Gypsy Soul
// Cilette Swann, singer-songwriter & vocalistGYPSY SOUL is an acoustic-soul and roots-rock duo based in Jacksonville, Oregon. “Test Of Time” (1997), “Sanctuary” (1998), “Sacred” (1998), “Superstition Highway” (2001), “The Journey” (2003), “Amazing Grace” (2003), “One Beautiful Night [Live]” (2004), “Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery” (2007), “Distant Early Warning” (2008), “Wanderlust” (2009), “Gypsy Soul Live At Triple Door [DVD]” (2010), and “Grace And Tranquility” (2010) were all independently released and are available from GypsySoul.com and Off The Beaten Track Recordings. Singer-songwriter and vocalist Cilette Swann (US/Canada) was named after St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music, and always knew that music would be her life. Musician, songwriter, and co-producer Roman Morykit (UK) has co-written and produced a total of eighteen CDs for numerous artists around the world. Gypsy Soul have sold over 110,000 CDs on their own, utilizing the internet and touring to develop their global fanbase. The duo/group consistently sell-out theaters and have a grown a devoted and international following via their unforgettable shows, extraordinary songwriting, and performing excellence. In 2009, Gypsy Soul’s album “Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery” (2007) won the “Best Cover Song CD” by Just Plain Folks, the world’s largest independent music awards.
Website: www.gypsysoul.com
Photo: Shane O’Donnell / GypsySoul.com
Interview:
Music creates the most immediate avenue for connecting with the depths of one’s being and the soul-awareness of others. It allows the creator and the listener permission to feel openly, free from the confines of the analytical mind, prejudice and learned behaviors.
When I am writing and performing I unfold into a place in my own sacred pool where my life experience, emotions, and feelings float like giant water lilies and surround me with my essence and Source. This creative home is where my devotional and spiritual practice grows.
Music is my meditation and prayer. I know that I have tapped into my deepest self when I give my heart up to the music and am no longer simply singing, but have become the music. As long as I get out of my own way, I reap profound healing benefits from the communication of the songs and the passionate exchange with listeners. It is a deep honor to share in those moments of feeling the open hearts of an appreciative audience.
Music transports us to dimensions beyond the imagined. It is an unfiltered expression which is simply known at a primal, cellular level and that which just words can not express. Music creates a vast and yet intimate bondthat when shared, a potent, timeless journey is experienced where all who are willing to jump on board are forever changed in the process.
“Music is my meditation and prayer. I know that I have tapped into my deepest self when I give my heart up to the music and am no longer simply singing, but have become the music.”
– Cilette Swann, singer-songwriter and vocalist in Gypsy Soul
