A visit with the Threshold Singers of Eau Claire, a group of women who, like other Threshold Choirs across the USA, sing people at the edge of life on their way, offering comfort and peace through song.
Music
Faithful in Dubai - ZEFFeREEN's Song of the Soul
ZEFFeREEN is a singer/songwriter, originally from India, living in Dubai for the past 16 years. His website proclaims, "Oh! To fill the eyes of orphans with hope... To bring joy to the widow's heart... To steady the hand of the weak... That is why i create music... That is why music was created. Music transforms lives." That's what ZEFFeREEN is about.
Seeing Stars - Meg Hutchinson's Song of the Soul
Meg Hutchinson is a singer/songwriter whose music is vibrant, deep, poetry, exploring inner spaces while she travels wide open spaces. Raised by non-conforming hippies, her spiritual path has led her to Tibetan Buddhism.
Simple Living - Fred Small's Song of the Soul
Fred Small animates stories through his songs, with a heart and a spirit of gold. He weaves a world-wide family with his songs of healing and hope. Fred started out as a lawyer in the environmental field, became a folksinger/activist, and is currently as a minister at First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist. You can purchase his CD's at rounder.com and CDFreedom.com.
More Light - Christopher Grundy's Song of the Soul
Christopher Grundy is a UCC minister and teaches at Eden Theological Seminary in St Louis and he's one of the founders of a group called the Progressive Christian Artists Network. His songs are filled with vivid images and diverse subjects, including even one ghost story!
Choose the Sky - Blue O'Connell's Song of the Soul
Blue O'Connell uses her music to heal with her training in Therapeutic Music and as a Certified Music Practitioner, this in addition to her stagework and other singing/songwriting. Perhaps the most astonding fact - for roughly half her life she's been profoundly deaf!
Find a Peaceful Thought - Mary Miche's Song of the Soul
Mary Miche has been sharing values-rooted music with children for decades, connecting them to the plants, animals and people of the entire globe.
Not a Disciple of Perfection - Peter Alsop's Song of the Soul
Peter Alsop combines his skill as a folk musician with his profession of educational psychologist, along with an awesome sense of humor to produce musical gems.
Fires on the Shore - Pine Wilson's Song of the Soul
Living off the grid and connecting best with the mystery through contact with nature, Pine Wilson leads Maritza, a band that touts itself as producing "Balkan Boogie, Romany Romp, Klezmer Kut-Ups".
The Fun Side of Life - Matt Wahl's Song of the Soul
Matt Wahl's deep voice and gentle spirit carry the listener to a soothing, joyous, place, replacing the tempting distractions of the world with the things of true value - family, connection, peace and the present moment.