Awakening...

My life and my music has been a process of awakening. Perhaps I have been waking up to my self; perhaps I have been waking up to my creativity, my spirit, our connectedness. Staying awake in life isn't nearly as simple as sleeping - literally and figuratively. Although for nearly the past two years sleeping hasn't come easily for me.

I am transforming, so is my music. In the coming weeks I will be recording acoustic versions of my new music. This is the music that carried me through "the dark night of the soul", "the shaman's death", the rebirth of myself, my new life, my new creativity.

Through the music I hope you find something that resonates with you. I realize some of what you will hear is the deep grief I have experienced - the loss of life as I knew it for nearly a decade… a cherished life. I witnessed the leaving of the one I thought I would share my life with until "the end of time", my home, those I knew as my extended family, my community, my pets, the land that nurtured me, and the place I gave my heart, my sweat, a bit of my blood, and my sacred vows.

As you listen to the music, please know that I have transformed that grief into a deeper understanding of myself, the depth of my love, inner strength, independence, gratitude and clarity. If the music touches the piece of pain you have inside, allow yourself to realize the beauty in this. We meet here, but, we don't live here... in the pain. We live in the light. The pain and the grief are simply a means of deepening so when the joy comes again, we can embrace it fully and with gratitude, with life and with love.

I stand at the crossroads of my life once again... looking at the possibilities. Yesterday offered up some profound guidance which led me here to invite you in - all of you, those of you I do not know, and those of you I do.

We are not alone on this journey. In my personal life, I know this in the deepest way as it has been my friends and family who have held me up when I could not stand on my own. In my professional life I know this because as a family of musicians and music lovers, we support one another.

Many of the new songs were co-written with Holly Leer. Holly has been my friend, my long time back up singer, and for the first time, my co-writer. Holly is a phenomenal songwriter, singer and human being. I consider it a sacred gift to have worked on much of this music with her.

Come in, share the space, feel the vibration of love, rebirth, kindness, joy. Feel the music move you, awaken you, touch you. Let the music serve as a pivot point.

....I send you light and love…

Lynn Frances Anderson