Libana Music

Well, Libana's new extended chant, May We Know the Way, has been out in the world for 9 days now! We are getting such wonderful feedback from listeners--and we appreciate your comments so much!

"“This is just beautiful! Very moving! Very meditative!”

“8 minutes of heart-healing harmonies . . .”

“In a way, [Libana] helps to hold up the world— continuing the generational empowerment of women who nurture everywhere. [May We Know the Way] is beautiful—I listened to it late last night and my entire being relaxed and felt hopeful again.”

“I am so happy that Libana is continuing to provide beautiful and uplifting music, songs and chants! In these times we need them more than ever.”

“I absolutely love the new recording. The arrangement is beautiful. It's so soothing and calming to listen to, like a musical cup of herbal tea. Honestly it was just what I needed to hear right now.”

“I've been listening to this song on repeat and the tears keep falling. Thank you. Thank you.”

“I just listened to “May We Know the Way,” and I’m in such a state of peace.”
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If you haven't had a listen yet, we hope you will soon! Available to stream on spotify (already people in 52 countries have listened ), youtube, applemusic, amazonmusic, pandora, etc....or you can support Libana directly by downloading it from us at https://libana.com/download-music

Please help us bring this healing music to as many people around the world as possible! We believe it is timely, and needs to be heard. Will you share this with your friends, family and communities? And . . . we would love to hear from you with how this chant has affected you! Thank you so much!

A NEW SINGLE FROM LIBANA ~ GAIA NOW!
At this pivotal time of hope, possibility and transformation, Libana is thrilled to launch our new musical creation into the world! Gaia Now is finally fully available wherever, and however, you listen to music -- spotify, youtube, amazon, applemusic, pandora, and many other international music sites. For links to major listening sites, go to https://libana.hearnow.com!

Of course, if you prefer to download, we hope you will head to https://libana.com/download-music, and add this inspiring new song to your music collection!

Early listeners exclaim:

"Quintessence of Libana. No coincidence at all that you released it at these times of sudden transformation! You women are plugged into the heart of Gaia Pachamama . . .”

"Breathtakingly beautiful. . .such conviction comes through!"

"I hope it goes far out into the world, and that people use it to dance upon the ground with arms raised to the sky and honor Gaia."

“You have seized the zeitgeist of the moment for it's launch. Gaia so needs the wisdom in your voices. This music couldn't have come at a more perfect moment. . . with the earth so ripe crying out for healing, and once again you bring our awareness with your voices to what's really important.”

With pulsing harmonies and passionate conviction, this new composition by Libana's Artistic Director Susan Robbins gives voice to the intertwining web of life and elemental connection we all share with our Mother Earth. In this time of ecological disruption and climate change, Gaia Now beseeches us to commit our heart and spirit to protecting our planetary home.

In powerful collaboration with other accomplished Boston area musical colleagues-- singers, instrumentalists, and climate activists-- Libana's newest recording creates a compassionate, heart driven call to action.

SINGERS: Allison Coleman, Anne Goodwin, Caryl Beth Thomas, Cindy Mapes, Ellen Epstein, Jamie Jaffe, Linda Gritz, Lisa Bosley, Marytha Paffrath, Natasha Olchanski, Pauli Katz, Susan Robbins

VIOLIN / VIOLA: Carlough Faulker-Carroll

PIANO: Susan Robbins

COVER ART: Under The Sun, Leslie B. Grigsby (Delaware)
(https://grigsbybeadwork.com/), 9" sculpture: Glass seed beads and thread, worked in pe**te stitch over wooden core

Please share this post widely with your friends and communities who care deeply about our Earth -- THANK YOU!

You may have noted a major release film currently in theaters that is generating a lot of positive buzz-- called Janet Planet. Many of us went to see it together and found it to be a slow, deep, evocative, and quite wonderful film. It takes place in 1991 in the Pioneer Valley, outside of Northampton in Western MA -- where two of us, Marytha and Susan, went to college. The best part??? Libana's music in used in the soundtrack! Most of the soundtrack is the sound of crickets, but then Round and Round (from A Circle Is Cast) appears behind one scene, and our music plays throughout all of the closing credits! We are beyond thrilled and excited ❤ We have always wanted our music to be used in a film . . . and that dream finally came true! And in a bigger way than we likely had ever dreamed of. Here is a Boston Globe review, but if you cannot access it, there have been many other reviews (NYTimes, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, WaPo, etc...) so just do a Google search! Here's hoping it comes to a theater near you, and that you will be able to experience this film--and enjoy Libana's musical contribution to it! (Currently playing at Coolidge Corner, West Newton, and other theaters in the Boston area. . .)

Annie Baker’s debut feature film, ‘Janet Planet,’ is set in a world all its own — the Pioneer Valley - The Boston Globe "I think one of the reasons I made the movie is that I don’t know how to describe the Pioneer Valley," Baker says. "It has a really specific aesthetic."

NEW RELEASE FROM LIBANA ~ COMING SOON!

GAIA NOW
Giving voice to the intertwining web of life and elemental connection we all share with our Mother Earth, Gaia Now asks us, in this time of climate change, to commit our hearts to protecting our planetary home. This newly composed piece is a powerful musical collaboration of 12 singers, with Susan Robbins on piano and guest instrumentalist Carlough Faulkner-Carroll on violin and viola.

GAIA NOW, the vibrant new single written by Susan Robbins, Libana's Artistic Director, will soon be available at libana.com, as well as itunes, amazon, spotify, youtube, and most international music sites!

COVER ART: Under The Sun, Leslie B. Grigsby (Delaware)
https://grigsbybeadwork.com/
9" sculpture: Glass seed beads and thread, worked in pe**te stitch over wooden core