Faerie Memories: Fantasy Music with An Acoustic Heart

A collection of mystical music woven with standard and baritone mountain dulcimer, angel wing harp, keyboard, and voice... Visit this page for lyrics and stories behind the songs.

The music for this album comes from worlds I know well, places close to my heart that I visit in my own dreams. In sharing these songs, I am sharing my imagination. The word “faerie” in the title is used loosely and inclusively to refer to the realm of fairies as well as to mythical beings, including elves, hobbits, fairies, and other creatures. It is no secret that my music is strongly influenced by the work of J.R.R. Tolkien!

As a whole, this project embraces an aesthetic of natural wonder: both wonder at nature and wonder as a natural response to Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. This aesthetic sees quirks and what some might call imperfections as part of the beauty of an individual being: the ancient oak is more, not less, beautiful because it is gnarled, knotty, and covered in lichen. Thus, life can be both down-to-earth and otherworldly at the same time. My songs are another language with which to speak about what it is to be human: to have both body and soul, to be a part of both earth and heaven while walking through this “middle-earth.” My hope is that these songs will draw you into imaginative spaces in which to experience healing, acceptance, and an escape to Reality.        

With Love, Jessica