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Taking Flight

from Taking Flight by Amelia Hogan

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    Taking Flight Audio CD comes with a beautiful tri-fold, Eco-Wallet two pocket case, of both full color and black and white images, liner notes, lyrics, and details about the music for this project.

    On "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan sings both traditional and contemporary folk music with lilting grace and subtlety. Weaving a mysterious old magic, Hogan transports her listeners out of time and place with haunting melodies and evocative storytelling. The 16-track album features one original (the title track), which is a joyous a cappella number in four-part harmony, a number of traditional, public domain songs, and interpretations of songs by contemporary
    songwriters including Laurie Lewis, Lankum, David Francey, Anais Mitchell, and Jez Lowe. Photos: Venee Call-Ferrer

    Produced by Hogan at Foxtail Sound in Dixon, CA, with celebrated musicians Ray Frank (co-producer), Richard Mandel, David Brewer, Christa Burch, Rebecca Richman, Maureen Brennan, and Marla Fibish, Taking Flight is a cathartic and healing endeavor. Songs were chosen to acknowledge grief, loss, heartache, hope, and ultimately a joy-filled conclusion. The theme of birds runs through the project. Often seen as a symbol of loss and sorrow, birds also represent hope and healing and the ability to find beauty in the midst of hardship. The intent of this work is to take the listener on a journey through grief and out the other side, as a bird taking flight might.

    Hogan shared, "For many of us, the few years since the spring of 2020 have been full of grief and loss, between death, illness, cultural changes, and unprecedented political upheaval. It feels as if nothing has been left untouched. As I worked through these feelings in my own life, I kept returning to singing and sharing songs related to birds as solace, comfort, and inspiration. No matter how much we feel we’ve been grounded, we can always find a way to take flight again."

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This song is a prayer, a spell, a song of gathering, of solidarity, hope, and intention for community and our collective ability to transmute fear and despair into bravery and connection. Together, we are a whole choir, made up of each of us, together

lyrics

We’ll sing out from treetops
From rooftops and cars
From buses and trollies
And lookin at stars
When we join in a chorus
Of birds taking flight
We know that the skyline
And future looks bright
There’s a rage that’s been growing
And it aches in my heart
But we’re not through with loving
Everyone’s got a part
There’s a tale that needs telling
And I’m not alone
I’ll sing out the joys
For those left when we’re gone
We’re blue ones and green ones,
There’s black, grey, and brown
We’re old ones and new ones
Some quiet, some loud
The rainbow of all birds
Is a beautiful sight
Our song fills the air
When we shake off the night
We’ll sing and remember
When we’re old, worn, and tired
Our heroes have long gone
They’ve gloried and mired
What we have together
Is a chance to make bright
A chorus together
When we rise and take flight
So sing what’s inside us
And remind of what’s true
It’s constant and turning
and helps us get through
The struggles before us
Are small when compared
To birds all together
Taking flight til we’re there
The struggles before us
Are small when compared
To birds all together
Taking flight til we’re there

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from Taking Flight, released December 1, 2022
Taking Flight- Amelia Hogan
Amelia Hogan, Christa Burch, Marla Fibish, Ray Frank- vocals

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Amelia Hogan San Francisco, California

Amelia Hogan sings traditional Irish, Scottish, British American, and Contemporary folk music with lilting graces and powerful subtlety. You’ll be transported by her singing,
She has enchanted audiences from Oregon to New York, Dublin to San Francisco and back again. ... more

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