Anita Kruse

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Creation Flight represents a new direction for Anita Kruse.

Produced by drummer Robbie Parrish, this record utilizes an array of rhythmic ideas, giving an earthy quality to the music. Sarah Sharp Russo, a member of the Celtic band Gordian Knot, does an incredible job of skipping along on the bodhran, an open-backed Irish drum played with a stick. She has been playing ever since her childhood in Wales. Parrish employs a number of unique rhythmic ideas in helping to lay down this unique blend of Classical, folk, Irish and pop music, while Scott Garber adds a nice bit of feel on his electric upright bass. The music is brought to life by the beautiful playing of classical flutist Jennifer Keeney, Michael Ramos on keyboards and accordion, John York (formerly of the Byrds) on Balinese and Peruvian flutes and a Chinese pipa, the tribal chanting of Yoruban Omi Funke, and Dan Workman on guitar, providing a fascinating combination of sounds to accompany Kruse's acoustic piano and vocal work.

Creation Flight began as a tribute to the angels in my life... my mother and my mother's mother, as well as an honoring of the creative energy that I have always believed was passed to me... through them. I feel strongly that all human beings are born with a unique message and purpose on the planet. Creation Flight explores my personal journey of discovering the generational energies that have clearly guided me through my life. It is an album inspired by women in my life, but intended for any listener who came into this world through a mother. It is a confirmation that we carry in our genetic makeup, the creative energy to express our unique message with those around us, in our daily lives, and with the world. Creation Flight is an album about empowerment in the deepest sense... as a birthright. We are the living ancestors, with the energy of all that has come before us... working through the blood. I have come to know without a doubt, that we live, love, breathe and create with the endless guidance and blessings of our ancestors.
All songs on the album were written as gifts for women in my life -- some were inspired by dreams and others evolved after great losses -- the losses of friend's children and in my mother's case -- the loss of her mother in childhood.
Creation Flight is a celebration of new life, especially new life that emerges from the darkness of death. It is a celebration of those things that are eternal -- love and spirit, and is an honoring of all that grows in the dark and all that is born into the light. Anita Kruse

Creation Flight is available online at Amazon.com

Available in Houston at:

BARNES & NOBLE 3003 W. Holcombe
BODY MIND & SOUL 4344 Westheimer
BORDERS 9633-A Westheimer
CACTUS MUSIC AND VIDEO 2930 Shepherd
HEIGHTS PAVILION 244 W. 19th St.
LUCIAS GARDEN 2942 Virginia @ Alabama
WADLER KAPLAN 3907 Main

Contact Anita at akk@nol.net.

Soundclips:

Circles 'Round my Heart: mp3 | RealAudio
Creation Flight: mp3 | RealAudio
Iona's Song: mp3 | RealAudio