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14 tracks | 52 minutes
Released Aug 2006
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- sample "album only" 02:50 Faded Hieroglyphs "album only" 02:50 Faded Hieroglyphs "album only" 02:50 Faded Hieroglyphs
- sample "album only" 01:23 Born from Heaven "album only" 01:23 Born from Heaven "album only" 01:23 Born from Heaven
- sample "album only" 02:45 Crowned Compassion "album only" 02:45 Crowned Compassion "album only" 02:45 Crowned Compassion
- sample "album only" 01:32 Saudade "album only" 01:32 Saudade "album only" 01:32 Saudade
- sample "album only" 03:29 Let Us Speak the Language of Love "album only" 03:29 Let Us Speak the Language of Love "album only" 03:29 Let Us Speak the Language of Love
- sample "album only" 01:53 Forgive Us Grandmother "album only" 01:53 Forgive Us Grandmother "album only" 01:53 Forgive Us Grandmother
- sample "album only" 03:29 Returning to the Garden "album only" 03:29 Returning to the Garden "album only" 03:29 Returning to the Garden
- sample "album only" 02:10 I Believe in Your Broken Wings "album only" 02:10 I Believe in Your Broken Wings "album only" 02:10 I Believe in Your Broken Wings
- sample "album only" 03:22 Shaman's Love Song "album only" 03:22 Shaman's Love Song "album only" 03:22 Shaman's Love Song
- sample "album only" 01:55 There is No Word for this Particular Color "album only" 01:55 There is No Word for this Particular Color "album only" 01:55 There is No Word for this Particular Color
- sample "album only" 03:59 I am SHE "album only" 03:59 I am SHE "album only" 03:59 I am SHE
- sample "album only" 04:22 Free Us From the Claws of Cruelty "album only" 04:22 Free Us From the Claws of Cruelty "album only" 04:22 Free Us From the Claws of Cruelty
- sample "album only" 18:52 Interview with Tererai Karimakwenda "album only" 18:52 Interview with Tererai Karimakwenda "album only" 18:52 Interview with Tererai Karimakwenda
- sample "album only" 00:29 You Are Loved "album only" 00:29 You Are Loved "album only" 00:29 You Are Loved
Innovative, sultry, ethereal, and earthy love grounded in intellectual journeys from San Francisco to South Africa combined with jazz, mysticism, tribal lore, and innocence. If you like Neruda, Hafiz and Rumi.then you will love Zayra.
Bio / Background
Crowned Compassion is a celebration of love by the poet Zayra Yves, who takes the listener on a soulful ride, a cosmic sojourn through time and space, embracing the spiritual as well as the provincial, exploring the textures of emotion by showing us the truth of reality, as well as the sultry passions.
Zayra’s beautiful and mesmerizing voice is accompanied by the musical compositions of two talented and gifted blues and jazz musicians: Allen Ross and Mike Thomas. The string instruments were created by Mike Thomas of Zamar Instruments.
The track ”Free Us From the Claws of Cruelty” was written for and dedicated to the people of Zimbabwe, who have endured the extreme hardships of genocide and starvation. A portion of the proceeds from this CD go to the Seeds of Light organization (www.seedsoflight.org) to benefit the children living in South Africa.
↓ more ↓There are eight pages of serene photographs from an outdoor garden shot by Zayra Yves, as well as the lyrics to all of the poety enclosed in the jewel case of Crowned Compassion. It is a poetry book, an artistic feast, a sensual sojourn and a musical journey combined in one collection.
Zayra Yves grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970's, listening to the Beat Poets at City Lights and evangelical preachers on Sundays. She has traveled extensively on pilgrimages to sacred sites around the world and continues to find new ways of expressing her art.
Her poetry has appeared in various magazines and journals, such as Zimbabwe Situation, The Panhandler Quarterly, Eyes of the Poet, IITM, Astropoetica and Alehouse Press. She has been interviewed and performed her work on two radio shows: SW Radio Africa (appearing on this CD) and West Marin Community Radio for The House of the Poet.
Zayra offers her love and gratitude to her many friends who supported her during this project. Crowned Compassion is dedicated to the memory of Michael Luke English.
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