Brannawen - In Chanting

When you hear chants, you know you are listening to sacred music.

Chants build energy. Chants heal souls. Chants invite Magick to us.

IN CHANTING – Beth Trimble(Brannawen Ravenhart)

 /with Harpersson Kirk McWhorter (2015)

In Chanting started as a project to teach different chants in

different ways to many people. 

Some people like traditional music, others like a bit of rock guitar,

and some love a lilting Renaissance flair.

We kept all of you in mind.

Through the course of creating arrangements and the

enthusiastic responses the project evolved into this CD. 

Please use the music as examples of how to add harmonies,

rounds, and different instruments, ancient and new to the music.

The music will take on its own life, and when we hear the music

living in our heads, we all sing out like rock stars.

In chanting, we all have a voice.

For meditation, dance, solitary use or group ritual,

please find what you like and use the recordings

or expand on them in your own unique ways. It’s all good.

My deepest gratitude to Kirk, whose amazing arrangements,

patience, direction and artistry brought this all to life.

Songs and Authors

Sacred Space - Abigail Spinner McBride

Air Moves Us - Cathleen Shell, Cybele, Moonsea, Prune

Moonlight Queen - Beth Trimble (Brannawen Ravenhart)

Ancient Goddess (Maiden, Mother & Crone) - Abigail Spinner McBride

Earth My Body – composer unknown

Raise Our Hands - Beth Trimble (Brannawen Ravenhart)

Return - traditional (Native American?)

Circle Fire Dance - composer unknown

Cauldron of Changes/ We Are The Old People -Morning Feather, Will Shepardson

Burn Fire - Nicholas Sea (Skye Ranger Rick)

We All Come From The Goddess - Z. Budapest

Hoof and Horn - Ian Corrigan (Rev. Jeffery Wyndham)

Seven Goddess Chant - Deena Metzger, Caitlin Mullin

Full Moonlight Dance - Karen Beth

Singing in the Circle - Abigail Spinner McBride

Kore' Chant - Starhawk

By The Samhain Fire - Beth Trimble (Brannawen Ravenhart)

We Will Meet Again (as ritual chant) - Breid Foxsong

We Will Meet Again (as memorial chant) - Breid Foxsong

Merry Meet (Circle Be Open) – variation by Starhawk

Recorded at West Highland Studio

Mixed and Produced by Kirk McWhorter / McWhorter Records and Publishing

All  music and arrangements by Kirk McWhorter

with Beth Trimble (occasionally chiming in with ideas)

Heartfelt thanks to Paul Runfola - electric guitar (“Moonlight Queen”),

Jon Carlson - acoustic guitar (“By The Samhain Fire”),

Dan Lelito - backing vocals (“Ancient Goddess”)

and  The West Highland Gang (Devon Smatana, Trish McWhorter, 

Chris Beyer, Jeff Kraatz, Leona Ottaviani, Kelly Ottaviani) for group vocals.  

In the course of making this I met and talked to so many amazing people

whose help, direction and insights had a profound impact on the final production.

You know who you are, and now I do too.

Brightest blessings.