COLLEEN GERAGHTY: Deep Ravines

Colleen Geraghty

Deep Ravines

© 2004 Colleen Geraghty (783707814827)

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A teller of tales, Colleen Geraghty's songs and haunting melodies prey upon the listener's heart like the wind preys on autumnal leaves.

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Singing and the Healing Journey

Colleen Geraghty has been quietly and steadily building and international reputation for herself as an impressive and original singer/songwriter. She has become known as a teller of tales whose haunting melodies and lyrical themes emanate from the deepest part of her Celtic ancestry. One reviewer described her music as "alternative country with folk and celtic influences. Her songs have been described as transformational healing journeys woven with a voice that awakens the soul, enchants the heart and mesmerizes the listener. When listening to Colleen sing, it is difficult to believe that she has not been singing her whole life. Her voice is deep and rich and so haunting that you will think you've been listening to her in your dreams, in that magical place where melodies are born. Colleen's musical journey began just eight years ago when her daughter asked her, "Mommy, how come I have never heard you sing?" Her daugther unwittingly sent an invitation to Colleen's muse and in doing so, she changed the course of their lives forever. Once Colleen set forth on the journey to find her "forgotten singer", there was no turning back.

Courting the muse was simple, but coaxing the exiled voice back into her life was riddled with more challenges than Colleen could have imagined. Having worked as a social worker and a teacher for many years, Colleen was familiar with various healing modalities but she was so consumed with the demands of balancing a her career and her family life that she had little time to explore how the expressive therapies might apply to her own life. Colleen took her daughter's question seriously. She sent an invitation to her muse and slowly coaxed her exiled voice back into her life. Realizing that in order to find her own voice, she would need to overcome some serious blocks around singing and artistic expression, Colleen began to study voice and cross-cultural perspectives and healing as well as expressive arts therapies. In her private quest to find her own voice, Colleen discovered that singing and songwriting could be powerful teachers and that singing is indeed a healing resource. To Colleen's surprise, fellow students and community members who heard her sing were so enthralled with her singing that they urged her to share her gifts with the public. She has received international recognition for her song "Nikolay". And she is a fequent speaker on college campuses where she has been asked to help students find the link between creative expression and healing. She is ofen asked to perform her song "This Side of Paradise," and "Hymn for Matthew" at conferences and rallies. Colleen's songs reflect her commitment to social change and healing.

Listen to Colleen Geraghty's new CD "Deep Ravines". Over five years in the making, it features some of the regions most well known artists: Artie Traum, Jay Ungar, Reggie Harris, Laurel Masse, Cindy Mangsen, John Kirk, Amy Fradon, Mark Rust, and Bar Scott and many more.

Be sure to visit Colleen's website at www.colleeng.com

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  • a great new artist is here!
    author: Bea Scribner

    Deep Ravines is one of the most beautiful, moving and truly original collections I've heard in recent years. Each song is a treasure, perfectly crafted and performed. So universal and personal in appeal, Colleen's work will take every listener to a place of deeper healing and thought. It is truly a gift to the world. I look forward to more songs.

  • Colleen Geraghty has the voice of an angel
    author: Sharon Edry

    "Colleen Geraghty has the voice of an angel....sweet, soaring, swooping and life-changing. Her songs can make you feel like crying, but with joy, and the sound of her voice will blow you away. She is a true singer and songwriter who makes you feel fully, from your head to your toes. I loved "Deep Ravines." Sharon Edry

  • I love Colleen Geraghty's "Deep Ravines"
    author: Gael Morey

    I am thrilled to have Colleen Geraghty's "Deep Ravines". I am wearing it out!! Listening to it again and again. All the songs speak to me. I especially like "In the Rubble of the Lonesome." The music is lively and the songs are full of stories. The songs are vital and full of energy. A wonderful songwriter with a unique voice. Sign me up for the next CD! Gael Morey

  • Colleen's lyrics touch on profound issues but so universal that audience members
    author: Tamara Natoli

    Colleen Geraghty's "Deep Ravines" is a joy to behold. Her song "Hymn for Matthew" is so timeless, so current and when the song ended I was breathless . Her lyrics touch on profound issues and yet you never feel like she is being strident or judgmental. Her songs are a personal journey, but they are so universal that audience members feel like she's written with them in mind. Her voice sometimes has a bit of a country twang, but it is difficult to pinpoint an artist to which she can be compared. If you liked Kate Wolf, or you like Nancy Griffiths, you will enjoy Colleen Geraghty.

  • You don't get tired listening to (and thinking about) these songs.
    author: Jon Fackler

    We've had the demo for about two months, and we play it a fair amount. The most remarkable thing about this music is that it doesn't get tired after repeated playing. I'm now so familiar with it that I sometimes substitute my own words, like "banana" for "piano" and "spirit gnu" for "spirit canoe." Such silliness aside, this is a high-class piece of work by a promising singer-songwriter. And the production of the CD itself very, very good.

  • Colleen Geraghty's CD "Deep Ravines" is poweful!!!!
    author: Ferd Piccuirro

    Colleen Geraghty's CD, "Deep Ravines" is powerful!!!!!! Colleen's beautiful melodies really catch my attention and stay with me. Her lyrics, riding on these melodies, take me away to all kinds of interesting and thought provoking places and situations. Colleen has a very beautiful and distinctive voice that is truly amazing in the depth and range of emotions that she is able to convey. This is a wonderful CD and I look forward to more of her recordings.

  • Colleen can write about life's most painful stories in such a way that one feels
    author: Barbara Phillips

    Colleen can sing about life's most painful stories and memories in such a way that one feels hope and peace and most of all -- not alone. It is compassion at its most passionate and prayer as poetry. Her voice and her lyrics take me to a place "Beyond the Moon" and yet they ground me in the here and now. Her melodies and her music make my body want to move. I love to dance out the stories and feelings as I hear Colleen sing. Many of her songs are my favorites yet each one holds a spark of inspiration and expresses what each of us long for: a desire to express our truth. To hear Colleen sing is truly inspirational.

  • Colleen's pitch-perfect voice is warm, unaffected and honest
    author: Denise Jordan Finley

    Though the first cut is decidedly country in nature, as the listener journeys through the collection of songs, the character of Colleen's songswriting leans more in the direction of traditional and contemporary folk. There is a strong flavor of Geraghty's Irish roots, with gypsy overtones. Her pitch-perfect voice is both warm and twangy, unaffected, honest, communicative. The thoughtful lyrics are well-crafted and intelligent. Though the work, on the whole waxes serious and philosophical, the prevailing dancing rhythms and melodic sweetness of the solo instruments (performed by Artie Traum, Jay Ungar and Mark Rust, among others) make this album accessibly playable in its entirety....again and again!,

  • A must have CD
    author: Kathy Connors

    This is a CD that wakes your inner soul, makes you want to sing, laugh and cry. It leaves you wanting for more. This is one that lives in my CD player.

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