\u00a0translates to ‘the jewel in the lotus,’ is\u00a0chanted in the background. Violin accompaniment has an ‘Eleanor Rigby’- Beatle-esque feel to it.<\/p>\nThe title song called The Sound of the Dove<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has one imagining raindrops from Maxfield Parrish clouds, bird wings coasting as Gerrand proclaims that “The sound of the dove can break you open. The sound of the dove can make you cry.”<\/p>\nShine\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>which\u00a0wonders “Can you feel the fire down deep in your soul?\u00a0 Can you feel it burning so bright? Sing your song on high. Shine on, sister, shine,” invites silk scarf dancing in oak groves.<\/p>\nHer own rendering of Scarborough Fair<\/strong> <\/em>departs from the Simon and Garfunkel version that sounds as if it were sung in the era about which it was written.<\/p>\nEmerging<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>encourages peeking out from our contained\u00a0places into the space between the notes. “We are, we are, we are, I am, we are emerging. We are merging with the light.”<\/p>\nI’ll Meet You There<\/strong><\/em> references the field that the poet Rumi spoke of “Love is simple. Love is kind. Out beyond the struggle beyond my wrong and your right, there is a field filled with light.”<\/p>\nThe closing track Pearly Gates of Song<\/strong><\/em> carries with it Native American drum resonance and chanting. “We are angels in disguise. Starlight falling from your eyes.We have journeyed for so long.”\u00a0Eyes closed, listening to the echoes of ancestors as they both chastise and challenge to “welcome the winds of change.”<\/p>\nGerrand’s talents go beyond her song-bird serenades. All of the songs, with the exception of Scarborough Fair came from her vivid imagination and wild word wrangling. Wrap yourself in wings of wonder.<\/p>\n
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