Back when we lived in tribes, music was everywhere, made by everyone in the tribe. It was constant and free. It belonged to everybody. It was magic, transformative, powerful, and absolutely essential to our health and survival. It was particular to a tribe and a place. We made our own culture, like we made our clothes and our shelter. We had songs for every passage–birth, coming of age, marriage, death–songs for the hunt, the work, the worship, the stories. Everybody sang.
We don’t have tribes anymore, but we can still gather, and we can still make our own music with our own voices and hands. We can reclaim that power and that boon. We can make some culture.
Find out more about the Community Music Project.
We Are All Of This (2007)
Original folk, traditional gospel, Russian and Chilean folk.
The Innocence To Cry (2005)
Original folk, traditional gospel, Russian and Chilean folk.
Feel This Love (2002)
Feel This Love was created by Cynthia Rylander Crossen for healing through song. These rounds, songs, and chants about love and connection hope to inspire, enliven, comfort, and bring a sense of peace to the listener, to heal hurts, illness, and fears.
Come Shining Through (2001)
Original folk, international folk and traditional gospel. Debut of Russian folksinger Jamuna (Russian folk in Russian), True Believers, Ari, Beverly (gospel), and Jasmine. Strong return performances from Cynthia, dandelion, and Claudia (Chilean folk in Spanish).
Butterfly on the Wind (2000)
Original folk, Sakha (Siberian) and Chilean folk. Mother son duets with Cynthia and Jesse, Janet, Claudia (Chilean folk in Spanish), John and Carmen, and Susie (Sakha folk in Sakha).