Candace Holt

These songs have come to me over many decades. Some have a folk or popular flavor, some are meditative. From childhood I've played  musical instruments and have sung and played with quite a few different groups. I've lived in the hills in rural NE WA State USA, and here in SE British Columbia. Nature gives me much inspiration for my music. I've played in string bands--often doing fiddle tunes. I played french horn in a community orchestra & sang in a women's ensemble. I worked as a social worker and clinical counselor & had training in EMDR (developed by Francine Shapiro PhD), which led me to record the songs with bi-lateral sound. These are marked and one can use headphones, or speakers to one's right and left. "Wazaif for Healing" & "Zikr from the River" have songs inspired by my sufi spiritual path; the zikr songs are usually sung by a group of dancers. Some instruments used: guitar, mandolin, Greek bouzouki, drums, piano. I did all the recording at home, and so not perfect quality.