- Calling the Dragons Home
Kathleen Tracy dives deep on this lush, poetic offering. Original
instrumentation includes Kathleen on ukelele and charango, Jami
Seiber on cello and Linda Severt on percussion, creating a rich and
unique sonic tapestry, with Kathleen’s honest and intimate vocals
right down the middle. Or in the case of “When I Was a Horse,”
soaring into the stratosphere when she incorporates overtone
singing into the arrangement.
The title song "Calling the Dragons Home" is a beautiful and
haunting melding of music and lyrics to create a strikingly unique
take on the age-old break-up song. “Busy Little Monkey” conveys the
ambivalence of motherhood, “the most healing and humiliating
experience of my life so far.”
“Most of these lyrics started out as conversations with myself during
a really wrenching time in my life, as a way of expanding the
container of my experience,” she says. “They seem to be useful
songs for other people as well, which is deeply gratifying.”
These are songs for grown-ups, songs about loss, vulnerability,
insight and transformation.
So Bodaciously
Seattle based singer/songwriters Kathleen and Linda have been
songwriting buddies since the late 90's, when they hooked up with
with Cyd Smith (another great songwriter) to form the the folk rock
group The Modern Fabrics. The group disbanded after a couple of
years, and after pursuing outside projects for a time, Linda and
Kathleen started playing together again as a duo. This CD is a most
bodacious dozen of the songs and arrangements that came together
during that period.
"There's everything from Hindu to hillbilly on this one, and it totally
rocks," says diva Laura Love.
