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LOGOchrysalis
Productions |
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Brant Lyon believes that—like the ancient mbiras of tribal Africa—music and words coming together have the power to summon the spirit/s. |
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Anne Cammon sat in meditation in India, nowadays hosts her experimental literary radio show, Art Waves (WKCR FM New York). Collaborator, Rob Voisey, has added his own instrumental / vocal mysticism to Anne’s poems. |
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Diana Gitesha Hernandez thinks of poetry and music as “lovers that look for each other and conjoin after the moment has given up trying to explain itself.” She began writing haikus at age nine and has been spinning out poetry like spider-woven silk ever since. |
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E.J. Antonio poetry speaks in rhythm to the blues and jazz with fierce grace. “It was a wonderful experience recording these poems. I am always amazed how words and music enter into conversation as if long lost friends.” |
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Farid Bitar has lived through bloodshed and violence that still rages in his beloved homeland, Palestine. But for him the scented memory of jasmine wafting through the streets of Jerusalem and Jericho remains. |
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Frank Simone once fell in love amid the jungle-choked temples of Cambodia during America’s secret conflict there in the Viet Nam war era. “Lin Qua Mai was a woman of munificent beauty who taught me my religion.” |
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Hawley Hussey (a/k/a MERMAID) lives in a lighthouse on the edge of Coney Island. Pirates pay her in gold doubloons and ice cream for her good cooking, and admire her knack for finding her way home in a storm, spying a glimpse of her fine glittery form in the night seas. |
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Robin Small-McCarthy weaves electric, eclectic strands of poetry, music, and song to promote peace, justice, love, and light. “I have truly loved working with Brant and J. on this project,” she smilingly says. “The synergy was palpable, incredible, inspiring.” |
