Music & Social Justice: Let Peace Expand CD

"As musicians/healers, it is our destiny to conduct an inward search, & to document it with our music so that others may benefit. As they listen to the music coming through us, they too are inspired to look within. Light is being transmitted & received from soul to soul..." pp. 13, from Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, by Kenny Werner

I highly recommend a CD I have been listening to lately, called 'Let Peace Expand.' It is the beautiful work/play of two friends right here in New Hampshire, USA, Lisa Murray & Cynthia Schroer. These are their own words about the CD:

"The Let Peace Expand CD grew out of a desire to contribute to the expansion of peace consciousness throughout the world. Lisa Murray began writing the songs contained on Let Peace Expand at the onset of the Iraq war with "Calling Mothers." The title song, "Let Peace Expand," emerged after hearing about grass-roots efforts to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. "Just a Little Good" was inspired after seeing Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

Along the way on this musical journey, Lisa teamed up with Cynthia Schroer to co-found a local "Peace Place" in New Hampshire. The Peace Place is a "start-where-you-are" peace action incubator where simple acts of peace building are discovered, encouraged, and promoted. Individuals and groups of all faiths and humanistic philosophies are welcome to use the Peace Place for personal and communal peace-making efforts, no matter how small they might appear. An example of Peace Place offerings is the monthly coffeehouses, which are hosted there to raise money through voluntary donations for various causes that support well-being around the world.

Cynthia's voice brings the songs on Let Peace Expand to life, with Lisa on acoustic piano. Cynthia views her vocal involvement with this CD as a continuation of her conscious use of voice for over twenty years to encourage others to connect with their own essence, a source of peace in the world.

The final track on the CD is simply "Peace." The hopeful words are set in a minor key, giving subtle reference to the fact that the work of peace is not always comfortable. "Peace" sums up Lisa and Cynthia's aspiration that the Let Peace Expand CD will move listeners to think, probe, heal, seek, and be inspired to create a landscape of peace within themselves, their communities, and the world.

To purchase a CD or to read more about Let Peace Expand, go to their website: Let Peace Expand.

Sound clips of the CD may be heard at:

Let Peace Expand @ CDBaby.com, where the CD may also be purchased."

Blessings,

Eduardo