Release Date: May 17, 2019
Label: Coranglais
Fast forward to 2019 and her
continuing series on National Parks leads you to The Winds of Badlands. Jill’s expertise with
the English Horn, oboe and piano lends itself well with the sights and sounds
of every track that mirror the winds and their effect on the badlands.
Once again, the CD is packaged
beautifully in tri-fold cardboard book format that includes various pictures of
the landscape with comments from the artist. What you get is the complete
experience and hopefully engaged enough to follow the photos and musical
passages to make you feel like you were with Jill experiencing every day she
spent there at of one our national treasures.
Each track is a special tribute
to the badlands and every mood, time of day and night, and color comes through
her music. I wonder how one person can experience the magnificence of nature
and all its gifts and translate it through a chosen instrument. Jill has that
gift and she presents everything so perfectly in sync with her surroundings.
I chose “Cliff Shelf Breeze” to
add to my New Age Music Reviews Spotify Playlist and once I made that selection
I realized if I had to pick again, I would be quite perplexed. Every track is
so beautiful and each one has its individuality, sound, pace, texture, mood,
and color.
What Jill Haley accomplishes is
two-fold. Her innate sense of musicality and how it relates to the music and
nature then the gift of conveying her spirituality through the instruments she
plays. It is a powerful message to each listener, particularly those that
believe our environment is so important and to invest in protecting our Mother
Earth for future generations. These parks should be held with the highest
respect and love. Those of you that are here to provide the teachings and
stewardship to the current generations and beyond are essential to moving
forward in this process.
Artists like Jill Haley and
projects like The Winds of
Badlands carry a very strong message and lesson to us all. Stop,
look, listen, and appreciate the environment around you, that is what this
poignant artist has accomplished with all of her recordings. It is a great way
to enjoy music and also give some thought to what this is all about.
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
August 4, 2019
Founder of:
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Tracks:
01. Whirlwind
02. Wind Hymn
03. Cliff Shelf Breeze
04. Silhouettes at Dusk
05. Western Meadowlark Call
06. Sculpted by Water
07. Floor of the Sky
08. Rustles of Green and Gold
09. Moon Over Badlands
10. Uplift
11. Sage Creek Basin
12. Prairie Grass Dance
Tracks:
01. Whirlwind
02. Wind Hymn
03. Cliff Shelf Breeze
04. Silhouettes at Dusk
05. Western Meadowlark Call
06. Sculpted by Water
07. Floor of the Sky
08. Rustles of Green and Gold
09. Moon Over Badlands
10. Uplift
11. Sage Creek Basin
12. Prairie Grass Dance