Karen is very glad to release her new recording Sanctuary. The years of 2020 and 2021 created much uncertainty and intensity but also provided time for reflection which together created a ripe environment for creative processes!
Sanctuary is a mix of compositions by Karen and co writers (Way to love, Waiting for our hearts to sing and The Gate) and Karen’s own compositions such as Desert Sounds and Breathe in the Silence which have been recorded in the studio for the first time. Karen wrote Breathe in the Silence for the first ever National Reconciliation Convention in 1997 and Dean Frankel (who originally was involved as a Choir member in the Convention performance) joins Karen again here as a backing vocalist on this recording. Brand new songs composed by Karen are also included Fallin into you (written at Mt Gulaga New South Wales) and Divine (a musical response on the beach at Lorne after Melbourne’s 8 month lockdown in 2020). A new composition by Karen and Michael Kokinos A New Dream concludes the album which takes the listener into a reflective, open and hopeful space for future emergent possibilities.
Put your headphones on and drop into a softly emergent reflective journey and enjoy the Sanctuary within.
My deepest thanks to Ernie Rose, Daniel Frankel and my co-writers Michael Kokinos, Rodney Freeman-Smith, Mat Anastasi and the amazing musicians Michael Kokinos (piano, harp), Caerwen Martin (cello) and Rodney Freeman-Smith (guitars) for their sensitive work. Thanks also to Peter Roberts for creating the beautiful reverie harp that inspired some of the songs on this album.This album is an offering to humanity to remember our true north and to help find sanctuary within.I hope you find comfort and strength from the music and are inspired by the gifts within ….
Karen Knowles
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