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Loren Pickford
River Spirits

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River is an infinite pattern and nuance. River is a destination and a point of departure a way home and a way to go forth again. River is mind intent and soul, speaking in a million voices, sounds, tongues beyond comprehension... beyond the heard... breathing plumes, swallowing light... suffering her great weight and roll in the channels... the swirling multitudes... tears lives passed and records not kept. River is heartbeat in the mirror of evening... a transition point beyond the final gate... the way to sing the worlds beyond either shore. River, a place to remember the wordless covenant between land and sky, earth and heaven, birth and death. River... a voice when I cannot remember my own. - Loren Pickford.

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Selections

• 1 Evocation of the River Spirits
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford bamboo + reed flutes + fife+ oud + kalimba +shaker + piano
• 2 Hymn of the Upper Nile
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford flute + alto flute, alto saxophone + piano, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass, Kevin O'Day drums
• 3 Secrets of October
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford all flutes, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass, Kevin O'Day drums, Yo Yo Sarsky cello
• 4 Sutree on the River
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford vocal + piano + synths, Rosie Carter vocals, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass
• 5 Ocean Song
  • Writer: Alan Botschinsky
  • Loren Pickford flute, Todd Duke electric guitar, David Ellington organ, Geoff Clap drums
• 6 By Myself
  • Writer: Martin + Blaine
  • Loren Pickford flute, Todd Duke electric guitar, John Lafkowski piano, Sean Drabit acoustic bass, Geoff Clapp drums
• 7 Little Indiana
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford all flutes + piano, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass, Kevin O'Day drums, Yo Yo Sarsky cello
• 8 Milton
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford flute, John Boutte vocals, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass, Steve Hunt piano + synths, Carl Budo percussion, Paulo Sarskarano percussion
• 9 The Childhood Place
  • Writer/Publisher: Loren Pickford/Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
  • Loren Pickford alto flutes + piano, Lucas Pickford 6 string electric bass, Kevin O'Day drums

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Year Released: 2001
Produced by Loren Pickford + Jim Alberts
All music published by Earth Spirit Music (ASCAP)
Design: Parola Design/Metaphor Creative
Photography: Pickford Pictures

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For further information:
E-mail: lorenpickford@yahoo.com