Late Nite Harp

It’s full moon - a silver snow moon to be precise. I’ve been writing lots recently. Tonight I wrote an empowerment prayer with the force of the full moon behind me. Here’s a little excerpt… I ask for this prayer to soar up into the highest heights, into the moon’s aurora, a place of shimmering light and hope. Please allow me to rest there for a while also, and be held by Her auroric embrace, for b...

This lovely little piece came to me in a big ball of joy. I’m so grateful to play harp and create magical sounds. Especially when this kind of sweet energy pops out to play all of a sudden. The birdsong is exquisite too and fits perfectly with the atmosphere. The mysterious E Phrygian today with moments of happy C Major and wistful A Minor. ★ Support this podcast ★

Hello! Let’s celebrate beautiful music. Tree of Love is the first track on my new album Craobhan . It’s passionate, vivacious, exotic and features divine birdsong. All three songs on the album are amazing. Check it out for relaxing, musical magic. La Navigatrice ~ https://la-navigatrice.bandcamp.com/album/craobhan ★ Support this podcast ★

Hello! Happy New Year! I’ll begin 2022 with an ambient piece that’s uplifting, bright and calm. Angels weave sweet melodies and hold you in a warm embrace. The sound waves emanate healing and high vibrations. Great for your morning meditation or to rest your tired eyes after a busy day. These few moments will rejuvenate you. Allow yourself to be carried away with the magic. ★ Support this podcast...

Hello sparkly people! This is the first half of a piece called The Castle. You can download the whole track on Bandcamp. It’s a richly romantic cosmic harp journey full of swirly softness and brilliant drama. Find out what happens next here .  This track is for you if you want to experience a really resonant bass. I imagine these harmonies soaring around a majestic castle, echoing through its hall...

I recorded this stunning birdsong at 4am recently, walking back home after a night of dancing. I look forward to my after-club-dawn-chorus walks so much. I met some robins on this early morn, singing their hearts out in the trees above. Then they joined me on the path, bobbing around, unfazed by my being there. Their round little bodies are so sweet. I love how tame they are. I know they have a sp...

A sweet, uplifting, playful piece reminding me of a little snowflake dancing in the breeze. It's time to twinkle. ❄️ ★ Support this podcast ★

This simple cosmic harp piece goes on a journey with a flower as it grows and blossoms. It’s in E harmonic minor and has quite a forlorn, emotional tone to it, as if the harp is already saying goodbye to this little flower, knowing what will come. We watch it grow stronger as the elements test it. We see it bask in the sun with the birds. It has a fleeting moment to shine. And then, it is gone. Th...

Hey everyone, it’s time for a spooky soundtrack to celebrate Halloween and Samhain. This is a moodier, atmospheric and chilled out harp journey taking on a dungeon synth feel. It’s ethereal too and has an eerie suspense running through it. There are plenty of cats to meet. You’ll hear all kinds of meows and purrs. The purrs in particular became quite hypnotic for me. There are also beautiful dropl...

Thought I’d release a 12 min ocean soundscape in a new harp style I’m exploring. There’s so much gorgeous resonant base and many bright, uplifting notes along with lots of ethereal whale song weaving in and out of the slow, serene melody. It’s full of peace. If you’d like to hear the full hour, you can find it on Bandcamp as part of my Cosmic Harp project. It’s called Cosmic Ocean . ★ Support this...

Celebrating the wetter weather with a watery cosmic harp song from my album, La Navigatrice . This is La Navigatrice II. Sailing her way across the emotional oceans of her soul. Reaching the light at the shore. It’s calming, soothing and hypnotic. There are even ethereal seagulls. ★ Support this podcast ★

Hey everyone. I’m pleased to introduce one of the pieces from my new album La Navigatrice . It’s called Unfurling and is about finding ourselves and shaking off the stuck energy that isn’t serving us. To find our magical wings. There are murky, unsettling depths and rhythmical, joyful heights. I explore many melodies and textures along the way. There are deep bass notes, atmospheric pauses and lot...

This uplifting cosmic harp journey is full of high vibrations. I imagine a sweet spirit guiding me through my life with playfulness and love. They dance next to me, helping me, protecting me, encouraging me to rise up into the light like a beautiful flower. Helping me see my sunshine within. This piece is in G Minor and while the minor keys can have a forlorn tone to them, I love this key, the rhy...

I’ve been thinking how lucky many of us are to have beautiful, relaxing summers. Doing what we want, in the warmth of the sun with sweet scented flowers dancing on the breeze. Feeling free. I want to keep feeling grateful for the simple pleasures in life that some others don’t have. While I played today, I imagined us all dancing in flower meadows with smiles on our faces. All of us, together, hap...

This is a bright, ethereal cosmic harp journey where I meditated on the feeling of weightlessness and flying as I played. There are some wonderfully flowing rhythms and uplifting notes. It makes me swirl serenely every time I hear it now, just like a dandelion seed in the breeze. I’m exploring F# Dorian and E Major in this piece. I like its mystical, exhilarating feel. ★ Support this podcast ★

This is an instrumental version of a sweet little song called Cookie Cat I wrote last year. It has a soft, gentle melody with twinkly, sparkly bits running through. It conjures up images and feelings of times past with dear beloved furry friends and bittersweet, final days. ★ Support this podcast ★

This cosmic harp journey is in the Romanian or Ukranian Scale. It suits the current weather here in Scotland where it’s hot hot hot!! It’s a mode of the harmonic minor - the fourth mode - and is full of mystery and magic with lots of exotic sounds running through it. It’s energetic in places - I get totally carried away in parts. It makes me happy to create exciting harmonies and melodies. I love...

This beautiful song flows with earth and air energy. Its ethereal overtones make it magical and uplifting. The hypnotic melody comes back again and again to ground you. It’s an extended instrumental version of my song - In the Deep of the Forest - which has profound words and is full of earthy love. I wanted to celebrate its lovely melody, so created this longer piece. I’ve added in some woodland...

This piece is contemplative. So much happens in our lives and some of it is really hard. When I think about the earth, steadily turning day by day, I find strength to keep moving forward, step by step. Through the hardships and struggles. Through the crazy emotions. Until I reach the beautiful sunrise, which warms my soul. I like taking solace in the rhythm of the earth. This piece in C Minor foll...

I’ve really been swirling around to my latest musical journey. It has lots of beautiful melodies running through it and an exotic, mysterious atmosphere. It’s in the mode of G Phrygian Dominant and has a warm, passionate desert-like feel. The name Sahara Dancing Free comes from a girl I once met and that was her name. I loved it so that now, fifteen years after meeting her, I’ve named a piece afte...

Today’s improv has a fruity, vibrant feel. I play in C Minor harmonic and added in a little tropical soundscape. The rhythm is quite marzurka-like and that style originated in Poland so it’s a piece of many places. I went into a bit of a lucid state listening to it earlier then came back to reality as the pace and volume picked up again : ) Enjoy. ★ Support this podcast ★

Oh my goodness, I love this piece sooo much. It’s about The Spring Queen. She’s here to wake everyone up! All the spirits of the forest, the pixies, fae folk and elementals. They’re all fast asleep from winter time and she’s here to fill everyone with joy and wonder and warmth for her season. She’s bold and bright, radiant and beautiful. Her melody is vast, reaching out over the lands, echoing all...

It’s been a weird, spacey kind of day. Toothache woke me up at 3:30am and the day has spiralled in all kinds of weird directions since then, but I’m glad I caught the early morn because I was able to get the most beautiful dawn chorus recording from out my window. I’ve said it before - I love the beautiful resonance that comes from birdsong echoing off the sandstone tenements. It’s really special....

I decided to record a practise session today. I feel a bit like a sculptor, chiseling away at marble in order to find the art, the object, the person, the melody. There are chords and experiments as I pass over the strings, things that feel familiar and then things that sound weird. There are completely unknown things and unusual territories (when clashing notes come out). Then all of a sudden I g...

Welcome to The Night Circus , a place of enchantment and dreamy realities. I read this book by Erin Morgenstern a few years ago and this new piece feels like it belongs in the book. There’s magic and mystery in the layers, also playfulness and chaos. I feel I’ve pushed the boat out further creatively this time. There are moods and beautiful phrases coming out of nowhere. The pace shifts around. Th...